After the derailment of of several trains hauling hazardous materials, namely crude oil, Canadian Minister of Transport Marc Garneau has issued new orders around the speed of these trains, which are now
A bill requiring at least two crew persons on most freight trains operating within Washington State was recently signed into law by Governor Jay Inslee (D). The effective date of the bill
Norfolk Southern yesterday added its voice to the chorus of Class 1 railroads that have reported to the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) that the coronavirus pandemic could have a significant impact
The glut of oil caused by plummeting prices is beginning to outpace capacity for storage. According to a report by Yahoo! Finance, IHS Markit, a Canadian firm, projects that storage space will
The Fort Worth & Western Railroad, the Texas Northeastern Railway, the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad and the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad have requested that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) waive certain
FreightWaves is reporting a new rule has been issued by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) that requires railroaders involved in operations that pose a higher-than-average risk to public safety to be trained
MTA Metro-North Railroad President Cathy Rinaldi announced that as of March 14 Metro-North’s full Harlem and Hudson lines are operating in Positive Train Control (PTC), bringing Metro-North’s total of PTC-equipped route miles
In late January of this year, RT&S reported on a former creosote site in Houston that Union Pacific has owned for the last twenty years, and was formerly a Southern Pacific site.
Union Pacific recently announced its intention to set science-based targets to determine how much and how quickly the company will reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to support global climate change goals. A
Michael Wills, like many truck drivers, periodically made deliveries and pickups to rail yards in Illinois operated by Norfolk Southern. A key way to identify and record the visits of drivers to
