E. Hunter Harrison Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — E. Hunter Harrison was named the CEO of CSX Transportation today, less than seven weeks after stepping down early from the top job at Canadian Pacific. Harrison, 72 — widely regarded as the industry’s best operations CEO — will begin immediately, CSX said today. He transformed Illinois […]
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UPDATE: CSX management layoffs to save company $175 million annually NEWSWIRE
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – CSX Transportation expects to save at least $175 million annually by laying off more than 20 percent of its management employees, the railroad said in a regulatory filing on Monday. The reduction of up to 1,000 management positions, announced last week, is expected to be complete by the middle of March, the […]
Springfield (Illinois) Terminal map
1920s-era map of the Springfield Terminal Railway, a coal-hauling short line northeast of Springfield, Ill., covered in Spring 2017 Classic Trains. […]
Poling on railroads
A Canadian National worker moves a car using a pole on the pilot of CN No. 6310 in 1958. Gordon B. Mott, Louis A. Marre collection Q When did railroads stop using poling pockets seen at all four corners of freight cars and engines? – John Bronn, Eagle, Alaska A Poling was the once common […]
FRA data show increase in drug use within the rail industry NEWSWIRE
Federal Railroad Administration WASHINGTON — More than 4 percent of railroad employees involved in accidents in 2016 tested positive for drug use. Trains News Wire sought the information from the Federal Railroad Administration after the National Transportation Safety Board revealed that three Amtrak employees involved in a fatal crash on the Northeast Corridor in April […]
Two-person crew rule in limbo NEWSWIRE
WASHINGTON — The Federal Railroad Administration’s proposal to put two crew members in most locomotive cabs has been caught in limbo between two administrations. A senior FRA official speaking on background tells Trains News Wire that the Department of Transportation had forwarded the final proposed rule to the Office of Management and Budget for approval […]
AAR balks at two-person crew legislation NEWSWIRE
WASHINGTON — The Association of American Railroads says it will fight legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, that would require two crew members on all freight trains. On Jan. 17, the Republican Congressman joined Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers’ Transportation Division officials by re-introducing the Smart Freight Act that would require […]
What’s it like on the Ringling Bros. train? NEWSWIRE
The side of one car in Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Red unit train in April 2010. Chase Gunnoe CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Small town America, the faces of smiling kids, and experiencing the nation’s beauty from a railcar are lifetime highlights for former workers on board the ‘Greatest Show on Earth.’ Trains News Wire […]
‘Greatest Show on Earth’ ends in May
A Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus train en route to Hampton, Va., from Louisville, Ky., rolls through St. Albans, W.Va., in August 2011. Chase Gunnoe ELLENTON, Fla. — When the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus drops its big top for the last time in May, the classic passenger cars and equipment […]
Locomotive event recorders: A necessity for faster service on regional and tourist railroads NEWSWIRE
A pair of EMD SD50s leads Reading & Northern train SBPI near Scranton, Pa., in October 2015. Michael S. Murray PORT CLINTON, Pa. – Regional railroad Reading Blue Mountain & Northern is raising train speeds across the about 320 miles of track it operates to accommodate growing traffic. But to run trains more than 30 […]
Bill in Congress would require two-person crews NEWSWIRE
Trains, like this westbound BNSF Railway intermodal train near Oro Grande, Calif., in January 2014, would have a minimum of two-person crews if a bill introduced in Congress is passed. Trains: Jim Wrinn WASHINGTON — A bill that would restrict freight train crews to no fewer than two people has made another appearance in Congress. […]
AAR requires ECP brakes on nuclear waste trains NEWSWIRE
A Department of Defense train hauling a spent nuclear fuel cask in an undated photo. Association of American Railroad standards require use of electronically controlled pneumatic brakes on nuclear waste trains. U.S. Department of Energy WASHINGTON — The Association of American Railroads has long required electronically controlled pneumatic brakes on special trains that haul nuclear […]
