September 4, 2019 | 2-man Crews, Headlines
(Source: Opinion column by Jason Doering in the Nevada Independent, August 31, 2019. BLET Editor’s Note: Jason Doering is the Nevada State Legislative Director for SMART Transportation Division.) LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Advocates for rail safety in Nevada achieved a great...
August 15, 2019 | 2-man Crews, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, August 14, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The states of Illinois, Nevada and Washington are among the latest states that have decided to fight a federal order that prevents states from passing laws that would require freight trains to have a train...
June 27, 2019 | 2-man Crews, News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, June 27 — A two-person crew bill was introduced in the United States Senate on June 26. The Safe Freight Act of 2019 (S. 1979), a companion bill to H.R. 1748 in the U.S. House of Representatives, would promote rail safety by mandating at least...
June 24, 2019 | 2-man Crews, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Freight Waves, June 21, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The implementation of precision scheduled railroading (PSR) has contributed to dwindling morale and could result in creating unsafe working conditions should the federal government withhold intervention,...
June 21, 2019 | 2-man Crews, FRA, Headlines
(Source: The Cleveland American, June 20, 2019) COLUMBUS, Okla. — Railroads in Ohio would have to operate trains with at least two crew members under a bill state lawmakers are considering. The move comes after the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) indicated it...
June 21, 2019 | 2-man Crews, Headlines, War on Workers
(Source: Washington Post, June 20, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Transportation Committee Chairman Peter A. DeFazio said Thursday that the nation’s railway system had fallen into the hands of “the jackals on Wall Street” and he accused federal regulators of colluding...
June 13, 2019 | 2-man Crews, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Washington Post, June 13, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The White House has pulled an Obama era proposal that would have mandated two crew members in most locomotives, and it has banned states from requiring railroads to do so. Full story: Washington...
June 6, 2019 | 2-man Crews, Headlines
(Source: Safety & Health Magazine, June 6, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Railroad Administration has withdrawn a 2016 notice of proposed rulemaking that would have established a minimum crew size of two members on most railroad operations. Full story:...
May 31, 2019 | 2-man Crews, FRA, Headlines
(Source: DeSmog Blog, May 30, 2019) NEW YORK — This week, the Trump administration’s Department of Transportation (DOT) withdrew another rail safety recommendation originally proposed during the Obama administration. In the process, the agency made quite clear that it...
May 28, 2019 | 2-man Crews, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Duluth News Tribune, May 25, 2019) ST. PAUL, Minn. — Federal rail authorities have decided that railroad car explosions such as the 2013 ones in North Dakota and Quebec do not prove that requiring two people to be aboard oil-carrying trains would make...
