August 7, 2024 | Headlines, NS, Railroad Safety, Unions
(Source: Trains.com, August 6, 2024) Norfolk Southern and the American Train Dispatchers Association today agreed to join the Federal Railroad Administration’s Confidential Close Call Reporting System. Under the one-year C3RS pilot, NS dispatches can report safety...
August 6, 2024 | Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source; MyChesCo.com, August 3, 2024) U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) on Thursday introduced The Rail Bridge Safety and Transparency Act, aimed at enhancing the safety of rail bridges across the nation. The bill addresses the limited oversight from the Federal Railroad...
July 31, 2024 | News, Railroad Safety, Top News
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Chair of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, is looking for answers from the Union Pacific after the Federal Railroad Administration was forced to cancel a safety culture survey at the railroad. FRA launched the...
July 29, 2024 | C3RS, News, Railroad Safety, Top News
NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy (left) and FRA Administrator Amit Bose testified during the July 23 hearing. T&I Committee images ____________________ A BLET-backed rail safety bill was the focus of a hearing before the House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and...
July 25, 2024 | Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety
(Source: Roll Call, July 25, 2024) Election-year politics combined with a tight legislative schedule are complicating the effort to pass rail safety legislation stemming from last year’s East Palestine, Ohio, derailment, as the bill’s main GOP supporter, Ohio Sen. JD...
July 24, 2024 | 2-man Crews, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, July 23, 2024) The Teamsters are proud to endorse the bipartisan Railroad Safety Enhancement Act of 2024 (H.R.8996) led by Representatives Troy Nehls (R-TX) and Seth Moulton (D-MA). This legislation...
July 24, 2024 | 2-man Crews, C3RS, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, Legislation, Railroad Safety, Train Length
(Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 23, 2024) New bipartisan legislation to improve railroad safety following the East Palestine derailment was announced Tuesday as a House subcommittee held a three-hour hearing on what steps were needed to prevent a repeat...
July 24, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, FRA, Headlines, Legislation, NTSB, Railroad Safety
(Source: Associated Press, July 23, 2024) Major freight railroads are rushing railcar inspections, reinforcing known safety concerns raised by unions for years, but at a House hearing Tuesday they’ll present new evidence from federal inspectors that railcar checks are...
July 22, 2024 | Legislation, News, Railroad Safety, Top News
The nomination of Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) as the Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States has put the Railway Safety Act (S. 576) back into the spotlight. Meanwhile, new legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would make C3RS...
July 22, 2024 | East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NTSB, Railroad Safety
(Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 21, 2024) After releasing its final report last week, the NTSB has issued more than 30 safety recommendations to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future. These include improving the performance of defect detection...
