Surface Transportation Board data Employment at U.S. Class I railroads has fallen 4% since February 2017, the month before E. Hunter Harrison began implementing Precision Scheduled Railroading at CSX Transportation. Harrison’s efficiency-driven operating model has since spread to Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern, and Kansas City Southern, making additional workforce reductions likely through the end of […]
Crowds greet a New Orleans-Jacksonville, Fla., Amtrak inspection train at Mobile, Ala., on Feb. 18, 2016. Mobile’s city council has delayed action on a motion to support the retur of Amtrak service. Bob Johnston MOBILE, Ala. — Mobile’s city council has delayed action on a proposal asking Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey to commit funds to […]
NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit commuter train engineers are refusing to work overtime on scheduled days off, leading to more cancelled trains. NJ.com reports that the move is in protest of a contract violation. James P. Brown, general chairman for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers NJ Transit Local, told the news organization that NJ Transit […]
A CSX train prepares to flood load at Premier Elkhorn Coal’s prep plant at Myra, Kentucky, in summer 2012. The plant is now owned by Cambrian Holding Company, which recently filed for bankruptcy protection. Chris Anderson BELCHER, KY. — A coal operator in Eastern Kentucky with loading operations served by both CSX Transportation and Norfolk […]
An L Train subway arrives at Union Square in Manhattan in March 2019. Tunnel work on the L Train route is proceeding on or ahead of schedule. Ralph Spielman NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority received good news about its L Train tunnel habilitation at Monday’s Subway and Bus Committee Meeting: the project is […]
BOSTON — A former U.S. Secretary of Transportation will be part of a three-member panel assembled by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority to examine its operations, the Boston Herald reports. Ray LaHood, Secretary of Transportation in the Obama Administration, will be part of the “safety review panel,” along with Carolyn Flowers, a former acting head […]
A New York Transit Authority No. 1 train reaches its South Ferry terminus in May 2019. The Metropolitan Transit Authority will consider a move to ban repeat criminal offenders from its subways and buses. Ralph Spielman NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will consider a motion to ban repeat criminal offenders from its subway […]
MONTREAL — The Government of Canada and the Canada Infrastructure Bank, an “arm’s length” Crown corporation formed to fund big transportation projects, announced Tuesday that they will help finance an exploration of VIA Rail Canada’s proposed separate rail line in the Quebec City-Toronto Corridor. The government and infrastructure bank will commit C$71.1 million ($54 million […]
Officials including U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin (second from left) and then-mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel (fifth from left) participate in the 2017 groundbreaking for the CRRC Sifang factory in Chicago. CRRC, which is manufacturing new Chicago Transit Authority cars at the plant, is a target in the U.S.-China trade war. TRAINS: David Lassen Workers continue […]
Ron Rosenberg of Ron’s Books, flanked by his son, Lee, and wife, Ellie, in 2010. Trains: Mike Yuhas HARRISON, N.Y. — One of the railroad hobby’s most notable booksellers has passed away. Ron Rosenberg, 76, the owner of Ron’s Books of Harrison, N.Y., died Sunday. A lifelong railroad enthusiast and steam locomotive lover, he specialized […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a tax case involving CSX Transportation and the state of Alabama for the third time — a decision Bloomberg News calls a partial win for both parties. The court rejected petitions by CSX and the Alabama Department of Revenue on Monday. That means a 2018 […]
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Transit Authority has named Carolyn Gonot as its new executive director, ending a six-month search. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Gonot is the first woman to hold the position for the agency, which operates the FrontRunner commuter rail line, along with TRAX light rail and bus service. She […]
