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Q&A with TD Chief of Staff Jerry Gibson on training

April 13, 2022 The Transportation Division chief of staff discusses the shift in the union's educational and meeting strategy going forward.

Tags 2022 TD Annual Meeting, Regional Training Seminar

FRA admin: Train length a factor in considering crew-size rule

April 13, 2022 Federal Railroad Administrator Amit Bose last week addressed a shippers’ conference and said that part of his agency’s rationale in approaching a minimum crew size rulemaking will be taking into consideration the carriers’ use of longer trains, Trains Magazine reported April [...]

Tags Amit Bose, Federal Railroad Administration, precision scheduled railroading, two-person crews

STB announces hearing regarding rail service

April 8, 2022 Class I railroad officials have a two-day-long hearing before the federal Surface Transportation Board (STB) to prepare for later this month. Reports from shippers to STB regarding poor service — the latest being a letter directly from the National Grain and Feed Association, [...]

Tags BNSF Railway, CSX Transportation, Martin J. Oberman, Norfolk Southern Corp., precision scheduled railroading, Surface Transportation Board, Union Pacific