March 16, 2021 | 2-man Crews, Headlines
(Source: Mahoning Matters, March 14, 2021) COLUMBUS, Ohio — State Reps. Michael Sheehy, D-Oregon, and Michele Lepore-Hagan, D-Youngstown, introduced House Bills 194 and 195, legislation requiring freight train operating crews to consist of at least two people and...
March 2, 2021 | 2-man Crews, Headlines
(Source: North Platte Telegraph, March 1, 2021) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — The contentious railroad issues of shrinking crews and longer trains went before a Unicameral committee Monday with labor and management split along familiar lines. Union leaders and several current...
March 1, 2021 | 2-man Crews, Headlines
(Source: Editorial in the North Platte Telegraph, February 28, 2021) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Business efficiency is important. But the safety of railroad employees, not to mention the public, must always take priority. Full story: North Platte...
February 25, 2021 | 2-man Crews, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, February 24, 2021) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A federal appeals court on Tuesday vacated the Federal Railroad Administration’s May 2019 order on train crew size because the agency didn’t undergo an adequate public review process prior to issuing the...
January 18, 2021 | 2-man Crews, Headlines, Unions
(Source: SMART-TD press release, January 15, 2021) CLEVELAND, Ohio — On January 8, 2021, Arbitrator Wendell Bell issued his arbitration award regarding the process and procedure in arbitrating the Carriers’ (UP, BNSF, NS & KCS) attack on the Crew Consist...
November 13, 2020 | 2-man Crews, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 12, 2020) Of the 41 freight and commuter railroads that are federally required to implement positive train control (PTC), all but two are on pace to meet the end-of-2020 deadline. Full story: Progressive...
August 31, 2020 | 2-man Crews, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, August 29, 2020) Railroad unions scored a pair of court victories on Friday, with rulings overturning the Federal Railroad Administration’s approval of use of Kansas City Southern de Mexico engineers for cross-border movements, and vacating...
July 28, 2020 | 2-man Crews, News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, July 28 — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen is applauding the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) for proposing a statewide two-person crew regulation to help ensure safe train operations within the state. On July 27, KDOT...
April 3, 2020 | 2-man Crews, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, April 2, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Washington state Governor Jay Inslee (D) has signed into law a bill that requires freight trains to have at least two crew members. The bill, H.B. 1841, becomes effective June 11. Full story: Freight...
April 1, 2020 | 2-man Crews, News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, April 1 — After more than seven years of hard work by the BLET’s Washington State Legislative Board and their counterparts within the SMART Transportation Division, a two-person crew bill was signed into law by Governor Jay Inslee on March 27,...
