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 […]
TCU Press Release – Sept 17, 2023 Rockville, MD – TCU & Brotherhood of Railway Carmen (BRC) mourn the loss of CSX Carman Fred Anderson who was fatally injured while on duty earlier today in Walbridge, Ohio. “These tragedies are very painful reminders that the work our members perform is dangerous and unforgiving. My deepest condolences […]
BY JOSH FUNK, ASSOCIATED PRESS – 09/10/23 2:50 PM ET via thehill.com OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal inspectors said they found an alarming number of defects in the locomotives and railcars Union Pacific was using at the world’s largest railyard in western Nebraska this summer, and the railroad was reluctant to fix the problems. Federal […]
Newly released recordings bring to light a culture of ignoring safety in favor of profit By Collin Woodard for jalopnik.com You would think that if you worked as a track inspector for a railroad company, reporting defects would make you good at your job. After all, wouldn’t the company want to know where its trains […]
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 […]
ASSOCIATED PRESS BY JOSH FUNK Fewer shipping container deliveries this spring hurt CSX railroad’s second-quarter profit and offset a sharp increase in shipments of automobiles, but executives remain optimistic about the economy. CSX said Thursday that it earned $996 million, or 49 cents per share, during the second quarter. That’s down 15% from a year ago […]