April 28, 2023 | AFL-CIO, Fatality, Headlines
(Source: Cap Times, April 27, 2023) The country’s largest labor union is calling for stronger safety protections for workers after a new report found more than 5,000 people died on the job in 2021, including 105 in Wisconsin. The AFL-CIO details the findings in the...
April 28, 2023 | FRA, Headlines, Train Length
(Source: Associated Press, April 28, 2023) Federal regulators are warning railroads that the long trains they favor can cause all kinds of problems and contribute to derailments, so they want the railroads to ensure their training and operating procedures account for...
April 28, 2023 | DOT, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: Reuters, April 26, 2023) The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on Wednesday said a Republican budget cut proposal would result in nearly 7,500 fewer rail safety inspection days and over 30,000 fewer miles of track inspected annually, at a time when...
April 28, 2023 | Fatality, Headlines, NS
(Source: Television station WJW, April 27, 2023) The dump truck driver involved in the March 7 accident that killed Norfolk Southern conductor and BLET member Louis Shuster pleaded not guilty on Thursday morning. Full story: www.fox8.com
April 28, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: Lacrosse Tribune, April 27, 2023) Four BNSF railroad crew members were transported to a nearby hospital for medical examinations after a southbound freight train derailed in southwestern Wisconsin, sending some rail cars into the Mississippi River. Full...
April 28, 2023 | CPKC, Headlines, Quarterly Income
(Source: World Grain, April 26, 2023) Led by a robust grain business, Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) railroad in its first-quarter earnings report said revenue was C$2.27 billion, up 23% from C$1.84 billion year-over-year for the three months ended March 31. A...
April 28, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Lawsuit, NS
(Source: Reuters, April 27, 2023) An Ohio prisoner has sued Norfolk Southern over his alleged exposure to chemicals following the February derailment of a company-operated freight train that caused toxic substances to spill and catch fire in East Palestine, Ohio. Full...
April 27, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, PSR, Railroad Safety
(Source: ProPublica, April 26, 2023) The blocked crossing problem is perennial, especially in cities that are near large train yards. But in the era of precision scheduled railroading, a management philosophy that leans heavily on running longer trains, residents,...
April 27, 2023 | DOT, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: Trains Magazine, April 27, 2023) The U.S. Department of Transportation has turned down a request for a permit to transport liquefied natural gas by rail from Pennsylvania to a terminal on the Delaware River, NJ.com reports. Full story: Trains...
April 27, 2023 | CP-KCS Merger, CPKC, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: Reckon Media, April 26, 2023) What is known is that the CPKC merger will drastically increase rail traffic in dozens of U.S. neighborhoods from Chicago to Texas’s border with Mexico. Traffic is expected to at least quadruple as the trains haul anything from...
