August 4, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, Lawsuit, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, August 3, 2023) Western U.S. Class I railway BNSF is suing the Surface Transportation Board for compelling BNSF via a mandate to ship more coal from Navajo Transitional Energy Co.’s (NTEC’s) mine in Montana. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of...
August 4, 2023 | CP-KCS Merger, CPKC, Headlines, Lawsuit
(Source: Reuters, August 3, 2023) Canadian Pacific Kansas City, formed in April when Canadian Pacific Railway merged with Kansas City Southern, has been sued by bondholders for failing to repay more than $1 billion after missing a deadline tied to the merger. In a...
August 4, 2023 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, August 3, 2023) The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has reached a new labor agreement with its largest union, affecting more than 6,000 workers including bus and train operators. Full story: Trains.com
August 4, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines
(Source: The Hill opinion column by East Palestine resident Misti Allison, August 3, 2023) One night, as my 7-year-old son climbed into bed, he turned to me and asked, “Mommy, am I going to die?” Then, he began to sob. Full story: The Hill
August 3, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, TTD
(Source: Statement by the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, August 3, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — On behalf of all U.S. rail unions and workers, the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO today released the following statement commemorating six...
August 3, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, August 3, 2023) Congress responded to the fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio earlier this year with bipartisan alarm, holding a flurry of hearings about the potential for railroad crashes to trigger even larger disasters. Both parties...
August 3, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines
(Source: National Public Radio, August 3, 2023) More than five months after the disastrous train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, Norfolk Southern CEO Alan H. Shaw has doubled down on the rail company’s response while also promising to become the “gold...
August 3, 2023 | Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, August 3, 2023) Freight rail stakeholders will be watching closely as Union Pacific’s incoming CEO Jim Vena takes over the company, especially given how labor and operational dynamics have changed over the last three years since the industry...
August 3, 2023 | CPKC, Headlines, UP
(Source: Trains.com, August 3, 2023) Canadian Pacific Kansas City has asked federal regulators to prevent Union Pacific from blocking the movement of its grain trains to the ports of Houston and Galveston via trackage rights on UP via Beaumont, Texas. Full story:...
August 2, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, Paid Sick Leave
(Source: Associated Press, August 1, 2023) Roughly 7,500 BNSF train engineers may soon get up to eight days of paid sick time and more certainty about their days off if they approve a new deal with the railroad announced Tuesday. Full story: Associated...
