Cory Martin
Illinois State Legislative Board Chairman
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PHMSA to suspend LNG-by-rail rule for further study
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), in coordination with the Federal Railroad Administration, has issued a final rule that suspends a Trump administration rule that would have allowed liquefied natural gas (LNG) transportation by rail.
UP goes to court to resolve trackage-rights beef with CPKC
Union Pacific Railroad is asking a federal court to resolve a dispute with Canadian Pacific Kansas City and Kansas City Southern Railway Co. over their use of UP tracks to haul grain. The case involves what UP claims is CPKC’s and KCS’s "attempts to make Union Pacific...
Norfolk Southern system outage delays freight, passenger, and commuter trains (updated)
ATLANTA — A technology glitch that affected several Norfolk Southern systems — including positive train control and its freight yard operating system — caused delays across the railroad today. “Earlier today, Norfolk Southern experienced a technology hardware outage...
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634,518 International containers carried in U.S. freight rail intermodal operations in July, down 15.7% from last year, according to the Intermodal Association of North America.
Dozens of Freight Trains, Including At Least 15 Carrying Hazardous Materials, Have Derailed Since East Palestine
Six months after East Palestine, it’s back to business for America’s freight railroads.
AAR explains ‘impasse’ over Class Is joining FRA’s safety reporting system
AAR explains 'impasse' over Class Is joining FRA's safety reporting system Association of American Railroads President and CEO Ian Jefferies yesterday wrote to U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Federal Railroad Administrator Amit Bose to update them on...
NLRB Rolls Back Trump-Era Election Rule Remnants.
NLRB Rolls Back Trump-Era Election Rule Remnants. Workers will have to wait less time to vote on whether to unionize after the National Labor Relations Board issued a final rule Thursday unwinding what remains of a 2019 regulation lengthening the election timeline.
Railroads resist joining safety hotline because they want to be able to discipline workers
Railroads resist joining safety hotline because they want to be able to discipline workers OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The major freight railroads say a disagreement over whether they will be allowed to discipline some workers who use a government hotline to report safety...
STB appoints rail union leader Ferguson to RSTAC
STB appoints rail union leader Ferguson to RSTAC The Surface Transportation Board has appointed rail labor leader Jeremy Ferguson to the board's Railroad-Shipper Transportation Advisory Council (RSTAC) as an at-large member. Ferguson is president Transportation...
Madigan chief of staff guilty in perjury trial, faces decades in prison
Illinois Republicans renew call for ethics reform after yet another corruption-related conviction