CSX announced April 3 that is reached a tentative agreement with the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers-Transportation Division B&O (SMART-TD B&O) union to provide the Class I’s trainmen and conductors with sick leave benefits.
Brightline continues train testing up to 79 mph in Indian River County. Also, LA Metro’s partnership with Transit reaches end of three-year agreement.
Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc. (MEPPI) appoints Tricia Breeger CEO. Also, Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corporation (Odyssey) names Hans Stig Moller CEO.
L.B. Foster announces sale of substantially all the operating assets of its Chemtec Energy Services, L.L.C. precision measurement products and systems business located in Willis, Tex., to a private buyer. Also, Genesis Electronics Group, Inc. (GEGI) signs a letter of intent with Taylor Transport.
CSX announces new graduates from the Warrior to Work drone program through the Class I’s partnership with Wounded Warrior Project (WWP). Also, Union Pacific (UP) partners with The Manufacturing Institute to grow its Second Chance Hiring Program; and donates photography equipment to Chicago youth.
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Sens. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) have added a fourth railroad safety bill to three currently circulating on Capitol Hill by introducing on March 30 one they
Operation Lifesaver, Inc. (OLI) announced March 30 $230,925 in competitive rail safety awareness grants to OLI programs in 12 states.
The Commerce Park II – Rail Site, a 150-acre property adjacent to the CSX mainline and part of a larger planned 1,000-plus acre industrial park in southwest Hopkinsville, Ky., has been designated a Platinum CSX Select Site, the Class I reported March 30.
Train testing on LA Metro’s Regional Connector project begins. Also, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) seek approval to bolster BART Inspector General funding; the University of Washington partners with Sound Transit to study fentanyl smoke movement in public transportation; TransLink commits to first real estate development project; and the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announces another 13 stations to be refurbished as part of New York City Transit’s (NYCT) Re-NEW-vation Program.
The Port of Long Beach (POLB) and the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council have finalized a new 10-year project labor agreement (PLA) that “ensures large Port infrastructure projects will continue to be built by skilled workers without any stoppages, strikes or lockouts.” The previous port-wide PLA was a five-year pact adopted in 2016 and extended for two years.