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...
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....
