February 15, 2024 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains.com, February 13, 2024) In the latest step in its ongoing investigation into on-time performance for Amtrak’s Sunset Limited, the Surface Transportation Board has asked the passenger operator and the train’s host railroads to answer a series of...
February 15, 2024 | BNSF, Headlines, STB, UP
(Source: Trains.com, February 9, 2024) For the second time in the past three months, federal regulators are being asked to settle a dispute related to Union Pacific’s 1996 acquisition of Southern Pacific. Full story: Trains.com
February 9, 2024 | BNSF, Headlines, PSR, Railroad Safety
(Source: Television station KSTP, February 8, 2024) As a fifth-generation railroader, John Mozinski has a front-row seat at Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) – but he says that view is not what it used to be. “The railroad should be concerned. The public should be...
February 9, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, PSR, Railroad Safety
(Source: National Public Radio, February 8, 2024) ProPublica Reporter Topher Sanders has spent the last two years with his colleagues reviewing court and regulatory records of thousands of incidents involving trains. They’ve conducted 200 interviews, including...
February 9, 2024 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, February 7, 2024) The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending February 3, 2024, as well as volumes for January 2024. U.S. railroads originated 1,025,168...
February 8, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, February 7, 2024) Federal investigators say they will determine the cause of last year’s fiery Norfolk Southern derailment in eastern Ohio at a hearing in East Palestine this June. The National Transportation Safety Board announced...
February 8, 2024 | BNSF, Headlines, Lawsuit, PSR, Railroad Safety
(Source: Television station KSTP, February 7, 2024) As the country focuses on rail safety following derailments here and around the country, Don Sanders’ recordings raise new questions about internal operations at the BNSF Railway Sanders spent nearly a decade with...
February 8, 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...
February 8, 2024 | 2-man Crews, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: Nebraska Examiner, February 2, 2024) A filibuster stretching over three days derailed a proposal Friday to require two-person crews on trains operated by major railroads in Nebraska. Full story: Nebraska Examiner
February 8, 2024 | FRA, Headlines, Railroad Safety, Short Line
(Source: Railfan & Railroad Magazine, February 6, 2024) The Federal Railroad Administration issued a rare emergency order shutting down an Oklahoma short line following the discovery of multiple derailments and safety violations. In an emergency order posted this...
