Ford truck toughness no match for train derailment
First came the semiconductor chip shortage, which has been following by the Great Ford Truck Derailment of 2021.
First came the semiconductor chip shortage, which has been following by the Great Ford Truck Derailment of 2021.
Union Pacific’s beloved steam locomotive No. 4014 is returning to the rails Aug. 5 for a five-week tour that includes public display events in five major cities, along with brief whistle-stops in more than 90 other communities.
For the most part, the employment story at U.S. railroads during the past couple of years has been dismal. The words fear, layoff, furlough, cut, and fire have peppered nearly all news stories on the subject. PSR “adjustments” and Covid have mostly driven the reduction in the workforce.
New video of Tempe derailment may hold clues to the cause of the accident.
Virginia’s Commonwealth Transportation Board has approved a $450,000 grant for Norfolk International Terminals at the Port of Virginia.
Wildfires continue to plague Union Pacific’s lines in several places. Below is a message posted to customers yesterday (July 28, 2021) from Kenny Rocker, EVP, Marketing & Sales.
On Saturday, July24, a Canadian National train hauling 99 cars derailed, putting a locomotive and 24 empty intermodal cars on the ground near Pointe au Baril, Ontario. A washout is considered the most likely cause, and two crew members received minor injuries.
A CSX intermodal train derailed in Indiana yesterday.
More Norfolk Southern mechanical forces have been laid off.
The “blame game” around the recent wildfire at Lytton, B.C. has started.
The wildfire challenges in British Columbia continue to be major headaches for CN and CP, and are having an economic impact due to the resulting backlog of traffic at the Port of Vancouver.
The cause of the wildfire in Lytton, British Columbia is now under investigation.
CP and CN operations must shut down near Lytton for 48 hours.
Union Pacific and the courts continue to spar over Palestine car repair shop.
No firefighting technology handy? Hire some goats!
Whether it’s climate change or a string of bad luck, Union Pacific is getting hammered at several points along its lines.
A Canadian Pacific train derailed last Friday.
CSX fired a worker in 2019 for reporting safety concerns. OSHA took CSX to the wood shed.
In this edition of Rail Group On Air, sponsored by ZTR, Business Development Manager – Rail Division Brodie McLellan and Railway IoT Program Manager Neil Shipley focus on the environmental and safety aspects of ZTR’s various technology offerings with Railway Age Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) unveiled seven rail projects that will receive just over $4 million in grant money.