July 21, 2023 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Business Insider, July 20, 2023) Republicans in Congress are proposing slashing funding for Amtrak and other infrastructure priorities in the 2024 budget. At the same time, the passenger railroad is proposing its largest-ever expansion after Congress sent...
July 21, 2023 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Statement from Railroad Retirement Board Labor Member John Bragg, July 19, 2023) CHICAGO — The Office of the Labor Member is pleased to announce that our 2023 Pre-Retirement Seminar presentation is now available to view online. This program is a modification...
July 20, 2023 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, July 19, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — As thousands of UPS Teamsters practice picket, rally, and mobilize around the country, UPS bowed today to the overwhelming show of Teamster unity and reached out to the...
July 20, 2023 | CSX, Fatality, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Trains Magazine, July 19, 2023) A CSX Transportation conductor trainee was killed when he fell from a railcar during a shoving move and was hit by the train, according National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary report on a fatal accident June 26 at...
July 20, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, Shippers, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, July 18, 2023) BNSF Railway is seeking a judicial review of the Surface Transportation Board’s preliminary injunction that orders the railroad to haul more export coal from a Montana mine to tidewater in British Columbia. Full story:...
July 20, 2023 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, July 19, 2023) U.S. rail traffic for the week ending July 15, 2023 (Week 28) was 478,153 carloads and intermodal units, down 2.4% from the same week last year, according to the Association of American Railroads’ (AAR) July 19 report. Total...
July 20, 2023 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, July 19, 2023) The Federal Railroad Administration is seeking comment on two petitions regarding inspection of microprocessor-controlled interlockings and FRA-approved Positive Train Control Safety Plans (PTCSPs). Full story: Railway...
July 20, 2023 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, July 19, 2023) The work involves replacing 40 track switches throughout New York and Mid-Atlantic regions; updating 25 miles of track in the Mid-Atlantic region; and completing over 1 million feet of surfacing work across the entire...
July 20, 2023 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: KTLA, July 19, 2023) Last week, the Federal Railroad Administration completed its environmental review for a portion of the project and found “no significant impact” along one of the critical sections of the proposed track. Full story:...
July 19, 2023 | CSX, Fatality, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, July 16, 2023) A contract worker was killed Saturday morning in an accident at the CSX Transportation intermodal facility at Bedford Park, the Chicago Tribune reports. Full story: Trains Magazine
