March 4, 2024 | BNSF, Furloughs, Headlines, NS, PSR, Railroad Safety, STB
(Source: Associated Press, March 1, 2024) The latest rail layoffs this week, combined with an investment fund’s ongoing campaign for control of Norfolk Southern, are renewing concerns among unions and regulators about the effects all the cuts might have on safety and...
March 4, 2024 | BNSF, Furloughs, Headlines, TTD
(Source: Freight Waves, March 1, 2024) BNSF Railway, one of the largest freight railroads in the U.S., has reportedly furloughed hundreds of employees in Kansas, Montana, Nebraska and Texas. The furloughs were announced Tuesday, with 362 workers reportedly losing...
March 4, 2024 | 2-man Crews, Headlines, Legislation
(Source: Virginia Mercury, March 2, 2024) As the federal government considers requiring two crew members on all trains, similar legislation to increase rail safety statewide passed both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly. Del. Shelly Simonds, D-Newport News,...
March 4, 2024 | Engineer Trauma, FRA, Headlines
(Source: BNN Breaking, March 3, 2024) High-profile train derailments may capture public attention, but a more silent crisis looms over America’s railroads, with suicides potentially constituting the majority of fatalities, a revelation that suggests a...
March 1, 2024 | FRA, Furloughs, Headlines, STB, UP
Federal Railroad Administration Administrator Amit Bose yesterday told Union Pacific Railroad CEO Jim Vena that the company’s furloughs of maintenance of equipment (MoE) workers jeopardizes the safety of railroad workers and the public. “It has come to the...
March 1, 2024 | BNSF, Furloughs, Headlines, PSR, TTD
(Source: Press release from the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, March 1, 2024) Shop Craft Unions at the BNSF Railway are urgently calling upon the FRA to initiate unannounced focus inspections on all locomotives and rail cars owned and leased by BNSF...
March 1, 2024 | Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: Trains.com analysis by Bill Stephens, February 27, 2024) The proxy battle that activist investor Ancora Holdings is waging against Norfolk Southern isn’t just about the direction NS should take and who should run the company. It’s a fight for the future of...
March 1, 2024 | Headlines, NS, PSR, STB
(Source: Trains.com, February 29, 2024) The activist investors targeting Norfolk Southern pose a threat to the railroad industry and the U.S. economy and may prompt new regulations, outgoing Surface Transportation Board Chairman Martin J. Oberman told a shipper...
March 1, 2024 | Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: Trains.com, February 29, 2024) Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw, who has been a punching bag for the activist investors who are trying to oust him, defended the railroad’s growth strategy at a shipper conference today. Full story: Trains.com
March 1, 2024 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: BNN, February 29, 2024) In a significant move that underscores the Biden administration’s commitment to revamping the United States’ infrastructure, a whopping $9.8 billion in federal funds has been earmarked to support public transit agencies....
