Community south of St. Louis last had passenger service in 1982 courtesy of trains.comThe Texas Eagle heads south through Gardner, Ill., in June 2020. The Eagle will add a stop in De Soto, Mo., city officials in De Soto have announced. Bob Johnston DE SOTO, Mo. — Amtrak will add a Texas Eagle stop in De Soto, the De Soto city […]
Lawyers and unions say there’s an industry-wide pattern of acting against workers who report safety violations or injuries. BY JOSH FUNK AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS via fortune.com Hours before a Norfolk Southerntrain derailed in Ohio and erupted in fire in February, a judge ruled a former railroad employee could proceed with a lawsuit claiming he had been harassed for years by managers […]
With cost-cutting in the rear-view mirror, the focus will be on service and growth For clues about where incoming CEO Jim Vena may take Union Pacific, look at where he wanted to take Canadian National. You may recall that in late 2021 activist investor TCI Fund Management touted Vena as a replacement for CN CEO JJ Ruest. […]
By Bill Stephens for trains.com SMART-TD chairmen call move a ‘giant step backwards’ OMAHA, Neb. — Incoming Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena will not get a honeymoon with rail labor when he begins leading the railroad on Aug. 14. Local SMART-TD leaders and the Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO were critical of the company’s […]
By Makenzie Koch for fox2now.com Governor Mike Parson and the Missouri Department of Transportation are set to announce a new Missouri Railroad Safety Crossing plan this week. On Thursday, the governor plans to sign House Bill 4, which includes $50 million in state funding to improve over 45 passive railroad crossings. The work comes just […]