August 10, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines, NS, Railroad Safety
(Source: Freight Waves, August 9, 2023) Improving communication and training as well as fostering trust between the company and its workers are some of the areas where Norfolk Southern could do better, according to a Wednesday report from the Federal Railroad...
August 10, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines, NS, Railroad Safety
(Source: Associated Press, August 9, 2023) Norfolk Southern made improvements after one of its trains derailed, caught fire and spilled toxic chemicals near an Ohio town, but the company is nowhere near the “gold standard for safety” it is striving to be, according to...
August 10, 2023 | CSX, Fatality, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, August 9, 2023) CSX is telling its conductor trainees to return to their home terminals for additional training following the recent deaths of two trainees, including one that occurred Monday at a rail yard in Cumberland, Maryland. Full story:...
August 10, 2023 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, August 9, 2023) For the first 31 weeks of 2023 (ending Aug. 5), total U.S. weekly rail traffic dipped 4.1% from the same point last year, according to the Association of American Railroads’ (AAR) Aug. 9 report. Both Canada and the U.S. saw...
August 10, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines
(Source: Cleveland.com, August 7, 2023) U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown on Monday urged President Joe Biden and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to approve Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s request that the East Palestine train derailment be declared a federal disaster....
August 9, 2023 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: NorthJersey.com, August 8, 2023) New Jersey’s Republican leaders are calling on the union that represents NJ Transit’s locomotive engineers to meet with them in advance of a vote expected to take place later this month that could authorize a...
August 9, 2023 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: NJ.com, August 7, 2023) Larry Higgs NJ Transit locomotive engineers who operate the agency’s commuter trains will vote on whether to strike as contract talks have not moved forward since 2019. Full story: NJ.com
August 9, 2023 | CSX, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Trains.com, August 8, 2023) The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has halted work on a project on state-owned tracks used by the Housatonic Railroad following a fatal accident last week, pending a safety review of the contractor hired for the track...
August 9, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: Editorial published in The Sharon Herald, August 8, 2023) We were both shocked and impressed by the in-depth reporting done by LNP/ LancasterOnline and WITF on what the news organizations called “toxic trains.” Journalists pieced together an alarming picture...
August 9, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, August 7, 2023) Thanks to an all-day work window on Aug. 6, 2023, the final track segments have been put into place to complete BNSF Railway’s 2-mile double-tracking project at the east end of its busy “Funnel” between Spokane, Wash., and...
