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UP using super-long rail lengths to replace worn tracks
(Source: Omaha World-Herald, June 29, 2015) OMAHA, Neb. — The Omaha-based railroad is now the first large U.S. railroad to employ superlong rail lengths to replace worn track. The 480-foot pieces of rail — one is the length of 1½ football fields — requires 88 percent...
Teamsters: Worker misclassification is another corporate trick
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, June 25, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Too many corporations are taking advantage of hardworking Americans who are trying to earn a living to support their families. Instead of bringing them on as full-time...
RRB names Director of Policy and Systems
(Source: U.S. Railroad Retirement Board press release, June 24, 2015) CHICAGO — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has named Kimberly Price-Butler as its Director of Policy and Systems. In that position, Ms. Price-Butler will be responsible for developing and...
Three new mediators join NMB
(Source: National Mediation Board press release, June 25, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Mediation Board (NMB) is pleased to announce that in June 2015 three new mediators have joined the NMB: Jane Allen joins the NMB with 22 years of experience in the airline...
KCS to release 2Q 2015 financial information on July 17
(Source: Kansas City Southern press release, June 26, 2015) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern (KCS) will release its financial results for second quarter 2015 on Friday, July 17, 2015, before the opening of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. KCS will also...
Dems slam Maryland governor for killing Baltimore light rail
(Source: The Hill, June 26, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maryland Democrats in Congress are sharply criticizing the state's Republican governor for killing a proposed light railway in Baltimore. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) announced Thursday that he is canceling a...
Lobbying on MBTA overhaul intensifies
(Source: Boston Globe, June 26, 2015) BOSTON — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s largest union will launch a radio advertisement Friday praising Governor Charlie Baker but calling a key element of his T overhaul plan a “dark cloud.” Elsewhere on the...
Jury awards $375,000 to former UP employee in retaliation case
(Source: Press release from the Law Office of Jeff R. Dingwall, PLC, June 25, 2015) SHREVEPORT, La. — This week, a twelve person Federal jury in Shreveport, La., unanimously found that Union Pacific Railroad Company fired Conductor Jeff Davis for reporting an...
Railroads use new oil train rule to fight transparency
(Source: McClatchy News Service, June 25, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Railroads may have found a new weapon in their fight to keep information about oil train shipments from the public: a federal rule that was supposed to increase transparency. Full story:...
Metrolink has PTC in Revenue Service Demonstration across network
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, June 25, 2015) NEW YORK — Metrolink says Positive Train Control (PTC) is in Revenue Service Demonstration (RSD) across its entire 341-mile network earlier this month, making it the first railroad in the nation to have PTC running...
AAR: Weekly rail traffic down 2.4 percent from 2014 for week ending June 20
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, June 24, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending June 20, 2015. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 550,839...
Senate measure includes funding for passenger rail safety requirements
(Source: USA Today, June 25, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Senate committee approved passenger rail legislation on Thursday that would add new safety requirements for Amtrak and commuter rail systems in response to last month’s deadly Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia....
Senate panel approves 4-year, $9 billion Amtrak bill
(Source: The Hill, June 25, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate committee overseeing the nation's infrastructure on Thursday approved a plan to spend nearly $9 billion on Amtrak over the next four years after a deadly crash reignited a debate in Washington about the...
Organizers planning train tour to commemorate centennial of WWI
(Source: Omaha World-Herald, June 24, 2015) OMAHA, Neb. — Ross Rowland organized the American Freedom Train that steamed around the country to celebrate the nation’s 1976 Bicentennial. Now the railroad enthusiast from Pottstown, Pennsylvania, is organizing the Yellow...
Union Pacific to announce 2Q 2015 financial information on July 23
(Source: Union Pacific press release, June 25, 2015) OMAHA, Neb. — You are invited to listen to Union Pacific Corporation's second quarter 2015 earnings release presentation that will be broadcast live over the Internet and via teleconference on Thursday, July 23,...
Positive Train Control advances at Metrolink
(Source: Los Angeles Times, June 24, 2015) LOS ANGELES — A sophisticated safety system that could have prevented the deadly Chatsworth train crash in 2008 is now protecting Metrolink passenger trains that travel on all tracks owned by the commuter railroad in Southern...
McDonald’s accused of hanging California produce workers out to dry in Teamster campaign
(Source: Huffington Post, June 23, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — After impounding the ballots for more than a year, federal officials last week tallied the votes in an acrimonious union election at Taylor Farms Pacific, a California vegetable producer that supplies...
Teamsters: The war against bad trade deals continues
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, June 24, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate is on the verge of giving final approval later today to fast track legislation that will allow lousy trade deals like the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership...
CP Rail lashes out over comments about Revelstoke investigation
(Source: CBC News, June 24, 2015) OTTAWA — The head of CP Rail is lashing out at Canadian Transport Minister Lisa Raitt, accusing her of threatening the company even before completing an investigation into an allegation that a train was parked in the mountains above...
Judge deals Amtrak setback over Sandy storm losses
(Source: Reuters, June 24, 2015) NEW YORK — Amtrak suffered a big setback in its attempt to recoup an estimated $1.1 billion of losses from Superstorm Sandy, when a federal judge on Wednesday rejected the railroad's efforts to recover much of that sum from its...
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