March 20, 2023 | 2-man Crews, East Palestine-NS, Fatality, Legislation, News, NS, Railroad Safety
CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 20 — With the Norfolk Southern Rail Yard in Cleveland as a backdrop and leaders of the BLET by his side, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) held a news conference Monday calling for passage of the bipartisan Railway Safety Act of 2023. The...
March 15, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Legislation, NS, Railroad Safety
(Source: The Hill, March 14, 2023) A conservative advocacy group called “FreedomWorks” is pushing lawmakers to oppose a bipartisan rail safety bill that was introduced following the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment. The group claims the bill would create “gross...
March 15, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 14, 2023) President Joe Biden’s proposed fiscal-year 2024 budget released last week calls for over $1 billion in rail safety improvements, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. Meanwhile, the U.S. Conference...
March 10, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Congressional Hearing, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, Railroad Safety
(Source: Politico, March 9, 2023) Partisan rifts emerged Thursday during the first congressional hearing on the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio — with Democrats grilling Norfolk Southern’s CEO for his railroad’s role in the disaster, while Republicans pilloried the...
March 10, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: Politico, March 9, 2023) President Joe Biden’s effort to toughen railroad safety regulations is setting up a collision with an industry used to getting its way in Washington. Full story: Politico
March 9, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Derailment, East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: Yahoo Finance, March 8, 2023) Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) Vice President and National Legislative Representative Vince Verna joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss the Ohio train derailments, railroad regulation, and the outlook for...
March 7, 2023 | 2-man Crews, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: The Hill, March 6, 2023) Ohio Sens. J.D. Vance (R) and Sherrod Brown (D) unveiled a rail safety proposal last week that has already won over the White House and top Democrats. But winning support from Republicans is proving to be harder as some question if it...
March 7, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety, UP
(Source: Television station KLKN, March 6, 2023) Legislative Bill 31 was presented by Sen. Mike Jacobson. It seeks to address safety concerns by requiring all crews to have a minimum of two people. One thing that routinely came up during testimony on the bill is PSR....
March 6, 2023 | 2-man Crews, AAR Freight Trends, Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, Railroad Safety
(Source: CNN, March 4, 2023) The nation’s major freight railroads have long desired to have only one crew member, a lone engineer, in the cab of their locomotives. And that desire hasn’t changed despite the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train on February 3 that...
March 6, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Legislation
(Source: DC Velocity, March 3, 2023) Railroad union members are backing a bipartisan bill in Congress that would require more stringent rail safety standards in the aftermath of a 50-car train wreck in February that spilled toxic chemicals around the town of East...
