June 1, 2023 | CPKC, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: CBS Minnesota, May 31, 2023) For the second time within two months, a train carrying hazardous materials has derailed in Minnesota. Canadian Pacific (CPKC) says 24 cars on a freight train went off the rails Wednesday at about 4:30 p.m. near the Kittson County...
June 1, 2023 | Amtrak, Congressional Hearing, Headlines
(Source: Reuters, May 31, 2023) U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner will testify on June 6 before a U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure railroads subcommittee, a spokesperson for the panel said on Wednesday, as traffic rebounds after a...
May 31, 2023 | CSX, Headlines, Paid Sick Leave, PSR, Shippers
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 30, 2023) Railroads have to mend frayed relationships with customers, employees, Congress, and regulators, CSX Transportation CEO Joe Hinrichs told a shipper conference last week. A number of recent factors have helped perpetuate negative...
May 31, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety, Train Length
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 30, 2023) Following a nationwide legislative trend in the wake of February’s derailment and toxic-chemical release in East Palestine, Ohio, the New York state Senate has passed a series of bills seeking to regulate the way railroads...
May 31, 2023 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 26, 2023) Surface Transportation Board Chairman Martin J. Oberman told a shipper conference that Class I railroad behavior over the past few years – mass layoffs, crew shortages, and poor service – may require a new approach to...
May 31, 2023 | CN, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Teamsters Canada Rail Conference press release, May 26, 2023) OTTAWA, Ontario — The TCRC is very pleased to announce the ratification of their new collective agreement affecting approximately 6,000 Locomotive Engineers, Conductors and Yard Workers employed...
May 31, 2023 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: WCVB, May 30, 2023) The Federal Transit Administration has ordered the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority to resubmit a safety work plan it shared with the federal agency at the beginning of May. Full story: www.wcvb.com
May 31, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: Progressive Farmer, May 29, 2023) While the Bipartisan Rail Safety Act has yet to be made into law, some states are enacting their own safety laws, one of them being the two-person crew requirement that unions fought for, but did not get, in the recent 2023...
May 31, 2023 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: USA Today, May 30, 2023) The new trains were supposed to enter service in 2021, and the railroad says the delay is because testing isn’t going smoothly. It comes down to Amtrak’s old tracks. Full story: USA Today
May 31, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines, NS
(Source: Television station WOIO, May 29, 2023) EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — It’s been almost four months since the catastrophic Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine but people are still getting sick and they’re still begging for answers. Linda and Russell...
