The National Carriers Conference Committee (NCCC) on Sept. 16 announced that it has reached a national tentative agreement with the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers – Transportation Division (SMART-TD), the nation’s largest rail union, as well as a separate tentative agreement with the union’s Yardmasters, “representing a major step forward in both wages and quality of life improvements.”
Peak shipping season boosted the Port of Long Beach, Calif., to its second-busiest August on record and the sixth-busiest month in its 114-year history “as retailers continued to see the arrival of goods purchased during a recent pause in tariffs,” the Port reported on Sept. 15.
This year, Railway Age and RT&S are pleased to venture to Pittsburgh on Oct. 1-2 for the much-anticipated 2025 Light Rail Conference, featuring a packed lineup of LRT (light rail transit) professionals
CN’s Transcona Shops Mechanical team in Winnipeg achieves two years injury-free. Also, CN partners with the New Orleans Saints to promote safety; and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) joins Operation Lifesaver (OLI) Canada and Operations Lifesaver, Inc. (OLI) in the U.S. to raise rail safety awareness.
More than 2,200 local government leaders from across the country are pressing congressional lawmakers to oppose any increases in truck size or weight, including heavier single-trailer trucks, according to the Coalition Against Bigger Trucks (CABT).
Piper Networks on Sept. 15 announced that it has introduced a version of its Limits Compliance and Collision Avoidance System (LCCAS) to help railroads “rapidly comply with the specific functional safety requirements recommended by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) for rail-bound maintenance vehicles.”
As Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena makes the rounds in Washington, including a visit to the Oval Office, to lobby for support of UP’s acquisition of Norfolk Southern, the intended merger partners
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Sept. 8 granted an Association of American Railroads (AAR) petition to open a proceeding to consider revisions to the Board’s regulations governing ex parte communications. Ex
The Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Board signs off on service cuts. Also, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) releases the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) for the C Line Extension to Torrance.
The government of Canada on Sept. 11 reported that the Contrecoeur Container Terminal project in Montréal, Quebec, is part of the first series of projects being referred to the new Major Projects Office
