April 7, 2022 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, PSR, TTD
(Source: Press release from the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO, April 5, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Leaders from 30 transportation labor organizations gathered in Washington, D.C. yesterday to outline a robust legislative and regulatory agenda for...
April 7, 2022 | AFL-CIO, Headlines, PSR, TTD
(Source: Freight Waves, April 5, 2022) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO is urging federal agencies to rein in Class I railroads’ attendance policies, which TTD says force union employees to work long hours without adequate...
April 6, 2022 | FRA, News, PSR, SMART-TD
CLEVELAND (April 6) — Leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure are asking the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to take action on a 2008 Congressional mandate to address rail worker fatigue at Class I carriers,...
April 5, 2022 | BNSF, News, PSR, SMART-TD
CLEVELAND, Ohio (April 5) — Five Republican U.S. representatives have contacted the BNSF Railway and encouraged its CEO to reengage with its operating unions to alter the highly-restrictive and punitive Hi-Viz attendance policy. In a letter to Brotherhood of...
April 5, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, SMART-TD
(Source: Trains Magazine, April 4, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ongoing service problems related to crew shortages on the U.S. Class I railroads are entirely self-inflicted due to the implementation of Precision Scheduled Railroading, the SMART Transportation Division...
April 5, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, April 4, 2022) BNSF Railway Co. President and CEO Katie Farmer last week responded to the National Grain and Feed Association’s letter to the Surface Transportation Board that outlined association members’ concerns about rail service...
April 1, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, March 30, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending March 26, 2022. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 504,817...
April 1, 2022 | Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: Television station WCPO, March 30, 2022) LOCKLAND, Ohio — A family’s home in Lockland was damaged by a fire Thursday morning, but first responders said the damage might not have been as bad if they could have arrived faster. Lockland Fire Chief Doug...
March 31, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, March 30, 2022) NEW YORK — U.S. Class I railroads hauled 504,817 carloads and intermodal units for the week ending March 26, 2022, falling 3.2% from the prior-year period. This is based on 233,555 carloads—up 0.5% from 2021—and 271,262 containers...
March 30, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Railway Age, March 29, 2022) NEW YORK — “One NGFA member has spent an additional $3 million on secondary freight in the last month to try and keep animals fed. This is additional freight they should not have to purchase, and this reduces available freight to...
