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Va. governor vetoes bill requiring two crew members on trains
(Source: Virginia Mercury, March 12, 2024) Virginia’s legislative effort to require two crew members on all trains died after the governor vetoed the legislation on Friday, March 8. Following multiple train derailments in recent years, considerations of a similar...
Bill to end cuts to railroad unemployment insurance advances in Senate
(Source: Trains.com, March 6, 2024) The Senate Budget Committee has unanimously voted to advance a bill that would permanently exempt railroad workers’ unemployment and sickness insurance benefits from sequestration cuts, and end current cuts. Industry and labor...
More BNSF employees laid off in Lincoln in second round of furloughs
(Source: Television station KOLN, March 6, 2024) More BNSF workers in Lincoln may have lost their jobs after another round of furloughs were announced. At least 10 conductors were set to be furloughed from their positions in Lincoln on Wednesday. Full story:...
Vent and burn of tank cars in East Palestine was not justified, NTSB testifies
(Source: Associated Press, March 6, 2024) The decision to blow open five tank cars and burn the toxic chemical inside them after a freight train derailed in Eastern Ohio last year wasn’t justified, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board told...
NTSB needs more funding for rail and air safety probes, chair says
(Source: Reuters, March 5, 2024) The chair of the National Transportation Safety Board will tell the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday the agency needs more funding and warn cuts could put probes into aviation and rail accidents at risk. NTSB Chair Jennifer...
NS alone should pay for cleanup of East Palestine derailment, judge says
(Source: Associated Press, March 7, 2024) Norfolk Southern alone will be responsible for paying for the cleanup after last year’s fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio, a federal judge ruled. The decision issued March 6 threw out the railroad’s claim that the...
NTSB investigating collision, derailment involving three NS trains in Pa.
(Source: Lehigh Valley News, March 3, 2024) Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board continued work Sunday to determine why three freight trains collided and derailed near Steel City on March 2. Shortly after 7 a.m. Saturday, an eastbound freight...
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Daily Headlines
Va. governor vetoes bill requiring two crew members on trains
(Source: Virginia Mercury, March 12, 2024) Virginia’s legislative effort to require two crew members on all trains died after the governor vetoed the legislation on Friday, March 8. Following multiple train derailments in recent years, considerations of a similar...
Bill to end cuts to railroad unemployment insurance advances in Senate
(Source: Trains.com, March 6, 2024) The Senate Budget Committee has unanimously voted to advance a bill that would permanently exempt railroad workers’ unemployment and sickness insurance benefits from sequestration cuts, and end current cuts. Industry and labor...
More BNSF employees laid off in Lincoln in second round of furloughs
(Source: Television station KOLN, March 6, 2024) More BNSF workers in Lincoln may have lost their jobs after another round of furloughs were announced. At least 10 conductors were set to be furloughed from their positions in Lincoln on Wednesday. Full story:...
Vent and burn of tank cars in East Palestine was not justified, NTSB testifies
(Source: Associated Press, March 6, 2024) The decision to blow open five tank cars and burn the toxic chemical inside them after a freight train derailed in Eastern Ohio last year wasn’t justified, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board told...
NTSB needs more funding for rail and air safety probes, chair says
(Source: Reuters, March 5, 2024) The chair of the National Transportation Safety Board will tell the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday the agency needs more funding and warn cuts could put probes into aviation and rail accidents at risk. NTSB Chair Jennifer...
NS alone should pay for cleanup of East Palestine derailment, judge says
(Source: Associated Press, March 7, 2024) Norfolk Southern alone will be responsible for paying for the cleanup after last year’s fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio, a federal judge ruled. The decision issued March 6 threw out the railroad’s claim that the...
NTSB investigating collision, derailment involving three NS trains in Pa.
(Source: Lehigh Valley News, March 3, 2024) Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board continued work Sunday to determine why three freight trains collided and derailed near Steel City on March 2. Shortly after 7 a.m. Saturday, an eastbound freight...
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