August 25, 2023 | FRA, Headlines, Railroad Safety, TTD
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 18, 2023) The Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO has urged the CEOs of six major freight railroads operating in the United States to formally join the federal Confidential Close Call Reporting System. The...
August 25, 2023 | Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: Trains.com, August 24, 2023) Union Pacific furloughed 94 mechanical employees at shops across the system this week. Nearly two-thirds of the furloughs came from four locations: Kansas City, Mo.; Dolores, Calif.; North Platte, Neb.; and Pocatello, Idaho. The...
August 25, 2023 | Canada, CN, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: CTV News, August 23, 2023) The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, which is the union that represents 5,500 Canadian National railway employees, alleges CN has been monitoring the whereabouts of a train operator outside of work hours through a company-issued...
August 25, 2023 | CPKC, Headlines, UP
(Source: Trains.com, August 21, 2023) Union Pacific’s contention that Kansas City Southern can’t haul grain from the Upper Midwest to the Gulf Coast using trackage rights south of Beaumont, Texas, is “revisionist history,” Canadian Pacific Kansas City has told federal...
August 25, 2023 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Trains.com, August 23, 2023) Union Pacific is now dealing with flooding along Texas’ Gulf Coast as a result of Tropical Storm Harold, adding to the issues it continues to address in Southern California from Tropical Storm Hilary. Full story:...
August 25, 2023 | Headlines, Oil Train, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, August 21, 2023) A three-person panel of judges determined that the Surface Transportation Board’s review of a planned project to construct an 85-mile-long rail line in the Uinta Basin in Utah that would carry crude oil was insufficient and...
August 25, 2023 | BNSF, CP, Headlines
(Source: Railfan & Railroad Magazine, August 22, 2023) As wildfires continue to burn across the West, a number of railroads are deploying a unique and rarely-seen tool: the fire train. This week, BNSF Railway, Montana Rail Link and Canadian Pacific all have fire...
August 25, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, Shippers, STB
(Source: Progressive Farmer, August 21, 2023) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) is requiring the BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) to transport coal from Navajo Transitional Energy Company LLC’s (NTEC) Montana mine to Canada for export after NTEC alleged BNSF has...
August 10, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, Quarterly Income
(Source: Trains.com, August 7, 2023) BNSF Railway’s second-quarter earnings slumped 24% as volume and average revenue per car both declined, the railroad’s corporate parent, Berkshire Hathaway, said on Saturday. BNSF’s operating income fell 24%, to $1.6 billion, as...
August 10, 2023 | DOL, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, Railroad Safety
(Source: OSHA/ Department of Labor press release, August 9, 2023) After several U.S. Department of Labor workplace safety and health investigations at the East Palestine, Ohio, site where a Norfolk Southern Corp. train derailed in February 2023, the train’s...
