by Danelle Morton and Topher Sanders, with additional reporting by Jessica Lussenhop for propublica.org Time and again, Johnny Taylor’s duty to keep the rails safe from disaster conflicted with his employer’s desire to keep its trains running as fast and as frequently as possible, putting his career and family in peril. AS HE WALKED ALONG THE SPONGY,damp Louisiana marshland, […]
BY JOSH FUNK for apnews.com OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific is trimming the ranks of the railroad’s management employees as part of the new CEO’s push to eliminate layers of bosses involved in decision making. The railroad, based in Omaha, Nebraska, said Wednesday that it is eliminating less than 5% of its roughly 5,600 management jobs. Everyone […]
BY JOSH FUNK For apnews.com To help quickly spot safety defects on moving trains, Norfolk Southern said Thursday it has installed the first of more than a dozen of a new generation of automated inspection portals on its tracks in Ohio — not far from where one of its trains careened off the tracks in February and spilled […]
By JOSH FUNK – AP OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific’s third-quarter profit fell 19% as the railroad hauled about 3% fewer shipments and costs remained high, but the average speed of its trains improved 5% as new CEO Jim Vena began to tweak the operations. Union Pacific said it earned $1.53 billion or $2.51 […]
In-train forces of longer trains change the ways engineers maneuver trains, BLET says By Joanna Marsh for freightwaves.com The argument over whether the Class I railroads should deploy longer trains continues, with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) recently calling on the Federal Railroad Administration to issue an emergency order that would limit […]
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The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the Oct. 15 BNSF Railway Co. coal-train derailment off a bridge over Interstate 25 near Pueblo, Colorado. A truck driver was killed in the accident. Photos taken by the Colorado State Patrol show a partially collapsed bridge with the semi-truck caught underneath. The photos also show rail cars and coal scattered […]
Our October TCU Veteran of the Month is Brother Tom Wertenberger of LL 1908. Tom served in the United States Navy for 27 years from 1967 to 1994. He served on destroyers, cruisers, and amphibious ships as well as staffs. During his service, he held a myriad of positions such as Gunnery Officer, First Lieutenant, […]
The suit announced Monday by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of 21 former workers is the first the government filed in what could eventually be hundreds — if not thousands — of lawsuits. BY JOSH FUNK AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS via fortune.com The lawsuit announced Monday by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on […]