April 11, 2025 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, April 10, 2025) The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority has become the latest transit agency to unveil plans for draconian service cuts because of a funding shortage. Five Regional Rail lines and 50 bus lines would be eliminated,...
April 9, 2025 | Canada, CN, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Teamsters Canada press release, April 8, 2025) Laval, QC, April 7, 2025 – The following statement is attributable to Paul Boucher, President, Teamsters Canada Rail Conference: Today, the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (Teamsters) received the arbitrator’s...
April 3, 2025 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, April 2, 2025) Under the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA), monthly survivor annuities may be payable to a railroad employee’s widow(er), children, and select other dependents. Lump-sum death benefits may also be payable...
March 31, 2025 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, March 28, 2025) In the wake of the departure of its CEO and discussions of the company’s potential privatization, Amtrak is considering cuts to management and other cost-cutting moves, the company has confirmed. Full story:...
March 27, 2025 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, March 26, 2025) Amtrak trains on several routes have been cancelled after the company removed its fleet of Horizon passenger cars from service because of concerns over corrosion, raising the possibility of long-term service disruptions. Full...
March 21, 2025 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, March 20, 2025) Nothing good will come from Wednesday’s dismissal of Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner, who was pushed out as part of the White House’s purge of officials who are not deemed loyal to President Donald Trump. The timing of the move was...
March 20, 2025 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, March 20, 2025) Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner abruptly resigned from his top post at the U.S. passenger railroad this week.Gardner’s departure also arrives just weeks after billionaire Elon Musk floated the idea of privatizing Amtrak, as well...
March 17, 2025 | Headlines, Mexico, STB, UP
(Source: Trains.com, March 14, 2025) The Surface Transportation Board’s Office of Environmental Analysis issued a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Green Eagle Railroad’s proposed construction and operation of a 1.3-mile rail line and border crossing in Eagle...
March 13, 2025 | DOL, Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: OPB.org, March 10, 2025) The U.S. Senate voted 67-32 Monday to confirm former Oregon congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer as labor secretary in President Donald Trump’s cabinet. Her appointment earned bipartisan support. A small business owner whose father was a...
March 13, 2025 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Pennsylvania Capital-Star, March 11, 2025) Rob Gleason, who was the chair of Pennsylvania’s Republican Party from 2006-2017, was named to the Amtrak Board of Directors. He would serve a five-year term. Gleason, a longtime resident of western Pennsylvania, has...
