May 17, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, Hi-Viz, PSR
(Source: WQAD, May 17, 2022) One of the unions representing railroaders is criticizing the working conditions at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen has around 33,000 members. Its national president, Dennis...
May 17, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, Hi-Viz, PSR
(Source: Pinedale Roundup, May 16, 2022) GILLETTE, Wyo. — A group of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway workers demonstrated in Gillette on Tuesday in opposition to a time-off policy change enacted earlier this year that they said created unfair and unsafe working...
May 17, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, Hi-Viz, PSR
(Source: Mississippi Valley Publishing, May 17, 2022) “Imagine if your life was a scorecard and you were allowed 30 points. You only get 4 points for working for 14 days. You can’t get sick. You wife can’t get sick. You can’t get a car wreck,” Fort Madison resident...
May 16, 2022 | BNSF, Hi-Viz, News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, May 16 — BNSF Railway’s newly announced changes to its Hi-Viz attendance policy are little more than fluff. Hi-Viz has been an abject failure. This unreasonable policy which keeps locomotive engineers and other railroaders on call day after day,...
May 16, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: More Perfect Union, May 13, 2022) BNSF Railway workers have been stripped of almost all time-off, including weekends, under an extreme new attendance policy. They’ve been working for 3 years with no contract and no raises. A federal judge barred workers from...
May 16, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Television station WQAD, May 15, 2022) FORT MADISON, Iowa — Three months after a judge prevented BNSF workers from striking, a group rallied in Fort Madison to protest a controversial attendance policy. Video: www.wqad.com
May 16, 2022 | Amtrak, BNSF, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 16, 2022) MISSOULA, Mont. — BNSF Railway has joined the group seeking to restore passenger rail service in southern Montana, a move welcomed because of the railroad’s role as primary host railroad for the proposed service. Full story:...
May 12, 2022 | BNSF, Commuter Rail, Fatality, Headlines
(Source: Daily Herald, May 11, 2022) CHICAGO — National Transportation Safety Board authorities are investigating Metra’s first passenger death since 2005 after a train collided with a truck Wednesday at a crossing in Clarendon Hills. The crash occurred after 8...
May 11, 2022 | 2-man Crews, BNSF, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 11, 2022) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Service and labor issues are generally the defining issues for current public appearances by railroad officials, and so it was Tuesday when BNSF Railway CEO Katie Farmer spoke to the North American Rail...
May 10, 2022 | BNSF, CSX, Headlines, NS, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Railway Age, May 6, 2022) NEW YORK — On May 5—a little more than a week after its April 26-27 “Urgent Issues in Freight Rail Service” hearing—the Surface Transportation Board, voting unanimously, has issued updated, more-comprehensive rules for reporting...
