April 24, 2026 | Headlines, Legislation, Mexico, Railroad Safety, Railroad Security
(Source: Trains.com, April 23, 2026) Two members of the House of Representatives have introduced a bill that would block Mexican railroad crews from bringing trains across the border into the United States The Protecting American Railroad Workers’ Jobs Act was...
April 9, 2026 | News, NS, Teamsters Rail Conference, Top News, UP, UP-NS Merger
On April 7, leaders of the Teamsters Rail Conference met in New York City with Wall Street analysts and investors who study the Class I railroad industry to discuss potential ramifications of the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger and the Teamsters Rail...
April 1, 2026 | Derailment, News, Safety Task Force, Top News, UP-NS Merger
The BLET Safety Task Force has received Party Status from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to assist with investigations into two Union Pacific derailments that occurred recently: one that resulted in an ethanol leak in Richmond, Texas, on March 18; and...
March 27, 2026 | BNSF, Headlines, Quarterly Income
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 3, 2026) BNSF Railway’s fourth-quarter 2025 total revenue declined 3% to $5.98 billion, but net income jumped 5% to $1.3 billion compared with Q4 2024 financial results, the railroad announced on March 3. The Class I...
March 27, 2026 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, March 17, 2026 A second Presidential Emergency Board has sided with a coalition of unions in their ongoing contract dispute with the Long Island Rail Road — but the LIRR rejected the board’s recommendation, setting the stage for a strike or...
March 24, 2026 | News, Top News, UP-NS Merger
Front row, from left: Joe Ferris, LC Div. 152; Jeff Jones, LC Div. 609; Kevin Sexton, BLET VP; Chris Mullin, LC Div. 336; Mark Wallace, National President; Dave Estes, National S-T.; Gary Best, First VP; Joey Rice, LC Div. 81; Tim Morgan, Missouri SLB Chairman; and...
February 23, 2026 | Legislation, News, Railroad Safety, Top News, UP-NS Merger
Brothers and Sisters, When I addressed the members at our Eastern Regional in Daytona Beach last summer, I said that our Union had been in a siding for the last couple of years and had just received a signal to come out on the mainline when President Mark...
February 16, 2026 | News, NS, Top News, UP, UP-NS Merger
A February 4 letter co-signed by 47 Republican members of Congress urges the Surface Transportation Board to conduct a “rigorous and comprehensive” review of proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger. The Representatives said that if STB cannot ensure that the...
February 5, 2026 | CN, Headlines, Quarterly Income
CN reported its financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2025. Quarterly Financial Results Highlights Fourth-quarter 2025 compared to fourth-quarter 2024 Revenues of C$4,464 million, an increase of C$106 million, or 2%....
February 5, 2026 | Headlines, NS, Quarterly Income
(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, January 29, 2026) Norfolk Southern Corporation announced its fourth quarter and full year 2025 financial results on January 29, 2026. In the quarter, revenue was $3.0 billion, income from railway operations was $937 million,...
