May 23, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, May 20, 2023) BNSF is increasing intermodal options in Texas by expanding service at the Port of Houston in response to what BNSF says is growing intermodal demand. Full story: Freight Waves
May 22, 2023 | Headlines, NS, Paid Sick Leave
(Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 19, 2023) The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, one of the two largest rail unions, reached an agreement with Norfolk Southern for up to seven paid sick days for engineers. That includes five new paid sick...
May 22, 2023 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety, TTD
(Source: Freight Waves, May 17, 2023) Rail union representatives are poised to adopt a policy statement that urges Congress to pass a rail safety bill — one that mandates a minimum of two-person crew sizes on all passenger and freight trains, regulates train lengths...
May 22, 2023 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, May 17, 2023) Three progressive groups want President Joe Biden to remove Marty Oberman from chairmanship of the Surface Transportation Board and replace him with board member Robert Primus because of the way Oberman handled the merger between...
May 22, 2023 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, Railroad Safety, Train Length, TTD
(Source: Press release from the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, May 19, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 30 U.S. transportation labor union leaders gathered at a legislative summit to set key policy goals that will improve the safety and well-being of the...
May 22, 2023 | Headlines, PSR, Railroad Security, Shippers, UP
(Source: Cowboy State Daily, May 18, 2023) A railcar carrying 60,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate, a chemical used in explosives at Wyoming coal mines, left Cheyenne for California on April 12. Two weeks later, the chemical was discovered missing from the railcar and no...
May 22, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: Editorial in the Baltimore Sun, May 18, 2023) So far, there’s been a deafening silence coming out of the House where legislation to the Senate bill has been introduced. More than three months after the disaster, the House Committee on Transportation and...
May 22, 2023 | 2-man Crews, CSX, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: Reuters, May 17, 2023) CSX CEO Hinrichs said the railroad industry does not want two-person crews written into rail safety legislation because technology could evolve to improve safety to the point where one person would be equally safe. Full story:...
May 22, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Lawsuit, NS, PSR
(Source; Reuters, May 16, 2023) Norfolk Southern Corp. was sued on May 16 by bondholders who said they lost hundreds of millions of dollars because the railroad concealed safety risks prior to the February derailment in Ohio of a train carrying hazardous chemicals....
May 22, 2023 | Commuter Rail, CPKC, Headlines, STB
(Source: Railfan & Railroad Magazine, May 22, 2023) Chicago area commuter operator Metra has joined the chorus of opposition against the U.S. Surface Transportation Board and its approval of the Canadian Pacific – Kansas City Southern merger earlier this spring....
