July 10, 2020 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Roanoke Times opinion column by Mike Bowen, July 10, 2020. Bowen worked for eight years in the Norfolk Southern locomotive shop until he was laid off in January.) ROANOKE, Va. — Norfolk Southern is not run by lifetime railroaders anymore. It’s run by...
July 10, 2020 | Headlines, Teamsters, Unions
(Source: Freight Waves, July 9, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division (BMWED), a U.S. rail labor union affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, wants the freight railroads to privately mandate the testing...
July 10, 2020 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, July 8, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending July 4, 2020. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 437,989 carloads...
July 9, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Railway Gazette, July 8, 2020) NEW YORK — Wabtec has started conducting factory testing at its Erie plant of a prototype 4,400 hp battery locomotive, ahead of trial operations with BNSF that are planned to take place in the final quarter of this year. Full...
July 9, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: CNN, July 8, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — High-speed rail, long an afterthought in the United States, is making significant progress in the unlikeliest of times. Full story: CNN
July 9, 2020 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: S&P Global Platts, July 8, 2020) HOUSTON — U.S. coal carload originations fell to 48,930 in the week that ended July 4, down 4% from 50,961 a week earlier and also 18.3% lower than a year ago, according to a July 8 report from the Association of American...
July 9, 2020 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, July 8, 2020) NEW YORK — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ended July 4, 2020, and, although traffic declines were still evident, things appear to be getting better. Full story: Railway...
July 9, 2020 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Axios, July 8, 2020) NEW YORK — Top White House officials have bluntly warned the head of a board that administers railroad workers’ retirement benefits that the investment trust he oversees is exposing investors to undue economic risk and endangering...
July 9, 2020 | Headlines, NS, Whistleblower
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) press release, June 12, 2020) ATLANTA, Ga. — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered Norfolk Southern Railway Corp. to...
July 8, 2020 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, July 7, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded more than half a million dollars in Railroad Trespassing Enforcement Grants to law...
