March 10, 2023 | Contract Agreement, CSX, News, NS, Short Line
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 10 — Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) employed by the Springfield Terminal Railway Company (ST) (an affiliate of Pan Am Railways) today ratified a New York Dock Implementing Agreement with the ST and...
March 3, 2023 | Contract Agreement, News, Short Line
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 3 — Today, members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) unanimously ratified a new collective bargaining agreement with the Union Railroad of Pittsburgh, Pa. The four-year agreement provides General Wage Increases of...
February 16, 2023 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, Railroad Security, Short Line
(Source: Railway Age, February 14, 2023) The Association of American Railroads (AAR) and the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) “believe regulation is not required, particularly considering the extensive efforts of the industry to mitigate...
February 14, 2023 | Contract Negotiations, CSX, News, Short Line
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, February 14 — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) today mailed ballots to about 60 members employed by the Springfield Terminal Railway Company (ST) (an affiliate of Pan Am Railways) regarding a tentative New York Dock...
February 10, 2023 | Contract Agreement, News, Short Line
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, February 10 — Today, members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) unanimously ratified a new collective bargaining agreement with the Illinois Railway. The new five-year agreement governs rates of pay, work rules, and...
February 7, 2023 | Contract Negotiations, News, Short Line
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, February 7 — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) has reached a tentative contract agreement with the Union Railroad in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Ballots were mailed last week to active members of the BLET employed by the...
January 13, 2023 | Contract Negotiations, News, Short Line
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, January 13 — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) has reached tentative contract agreements with two short line railroads: the South Buffalo Railway Company (SBRR) and the Illinois Railway (IR). BLET members on these roads...
December 21, 2022 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: News Radio 560 KPQ, December 20, 2022) Rail service in central Washington could improve thanks to a budget proposal in Olympia. Governor Jay Inslee has included nearly $15 million in funding in his recently released 2023-25 Budget for the Connell Rail...
November 28, 2022 | Headlines, NS, Short Line
(Source: Railway Age, November 21, 2022) Norfolk Southern (NS) on Nov. 21 reported executing a purchase agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of the 337-mile Cincinnati Southern Railway (CSR), which runs between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Chattanooga, Tenn. The...
September 2, 2022 | CN, Fatality, Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Associated Press, September 1, 2022) MOBILE, Ala. — A train engineer who was allegedly chatting on video when his locomotive struck heavy equipment on the tracks in south Alabama, killing a Mississippi man, was charged with reckless manslaughter in the crash,...
