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401,464

401,464 Carloads of motor vehicles and parts carried by railroads in North America in the first four months of 2023, up 10.6% over the past year and the most in the four-month period since 2019, according to the Association of American Railroads.

Railways Want $14M In Costs For Defeating CSX Antitrust Suit.

Railways Want $14M In Costs For Defeating CSX Antitrust Suit. Now that Norfolk Southern Railway Co. and the smaller railroad it was accused of abusing its majority stake in have fought off antitrust claims brought by minority stake owner CSX Transportation Inc., the...

Has a familiar ring to it…

Many airline employees have gone for years without pay raises, even after enduring difficult working conditions during the pandemic. Pilots for American Airlines voted to strike this week, and Southwest pilots plan to vote as well, but they won’t be walking off...

Just so you know, this is now who we have on T&I…

Nehls Leads Call for Biden Administration to Prioritize Rail Safety Over Special Interests? Washington, D.C. – Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX), Chairman of the Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee, led fellow T&I Committee Republicans in urging...

Prosecutors Urge NLRB To Revisit Solicitation, Email Rules.

In a brief challenging parts of a National Labor Relations Board judge’s ruling, agency prosecutors urged the board Friday to overturn a series of precedents governing union access to employer property, employees’ right to use company email accounts for...

Pa. School District Says Derailment Suit Should Stay In Pa.

A western Pennsylvania school district fired back against Norfolk Southern’s request to send its lawsuit over the East Palestine derailment to an Ohio federal court, saying its claims concern damage to its buildings, facilities and students, which are all in...