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Two dead in train-school bus crash in N.D.

January 6, 2015 LARIMORE, N.D. – A school bus failed to yield to railroad crossing and stop signs and collided with an empty freight train Monday in North Dakota, killing the bus driver and a 17-year-old student and injuring 12 other people, the Highway Patrol said. The accident happened at [...]

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Calif. leaders set for high-speed rail groundbreaking

January 5, 2015 California on Tuesday will break ground in Fresno on its ambitious but controversial high-speed rail project, marking another milestone for Governor Jerry Brown and for foreign manufacturers waiting to bid on lucrative train contracts. The United States lags behind Europe and [...]

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Low oil prices unlikely to hurt railroads much

January 5, 2015 OMAHA, Neb. – The stunning collapse in oil prices won’t derail the railroads’ profit engine, even if it does slow the tremendous growth in crude shipments seen in recent years. Carloads of crude oil spiked well over 4,000 percent between 2008 and last year — from [...]

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NTSB safety alert highlights improving visibility

January 3, 2015 WASHINGTON– The National Transportation Safety Board issued a Safety Alert that focuses on the visibility of railroad signals. On railroads, light-emitting diode (LED) railroad signals may mask nearby incandescent signals, preventing incandescent signals from being visible to [...]

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Our life at work: Jerry Anderton

January 3, 2015 Thirty years with men operating trains and yard engines. For the past 30 years I have been closely involved with men who operate trains and yard engines in Tennessee and neighboring states. The main portion of my service to the Norfolk-Southern was in Debutts Yard in Chattano [...]

Union criticizes cuts in railroad maintenance crews

January 2, 2015 BISMARCK, N.D. – The union representing maintenance workers says cuts by Canadian Pacific Railway could exacerbate delays in rail shipping in the region. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters says CP has eliminated or moved some workers who build and maintain track [...]

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NLRB Takes Steps to Level Playing Field for Workers

January 2, 2015 In the biggest policy boost to Union organizing in decades, the National Labor Relations Board issued a long-awaited final rule speeding up the union election process. This rule comes after years of legal challenges to the Obama Administrations attempts at leveling the play8 [...]

FMCSA to maintain random drug testing rates in 2015

January 2, 2015 The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) reported that the annual minimum random controlled substances testing rates for employees in safety sensitive positions, including tractor-trailer and bus drivers, will remain at 50 percent through 2015. The agency’s de [...]

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Attention local treasurers, billings to be mailed Jan. 5

January 2, 2015 Due to the holidays, December billings will not be mailed until Jan. 5.

FRA sets hearing for SEPTA waiver request

December 30, 2014 The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has set a Feb. 10 public hearing on a dispute between the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) and its rail employees regarding a safety rule designed to limit fatigue on the job. SEPTA wants the FRA to renew the [...]

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