March 10, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, PSR, Unions
(Source: CNBC, March 8, 2023) The Association of American Railroads has announced several key safety measures for freight rails in the wake of the Norfolk Southern derailments, including the installation of approximately 1,000 new heat detectors, but a key union...
March 10, 2023 | Congressional Hearing, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: CNN, March 9, 2023) In a hearing with a group of bipartisan senators, Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw apologized to East Palestine, Ohio, residents for the train derailment but was hesitant to answer questions from senators about future commitments to the...
March 10, 2023 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, March 8, 2023) U.S. rail traffic for the week ending March 4, 2023 (Week 9) dipped 6.3% from the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Feb. 22. U.S. Class I railroads hauled a total of 474,191 carloads and...
March 10, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, PSR
(Source: USA Today, March 10, 2023) Every day, the nation’s railroads move millions of tons of raw materials and finished goods around the country on about 140,000 miles of rails, but their safety record is getting new attention amid the ongoing scrutiny of the...
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 9, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines, NS, PSR
Federal regulators are looking into a previously unreported incident involving Norfolk Southern potentially mishandling a conductor’s concern on a train carrying hazardous material just weeks after a similar defect precipitated the derailment in East Palestine,...
March 8, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS, PSR, Technology
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 6, 2023) Installing sensors on freight cars is the only way to prevent another disastrous derailment like the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern hazardous materials wreck in East Palestine, Ohio, a wheel bearing expert says. Full story: Trains...
March 8, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, PSR, Unions
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 7, 2023) A group of unions announced on March 7 that they have filed suit against BNSF Railway over outsourcing of locomotive inspections, maintenance, and repairs, claiming the railroad is cutting its mechanical workforce to boost...
March 8, 2023 | Headlines, PSR, Shippers
(Source: Farm News Media, March 7, 2023) So far this year, average weekly unfilled grain car orders one or more days overdue have numbered over 16,000 a week — the highest rate recorded since the data series began in 2017, according to AFBF Economist Daniel Munch....
March 3, 2023 | Headlines, PSR, Railroad Safety, UP
(Source: The Guardian, March 3, 2023) In leaked audio heard by the Guardian, a manager for one of the US’s largest rail companies can be heard explaining to a former carman that they should stop tagging railcars for broken bearings. The manager says doing so delays...
