June 9, 2023 | Derailment, FRA, Headlines, NS
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 9, 2023) In the wake of a May 10 Norfolk Southern derailment in Pennsylvania, the Federal Railroad Administration today issued a safety advisory recommending that railroads implement safeguards to ensure that hot bearing detectors...
June 9, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: KSTP, June 8, 2023) In 2003, a grade crossing tragedy led to a lengthy legal battle that ultimately exposed what a judge called a “staggering” amount of misconduct by the BNSF Railway, the largest railroad in Minnesota. Twenty years later, BNSF has continued...
June 9, 2023 | CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Canadian Press, June 8, 2023) A Federal Court judge has found Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. guilty of contempt of court for employees working excessively long hours. Over a 10-month period in 2018 and 2019, the rail operator failed in 22 instances to...
June 9, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, June 8, 2023) WILLIAMS, Ariz. — Authorities are trying to determine the cause of a freight train derailment in northern Arizona that heavily damaged 23 cars and a load of new vehicles. The BNSF train cars were carrying a variety of new cars,...
June 9, 2023 | Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: CNBC, June 8, 2023) The number of vessels due to dock at the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach is increasing as labor slowdowns at West Coast port terminals have impacted supply chain operations, from trucks to rails and ocean carriers. Full story:...
June 9, 2023 | CPKC, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: CTV News, June 8, 2023) Crews are cleaning up after a train derailment about 100 kilometres east of Calgary Thursday afternoon. A spokesperson for Canadian Pacific Kansas City Southern confirmed that “multiple cars of a CPKC freight train carrying...
June 9, 2023 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 8, 2023) CSX Transportation has made major upgrades to Pan Am Railways’ physical plant since acquiring the New England regional a year ago — and there’s more to come as part of its two-year plan. Full story: Trains...
June 9, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: KIRO 7, June 8, 2023) Residents near the Magnolia and Interbay neighborhoods of Seattle experienced a bit of an earache on Thursday when a train horn blasted for over an hour. KIRO 7 reached out to BNSF who told us the horn was simply just stuck on an...
June 9, 2023 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, June 7, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending June 3, 2023, as well as volumes for May 2023. U.S. railroads originated...
June 8, 2023 | Canada, CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Teamsters Canada press release, June 7, 2023) LAVAL, Quebec — A federal judge has found Canadian Pacific to be in contempt of court after the company forced train crews to work excessively long hours in violation of a court order to abide by the collective...
