May 2, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Television station KCEN, May 1, 2022) WACO, Texas — The spouses of BNSF railroaders protested at the Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meetings in Omaha, Nebraska on Saturday. Full story: www.kcentv.com
May 2, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, SMART-TD
(Source: SMART Transportation Division press release, April 30, 2022) OMAHA, Neb. — While Berkshire Hathaway shareholders sat April 30 in comfort and national cable-news networks live-streamed and deified wealth hoarder Warren Buffett and his executive cronies at the...
May 2, 2022 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: White House press release, April 29, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — WASHINGTON – Today, President Biden announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to serve as members of the Amtrak Board of Directors: David Capozzi, Nominee for Member of the Amtrak...
May 2, 2022 | Headlines, UP
(Source: JD Supra, April 29, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Interpretation of the phrase “in use” as used in the Locomotive Inspection Act (LIA) continues to baffle courts across the country, including the Supreme Court of the United States. On April 28, 2022, the Supreme...
May 2, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 2, 2022) BURLINGTON, N.D. — Fifteen cars of a BNSF Railway intermodal train derailed early Sunday near Burlington, with some cars catching fire, closing the railroad’s Glasgow Subdivision main line just west of Minot, N.D. Because...
May 2, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, UP
(Source: Dallas Morning News, May 1, 2022) SANTA TERESA, N.M. — The Mexican government said it intends to shift long-range plans to build a trade railway connection worth billions of dollars from Texas to New Mexico in the wake of Gov. Greg Abbott’s stepped-up border...
April 29, 2022 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Bloomberg Law, April 28, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court in a 4-4 split on Thursday affirmed a lower court ruling that said a train that is stopped is not “in use” under federal labor law, absolving Union Pacific of liability for a worker’s...
April 29, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, April 28, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Utilities are worried that the slowdown in coal deliveries could threaten U.S. electricity supply and destabilize the power grid. Chemical producers say erratic rail service has forced them to curtail...
April 29, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Reuters, April 28, 2022) CHICAGO — Rail backlogs in the United States are delaying shipment of grains as well as processed flour and corn syrup, contributing to the national problem of inflation, food and grain companies said at a hearing this week. Shippers...
April 29, 2022 | Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board investigation, April 28, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — On February 7, 2019, about 7:00 a.m. local time, a Norfolk Southern Corporation railroad conductor was fatally injured while performing switching operations at the...
