February 23, 2024 | Canada, Derailment, Headlines, Railroad Safety, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Global News, February 21, 2024) Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), which represents more than 9,000 rail workers across Canada, is raising concerns about safety following three freight train collisions in B.C. in less than two months. Two TCRC members...
February 23, 2024 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, February 21, 2024) The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending February 17, 2024. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 474,226 carloads and...
February 22, 2024 | FRA, Headlines, NS, PSR, Railroad Safety
(Source: Reuters, February 21, 2024) The head of the Federal Railroad Administration on Wednesday urged Norfolk Southern to focus on safety after a group of activist investors proposed replacing the company’s top management. Full story: Yahoo...
February 22, 2024 | Canada, CN, CPKC, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Canadian Press, February 19, 2024) The union representing more than 9,000 workers at Canada’s two biggest railways says public safety is at stake as contract negotiations ground to a halt this month, with a potential strike on the horizon. Teamsters...
February 22, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines
(Source; National Public Radio, February 16, 2024) President Biden visited the small Ohio town of East Palestine on Friday, a little more than a year after a Norfolk Southern train derailed there and spilled hazardous chemicals. “Let me be clear. While there are...
February 22, 2024 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, February 19, 2024) Fifteen new or revived long-distance routes are presented in a new Federal Railroad Administration presentation to accompany the next round of meetings for its ongoing Amtrak Daily Long-Distance Service Study. Full story:...
February 15, 2024 | Fatality, FRA, Headlines, NS
(Source: Freight Waves, February 14, 2024) The Federal Railroad Administration has issued a Safety Bulletin warning rail workers about the dangers of rolling equipment following the death of Norfolk Southern locomotive engineer and BLET Division 423 member Chris...
February 15, 2024 | CSX, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Freight Waves, February 14, 2024) An investigation is underway after a CSX worker was killed on the job Tuesday in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. The incident happened around 1:30 p.m. on CSX’s Northend Subdivision, according to the Roanoke Rapids Police...
February 15, 2024 | Fatality, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, February 12, 2024) NTSB investigators have begun conducting observations and interviews regarding the fatality of a Ohio Central Railroad signal maintainer. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released...
February 15, 2024 | CPKC, Headlines, Paid Sick Leave
(Source: Associated Press, February 7, 2024) Not only is CPKC lagging the trend of major freight railroads agreeing to provide paid sick time to most of their workers, but now some of its dispatchers may lose the benefit later this year when they move to the merged...
