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...
March 13, 2025 | Headlines, NS, Weather
(Source: Trains.com, March 12, 2025) Norfolk Southern is set to begin replacing a collapsed bridge today (March 12) on its line between Newport and Asheville, N.C., and should reopen the route closed by Hurricane Helene by the end of the month. Full story:...
March 3, 2025 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, March 3, 2025) Disbursement of funds from grants awarded under a variety of Federal Railroad Administration continue to be held up by a lengthy approval process involving FRA personnel. These investments are threatened by potential staff...
February 26, 2025 | BNSF, Headlines, Mexico, Railroad Security, Train Length, UP
(Source: Associated Press, February 24, 2025) In a Jan. 13 robbery, suspects cut an air brake hose on a BNSF freight train traveling through a remote section of Arizona and made off with more than 1,900 pairs of unreleased Nikes worth more than $440,000, according to...
February 26, 2025 | BNSF, Headlines, Quarterly Income
(Source: Trains.com, February 24, 2025) For the year, BNSF’s pre-tax earnings increased 0.5%, to $6.64 billion, while revenue declined 0.5%, to $23.35 billion, the railway’s corporate parent, Berkshire Hathaway, reported on Saturday. BNSF’s net income declined 1.1%,...
February 7, 2025 | CPKC, Headlines, Mexico
(Source: Trains.com, February 6, 2025) Canadian Pacific Kansas City today (Feb. 6, 2025) held the official opening ceremonies for the new Patrick J. Ottensmeyer International Railway Bridge, the second span crossing the Rio Grande at the busiest rail gateway between...
February 7, 2025 | Amtrak, Headlines, Legislation
(Source: The Urbanist, February 6, 2025) New intercity passenger rail legislation filed in the Washington State Legislature would set ambitious targets for enhanced Amtrak Cascades service and accountability. Full story: The Urbanist
February 6, 2025 | C3RS, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, PSR, Railroad Safety, TTD
(Source: Press release from the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, February 4, 2025) On February 3, rail union leaders gathered for a virtual media briefing to call for safety reforms across the freight rail industry on the two-year anniversary of the toxic...
