July 17, 2025 | DOT, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Associated Press, July 16, 2026) The Trump administration revoked federal funding for California’s high-speed rail project on Wednesday, intensifying uncertainty about how the state will make good on its long-delayed promise of building a bullet train to...
June 30, 2025 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, June 27, 2025) The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority board has approved a fiscal 2026 budget including a 45% cut in service and a 21.5% fare increase to address a $213 million deficit. Under the approved budget, service cuts will...
June 26, 2025 | Headlines, Top News
Members of the BLET Auxiliary were busy selling raffle tickets at the Daytona Beach Regional. From left: Jodi Wallace, Chris Baldwin, Kat Bisbikis, Rachel Pharris, and Natalie Miller. ____________________ Kat Bisbikis, National President of the BLET Auxiliary,...
June 25, 2025 | Headlines, Regional Meetings, Teamsters, Top News
IBT General President Sean O’Brien: “Our members are changing the game. Setting the standard. Improving the lives of their fellow Teamsters all across the country.” ____________________ Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien addressed BLET members during a...
June 25, 2025 | DOT, FRA, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: Freight Waves, June 24, 2025) Rail unions are raising concerns about the Trump administration’s plan to roll back protections for federal inspectors and investigators put in place in 2021 that they say could increase safety risks in the rail industry. The...
June 12, 2025 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, June 1, 2025) The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) administers the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA), which provides qualified railroaders with unemployment benefits when they become unemployed but are ready,...
June 12, 2025 | CP-KCS Merger, CPKC, Headlines, STB
(Source: Trains.com, June 10, 2025) The Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger has gone smoothly over the past two years — until a long-planned computer system cutover last month in former Kansas City Southern territory in the U.S. CPKC Chief Operating Officer...
June 12, 2025 | Headlines, Mexico, Railroad Security, UP
(Source: NBC Dallas-Fort Worth, June 5, 2025) The recent arrest of a Mexican railroad worker, accused of helping smuggle people across the border on trains in Eagle Pass, Texas, has raised questions about plans to allow more trains operated by Mexican crews to travel...
June 6, 2025 | Headlines, Short Line, Technology
(Source: Trains.com, June 5, 2025) Parallel Systems and Genesee & Wyoming short line Heart of Georgia Railroad this week began the first phase of testing of Parallel’s autonomous, battery-electric flat car. Full story: Trains.com
June 4, 2025 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, June 4, 2025) Texas lawmakers did not include funding for Amtrak’s Heartland Flyer in a budget bill passed last week, placing the future of the train between Fort Worth and Oklahoma City in jeopardy after a year that saw a 11% increase in...
