UP CEO Jim Young taking leave-of-absence

OMAHA — Union Pacific CEO Jim Young announced March 2 that he will take a medical leave of absence to be treated for recently diagnosed pancreatic cancer. John J. Koraleski, executive vice president for marketing and sales will serve as acting president and CEO during Y [...]

FRA interprets hours-of-service laws

WASHINGTON – In a Feb. 29, 2012, Federal Register notice, the Federal Railroad Administration provides its interpretation of hours-of-service laws “arising out of some of the complex and important amendments enacted in 2008 to the Federal railroad safety laws that govern such [...]

OSHA elevates whistleblower priority

WASHINGTON – Whistleblower protection administered by the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has been elevated in agency priority, with the program now administered directly by OSHA’s assistant secretary of labor. The Department of Labo [...]

NJT conductor charged in ticket fraud

A New Jersey Transit conductor has been arrested and charged with official misconduct, theft and conspiracy, according to news reports, following a seven-month investigation into missing ticket money. The alleged crime is said to have occurred on NJT’s North Jersey Coast Line [...]

3 crewmembers dead in VIA Rail derailment

BURLINGTON, Ont. – Three Canada VIA Rail crew members riding in the lone locomotive of a five-car passenger train died in a derailment here Feb. 26. More than 40 passengers and another crew member were injured, many seriously. News reports indicate the fourth crewmember suffe [...]