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New Arkansas Rail Plan Aims to Boost Freight, Passenger Services by 2025
Arkansas will refresh its rail plan in 2025, addressing freight, safety, passenger rail upgrades, and federal funding opportunities to boost rail infrastructure. read more >
by Chloe McGehee -
PSR and Arkansas Class 1 Railroads (Letter to the Editor)
The [April 3] Arkansas Business article on the East Palestine, Ohio, event did not mention precision scheduled railroading (PSR) and tended to leave the reader with the impression that since the Arkansas railroad regulatory authorities are “not running around,” things are fine. read more >
by Raymond Towne -
Veteran Loses Effort to Bring Service Dog to Work
A court ruled in favor of Union Pacific Railroad’s decision blocking a service dog from going to work with its Army veteran owner to help him mitigate PTSD symptoms. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Rail Safety Under Fire
With three Norfolk Southern Corp. rail accidents in the past two months, a recent bill, the Railway Safety Act of 2023, has been introduced. read more >
by Marty Cook -
Union Pacific Will Replace Rail CEO Amid Hedge Fund Pressure
The managing partner of Soroban Capital Partners, Eric Mandelblatt, said in a letter that the Omaha, Nebraska-based railroad has lagged behind its peers during Lance Fritz' tenure over the past eight years and that a leadership change is overdue. read more >
by Associated Press -
Regulators Back Streamlined System to Challenge Rail Rates
The new procedures the U.S. Surface Transportation Board approved may give shippers a way to resolve rate disputes of less than $4 million in a matter of months instead of years, and at a much lower cost. read more >
by Associated Press -
House Votes to Avert Rail Strike, Impose Deal on Unions
The bill lawmakers are considering would impose a compromise labor agreement brokered by the Biden administration that was ultimately voted down by four of 12 labor unions. read more >
by Associated Press -
Business Groups Urge Congress to Block Potential Rail Strike
The business groups led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Association of Manufacturers and National Retail Federation said even a short-term strike would have a tremendous impact and the economic pain would start to be felt even before the Dec. 9 strike deadline. read more >
by Associated Press -
Potential Railroad Strike Delayed Until Early December
The move allows time for engineers and conductors to vote on their agreements with the freight railroads and give more opportunity for the industry to renegotiate with two unions that rejected their deals last month. read more >
by Associated Press -
Rail Strike Worries Prompt Businesses to Seek White House Intervention
A coalition of 322 business groups sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to make sure the deals he helped broker last month get approved. read more >
by Associated Press -
Second Railroad Union Rejects Deal, Adding to Strike Worries
The union cited a "lack of good-faith bargaining" by the railroads and the denial of the "basic right of paid time off for illness." read more >
by Associated Press -
Union Pacific to Build Hybrid Locomotives in North Little Rock
Depending on the mode of operation, fuel savings and greenhouse gas emission reductions could total up to 80%. read more >
Railroads Reject Sick Time Demands, Raising Chance of Strike
If both sides can't agree on contracts, Congress could step in to block a strike and impose terms on the workers. read more >
by Associated Press -
Large Rail Union Rejects Deal, Renewing Strike Possibility
The U.S.'s third largest railroad union rejects a deal with employers, renewing the possibility of a strike that could cripple the economy. read more >
by Associated Press -
Rail Workers Win Key Concessions in Deal to Prevent Strike
The deal that's retroactive to 2020 will give rail workers the biggest raises they've seen in more than four decades. But the concessions related to working conditions may prove to be more important to them. read more >
Unions Blast Rail Move to Delay Shipments Before Contract Deadline
A strike or lockout won't be allowed until this coming Friday, but the railroads appear to be bracing for one. read more >
by Associated Press -
Biden Intervenes in Railroad Contract Fight to Block Strike
The widely expected move will keep 115,000 rail workers on the job while the arbitrators develop a set of contract recommendations for both sides to consider. read more >
by Associated Press -
Rail Unions Refusing Advance Payments in Favor of a New Deal
The unions, which represent more than 105,000 workers, called the offer "somewhere between a loan and a payday advance." read more >
by Associated Press -
Union Pacific to Resume Operations at Pine Bluff Yard
The move comes amid widespread service complaints and questions from federal regulators about rail capacity. read more >
by Scott Carroll -
Freight Railroads Work to Resolve Service Problems, Delays
Shippers, regulators and labor groups say the railroads cut too deeply when they eliminated nearly one-third of their workforce in recent years in the name of efficiency. read more >
by Associated Press -
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