(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 4, 2019)
U.S. Class Is employed 146,556 employees in mid-January, down 0.72 percent compared with December 2018’s level, but up 1.54 percent compared with January 2018’s count, according to Surface Transportation Board (STB) data. On a month-over-month basis, all but one employment category posted decreases. The executives, officials and staff assistants declined 0.35 percent to 8,173 employees; maintenance of way and structures, down 1.48 percent to 31,405; maintenance of equipment and stores, down 0.71 percent to 27,120; transportation (other than train and engine), down 1.26 percent to 5,581; and transportation (train and engine), down 0.46 percent to 62,545.
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