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20/03/2024

Union Pacific made history on Jan. 6, 2024, when we became the first Class I railroad to modernize the “big three” core operating platforms: Positive Train Control (PTC), Computer-Aided Dispatch (CADx) and Transportation Management (NetControl).

20/03/2024

20/03/2024

Railroad industry news about: Transport Canada, Port of Thunder Bay, National Trade Corridors Fund, intermodal, Canadian Pacific Kansas City, CN . From the editors of Progressive Railroading Magazine

20/03/2024

Michigan awards 10 rail projects $16M in state rail enhancement grants By Melina Druga  |   March 15, 2024   |   Investment © Shutterstock The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) recently awarded 10 freight rail projects $16 million in 2024 Michigan Rail Enhancement Grant Program (...

20/03/2024

Fabrication of a new railcar to transport spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste is now under way.

20/03/2024

With House GOP Stalling on Rail Safety, House Dems hold Roundtable 🚨

Read more here: https://www.tcunion.org/tcu-union/with-house-gop-s…-hold-roundtable/

20/03/2024

The Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) on March 18 issued a Draft Environmental Assessment (Draft EA) for CSX Transportation’s (CSXT) request to acquire and operate the assets comprising the rail line of Genesee & Wyoming-owned Class III Meridian & Bigbee...

20/03/2024

SMART-TD opposed a plan to test automated cars before the FRA. Member comment on Genesee & Wyoming/Parallel Systems' plan is needed.

19/03/2024

Trains always have the right-of-way. Whether you’re a pedestrian, driving a vehicle or even an emergency responder, follow these tips:
https://oli.org/safety-near-trains/driving-safely-near-tracks

19/03/2024

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19/03/2024

Women, minorities underrepresented in transit leadership roles, report finds By Melina Druga  |   March 18, 2024   |   Federal © Shutterstock Women and racial and ethnic minorities are underrepresented in leadership roles with public transit agencies, research from the Mineta Transportation...

19/03/2024

19/03/2024

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is conducting an Amtrak Daily Long-Distance Service Study to evaluate the restoration of daily long-distance intercity rail passenger service and the potential for new Amtrak long-distance routes. This study will ultimately create a long-term vision for long-distance passenger rail service and identify capital projects and funding needed to implement that vision. The initial proposal would add 15 long-distance routes, serving 61 additional metropolitan areas to create a true national network.

The FRA is seeking public input by Friday, March 8. After public comment, the FRA will make capital and operating cost estimates, and make recommendations to Congress.
https://fralongdistancerailstudy.org/

12/12/2022

https://therealnews.com/railroad-workers-speak-out-after-congress-and-biden-block-rail-strike

Four railroad workers comment on Congress's handling of the rail contract dispute, and how Wall Street's destruction of the freight rail system is only going to get worse for workers, shippers, and all of us.

11/12/2022

"When an Amtrak train barreled into a dump truck in rural Missouri this summer, the death and devastation underscored the dangers that can lie on America’s often forgotten rails."

U.S. railroads do what they want when they want, a monthslong Kansas City Star investigation found. And no one can stop them — even if the consequences are deadly.

29/11/2022

The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote Wednesday to block a potential rail strike after President Joe Biden warned of the dire economic consequences of a rail disruption that could happen as early as Dec. 9.

The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote Wednesday to block a potential rail strike after President Joe Biden warned of the dire economic consequences of a rail disruption that could happen as early as Dec. 9.

29/11/2022

"It is not enough to 'share workers' concerns,'" said a statement from the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division, which represents about 23,000 track maintenance workers, making it the third largest rail union. "A call to Congress to act immediately to pass legislation that adopts tentative agreements that exclude paid sick leave ignores the railroad workers' concerns."

President Joe Biden was in the unusual position Tuesday of being praised by business interests and attacked by his normal allies in the labor movement after calling for Congress to move immediately to block a strike by more than 100,000 union members at the nation's freight railroads set for the end...

29/11/2022

President Joe Biden on Monday asked Congress to intervene and avert a potential strike of the nation's railway workers -- which could upend huge parts of the economy that depend on freight to move goods -- by forcing the workers' unions to accept a deal negotiated earlier this year.

Biden on Monday asked Congress to intervene and avert a potential strike of the nation's railway workers