December 7, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Associated Press, December 6, 2023) Norfolk Southern railroad plans to stop paying relocation aid to people displaced by last February’s fiery derailment in eastern Ohio right after the one-year anniversary of the crash. Full story: Associated...
December 7, 2023 | Headlines, PSR, STB, Unions, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, December 4, 2023) Debate about furloughs at Union Pacific and how many employees could be affected continue to play out in the public arena following a recent industry conference where Surface Transportation Board Chairman Marty Oberman called...
November 29, 2023 | FRA, Headlines, Weather
(Source: Freight Waves, November 24, 2023) U.S. railroads should beef up the procedures they use for responding to adverse weather conditions, including seeing how weather-related technologies can be integrated into positive train control and whether the railroads can...
November 29, 2023 | Accident, Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: Associated Press, November 24, 2023) Federal inspectors have twice found hundreds of defects in the locomotives and railcars Union Pacific uses at the world’s largest railyard in Nebraska, but none of those seem to explain why a shipping container filled with...
November 29, 2023 | CSX, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, November 27, 2023) CSX says a failed wheel bearing caused the Nov. 22 derailment that led to an evacuation of residents in Livingston, Ky., on Thanksgiving. In a statement, the railroad said it has completed the removal of all 16 railcars involved...
November 29, 2023 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, November 22, 2023) Through the first 46 weeks of 2023 (ending Nov. 18), total North American carload and intermodal traffic decreased 3.1% from the same point last year, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Nov. 22. For the week...
November 29, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: New Jersey Monitor, November 28, 2023) New Jersey lawmakers are considering legislation intended to make “high hazard” freight trains safer by requiring two-person crews, capping train length, and mandating trackside technology to detect defects on passing...
November 22, 2023 | CSX, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Trains.com, November 20, 2023) CSX CEO Joe Hinrichs dished out some tough love for the industry last week while reflecting on his nearly 14 months at the helm of the railroad. The former Ford Motor Co. executive has learned a lot about railroading in his...
November 22, 2023 | Commuter Rail, Contract Negotiations, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, November 21, 2023) Don Hill, General Chairman of BLET’s SEPTA locomotive engineers, said that SEPTA currently has 177 engineers instead of the 230 needed to properly maintain the agency’s regional rail schedule. BLET Vice President James P. Louis...
November 22, 2023 | Headlines, Teamsters, Unions
(Source: CNN, November 21, 2023) Nearly 900,000 Americans sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner this week will have unions – and the double-digit pay increases they won – to thank. That’s how many unionized workers have won immediate pay hikes of 10% or more in just the...
