(Image Courtesy of BNSF)

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.

Pictured (L to R): Union Pacific’s Craig Richardson and Christina Conlin; Norfolk Southern’s Jackie Peets; IntelliTrans’s Matt Everson; and Savage’s Josh Anders. (Photographs courtesy of the respective companies)

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

Photograph of the Malartic Site Expansion Project, Courtesy of Quadra.

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

The $16 billion Hudson Tunnel Project is one of several Gateway Program projects to upgrade and increase capacity on the New Jersey-to-New York portion of the NEC, the most heavily used passenger rail line in the U.S., hosting more than 2,200 train movements and 800,000 passenger trips daily. (Courtesy of GDC)

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.

“We’re growing our Premium Transload Program for select transload providers along the CPKC de México network who have met our growth, efficiency, safety and quality metrics,” CPKC reported via social media on Nov. 16. (Screen Grab from CPKC video)

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.

Caltrain is transferring its retired gallery cars (90) and diesel locomotives (19) to the municipality of Lima in Peru, where they will operate in as part of a new east-west commuter rail service. (Caltrain Photograph)

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.

(Photograph Courtesy of NCCC)

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

(Metra Photograph, Via X)

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-Mount Vernon Photograph Courtesy of Ports of Indiana)

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

(Photograph Courtesy of CNW Group/Unifor)

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

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