National Steel Car Workers on Strike
Railcar production at National Steel Car, Hamilton, Ont., has been shut down since June 29 when 1,450 employees belonging to United Steelworkers Local 7135 walked off the job when contract negotiations stalled.
Railcar production at National Steel Car, Hamilton, Ont., has been shut down since June 29 when 1,450 employees belonging to United Steelworkers Local 7135 walked off the job when contract negotiations stalled.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to solicit feedback on initiatives PHMSA is considering “that may modernize Hazardous Materials Regulations and improve efficiencies while maintaining or improving a current high level of safety.”
CSX ES44AH No. 1982, in Seaboard System Railroad colors, is the third in a series of heritage locomotives created by employees at the company’s Waycross Locomotive Shop in Georgia “as a way
Editor’s Note: Tom Kenna, President of the Panama Canal Railway Company (PCRC), recently gave former Kansas City Southern President and CEO Mike Haverty and his wife Marlys a tour of PCRC headquarters.
The Association of American Railroads filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on June 30 seeking to block the state’s two-person train crew mandate, which AAR contends doesn’t permit exceptions and is unconstitutional because it contradicts the 1995 Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act (ICCTA).
The initial operating segment of Honolulu’s 20-mile, 21-station autonomous (driverless) Skyline, the first urban rail transit GoA4 (Grade of Automation) system in operation in the United States, opened for revenue service on
Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) on Investor Day, June 28, announced a new joint service agreement with CSX and involving Genesee & Wyoming that will create a direct CPKC-CSX interchange connection in Alabama and a corridor linking Mexico, Texas and the U.S. Southeast. At Investor Day, the transnational issued new multi-year guidance and “unveiled the next chapter in its long-term growth strategy as the only single-line railroad that connects a continent.”
General Motors and Samsung SDI plan to invest more than $3 billion in a new battery cell manufacturing plant in the U.S. in New Carlisle, Ind. (St. Joseph County) on Norfolk Southern’s high-density Chicago Line. The facility is targeted to begin operations in 2026.
Canadian Pacific 4-6-4 2816, the Empress, has successfully completed a stationary steam test, moving another step closer to its transnational Canada-U.S.-Mexico voyage this summer to celebrate formation of CPKC (Canadian Pacific Kansas
The Reading & Northern has named Michael Sharadin as Vice President Coal Sourcing. Sharadin, who will report to RBMN President Wayne Michel, returns to the railroad following three years as an Area