(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 23, 2017)
Class Is employed 150,215 workers in the United States as of mid-December, down 0.84 percent compared with mid-November’s employment figure and 6.58 percent with the year-ago figure, according to the Surface Transportation Board (STB). Compared with mid-November 2016, the number of transportation (train and engine) employees was down 0.57 percent to 59,481.
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