June 7, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: PennLive, June 5, 2023) Four months after the train disaster in East Palestine, Ohio – less than a mile from the Pennsylvania border – the Pa. House on Monday voted in favor of final passage of a bill creating new state-level rail regulations. Full story:...
June 1, 2023 | Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: Times Observer, June 1, 2023) Pennsylvania’s House Consumer Protection, Technology and Utilities Committee gave 19-2 approval to House Bill 1028. It would authorize the state to maintain a tighter grip on the way trains operate. But while East Palestine...
May 31, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety, Train Length
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 30, 2023) Following a nationwide legislative trend in the wake of February’s derailment and toxic-chemical release in East Palestine, Ohio, the New York state Senate has passed a series of bills seeking to regulate the way railroads...
May 31, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: Progressive Farmer, May 29, 2023) While the Bipartisan Rail Safety Act has yet to be made into law, some states are enacting their own safety laws, one of them being the two-person crew requirement that unions fought for, but did not get, in the recent 2023...
May 25, 2023 | 2-man Crews, Legislation, News, Railroad Safety
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Minnesota is known for these numbers — 10,000 lakes and two-person crews. In a victory for railroad safety, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed a two-person crew bill into law on May 24. The requirement was included in HF 2887, the Transportation...
May 23, 2023 | Congressional Hearing, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: Press release from the ranking members of the House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, May 22, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Rick Larsen (D-WA), Ranking Member ...
May 22, 2023 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety, TTD
(Source: Freight Waves, May 17, 2023) Rail union representatives are poised to adopt a policy statement that urges Congress to pass a rail safety bill — one that mandates a minimum of two-person crew sizes on all passenger and freight trains, regulates train lengths...
May 22, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: Editorial in the Baltimore Sun, May 18, 2023) So far, there’s been a deafening silence coming out of the House where legislation to the Senate bill has been introduced. More than three months after the disaster, the House Committee on Transportation and...
May 22, 2023 | 2-man Crews, CSX, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: Reuters, May 17, 2023) CSX CEO Hinrichs said the railroad industry does not want two-person crews written into rail safety legislation because technology could evolve to improve safety to the point where one person would be equally safe. Full story:...
May 15, 2023 | Congressional Hearing, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: KOMO News, May 14, 2023) On Wednesday, Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell from Washington state led an executive session on the proposed Railway Safety Act of 2023. The bill was introduced by Senators Sherrod Brown and J.D. Vance of Ohio after a major Norfolk...
