BNSF Secures Agreement With IBB
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers (IBB) members have voted to ratify a new five-year collective bargaining agreement with BNSF, the union and Class I railroad reported Nov. 19.
Author: Marybeth Luczak
People News: UP, NS, IntelliTrans, Savage
Union Pacific (UP) Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary Craig Richardson will retire in 2025. Also, Norfolk Southern’s (NS) Jackie Peets, a 2018 Railway Age “Fast Tracker,” is recognized
Quadra, Octium to Offer Bulk Chemical Transloading in Quebec
Quadra Group Ltd. and Octium Solutions Inc. on Nov. 15 reported investing in a Malartic, Quebec facility project that will expand railway infrastructure to CN’s main line. The aim: to “enhance the
GDC Issues RFQ for New Jersey Surface Alignment Project
The Gateway Development Commission (GDC) is seeking a single design-build contractor for the Hudson Tunnel Project Package 3: the New Jersey Surface Alignment (NJSA) Project.
Class I Briefs: CPKC, UP, CSX
Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) expands its Premium Transload Program. Also, Union Pacific’s (UP) Mechanical Car Department achieves 1 million hours of safe work; and CSX honors the winners of its 6th Drive to Succeed campaign.
Transit Briefs: Caltrain, Amtrak, LACMTA
California’s Caltrain sends its retired trains to the municipality of Lima in Peru. Also, Amtrak welcomes back Keystone Service riders after restoring weekday trains between Lancaster and Harrisburg, Pa.; and Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) celebrates the completion of a mixed-use housing development adjacent to the E Line’s Soto Station in Boyle Heights.
NCCC Announces Three Tentative Union Deals
The National Carriers Conference Committee (NCCC) recently reached tentative national collective bargaining agreements with the Transportation Communications Union (TCU), Brotherhood of Railway Carmen (BRC), and International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail
Progress Rail Completes SD70-MACH Deliveries to Metra
Chicago’s Metra has taken delivery of all 15 SD70-MACH locomotives that it ordered from Progress Rail in 2019. The commuter railroad made the announcement in the fourth-quarter 2024 edition of its MyMetra
Ports of Indiana Lands $11MM Grant for Rail Yard, Transload Facility
The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) has awarded the Ports of Indiana an $11.249 million grant to construct a $16 million rail yard and transload facility at its Mount Vernon, Ind., location, the closest
CN-Unifor Bargaining Update (11/18)
CN on Sept. 27 reported that Unifor filed a Notice of Dispute three days after the beginning of negotiations. The union represents 3,300 Mechanical, Clerical, and Intermodal employees in Canada across three