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OSHA warns of heat illness in outdoor workers

July 29, 2015 HEAT ILLNESS CAN BE DEADLY. Every year, thousands of workers become sick from exposure to heat, and some even die. Heat illnesses and deaths are preventable. Employers are responsible for providing workplaces that are safe from excessive heat. What is heat illness? The body n [...]

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Sen. Bernie Sanders addresses SMART

July 28, 2015 Senator Bernie Sanders (D – Vt.) was invited to speak at the SMART Business Agents’ conference, Tuesday, July 28 held at the Washington Hilton, Washington D.C. Watch the video below to hear Sen. Sanders’ speech about the shrinking middle class, the need for [...]

Tags Bernie Sanders, Sen. Bernie Sanders, SMART Business Agents' Conference

Sanders Addresses SMART BA Conference

July 28, 2015 On July 28, 2015, Senator Bernie Sanders addressed delegates to the 2015 SMART Business Agents’ Conference. Sanders discussed inequality issues, investing in American infrastructure, access to affordable health care and the fight for the American middle class. SMART, th [...]

Senate to debate 3-year delay for rail safety system

July 28, 2015 Washington, D.C. — Two months after the high-speed derailment of an Amtrak train killed eight people and injured hundreds more in Philadelphia, a Senate transportation bill headed for debate this week calls for a three-year delay of the deadline for installing a rail safety s [...]

Tags positive train control, PTC

Aging infrastructure plagues NEC

July 28, 2015 In Maryland, a century-old rail tunnel needed emergency repairs this winter because of soil erosion from leaks, causing widespread train delays. In Connecticut, an aging swing bridge failed to close twice last summer, stopping train service and stranding passengers. And last [...]

Tags Amtrak, infrastructure, NEC, New Jersey Transit, Northeast Corridor

Senate to STB: don't curtail freight rail investment

July 28, 2015 The U.S. Senate recently pointed the way forward for the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) on the issue of ensuring sufficient revenue at freight railroads to pour back into the nation’s infrastructure. The Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2015, [...]

Tags infrastructure, STB, Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2015

Capping rail revenues will threaten economic goals

July 28, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Association of American Railroads (AAR), leaders from its member railroads and economic experts today urged federal regulators to beware of upending numerous national economic goals if they choose to pursue re-instituting revenue caps on freight rail co [...]

Tags AAR, Edward R. Hamberger, STB, Surface Transportation Board

Second quarter financial results in for Class I railroads

July 27, 2015 CSX Corporation announced all-time record quarterly financial results for the second quarter of 2015. Operating income for the railroad came in at more than $1 billion for the first time in company history. The railroad also saw an all-time record in operating ratio of 68.8 p [...]

Tags Class I railroad earnings, Class I railroads, CN, CP, CSX, KCS, NS, Quarterly Earnings, UP

SEPTA members ratify pact

July 27, 2015 Twenty two months ago, SMART Transportation Division Local 61 (Philadelphia, Pa.) train service members working at SEPTA ratified their contract from the previous round. Now, for the first time in recent memory, these same members have ratified a new agreement governing the r [...]

Tags AJ Bright, Bernard Norwood, Local 61, Michael Stevesn, Nelson Pagan, Raymond Boyer, SEPTA

NTSB Study: ECP brakes out-perform other systems

July 27, 2015 Washington, D.C. – As part of its ongoing investigation of the derailment of a crude oil unit train in Casselton, North Dakota, the National Transportation Safety Board produced a Train Braking Simulation Study, which it placed into the investigation docket. The study was pro [...]

Tags Casselton ND, Christopher Hart, ECP brakes, NTSB