Archive for August 2020
Arbitrator approves replacing American crews with Mexican crews in Laredo
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, August 6 — A three-year contract struggle against actions by Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCS) and its affiliate Texas Mexican Railway (Tex-Mex) to replace BLET-represented crews that shuttled trains between Laredo Yard and the U.S.–Mexico border concluded on August 4th, when a majority of a Special Board of Adjustment (SBA) ruled in…
Read MoreSenior vice president of operations and mechanical at Norfolk Southern abruptly leaves company
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, August 4, 2020) NEW YORK — After a year of leading NS’s “clean sheeting” initiative in a consulting role, Michael A. Farrell was named senior vice president transportation in Nov. 2018, then appointed senior vice president of operations and mechanical in Aug. 2019. Yesterday, NS president, chairman and chief executive…
Read MoreFTA awards grant for TOD plan along proposed TriMet light-rail route
(Source: Progressive Railroading 08/05/2020) The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded the SW Equity Coalition a $1.2 million grant to fund transit-oriented development (TOD) along a proposed light-rail route in Portland, Oregon’s Southwest Corridor. The grant was awarded as part of the FTA’s Pilot Program for Transit-Oriented Development Planning. The funding will allow the coalition to take actions to address…
Read MoreL.A.-Vegas high-speed rail line obtains additional funding
(Source: Progressive Railroading 08/05/2020) XpressWest, a proposed project to construct a high-speed rail line that would operate between Southern California and Las Vegas, has been awarded $200 million in private activity bonds from the Nevada State Board of Finance, a business newsletter reported yesterday. The Nevada award comes after a California committee, overseen by California Treasurer…
Read MoreMaratea elected TCU national president
(Source: Progressive Railroading 08/04/2020) The Transportation Communications International Union (TCU)/International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) elected Arthur Maratea national president to fill the interim position vacancy created by the retirement of Robert Scardelletti. Previously, Maratea has served as TCU/IAM Executive Council national vice president, special assistant to the TCU president, and head of TCU’s industry relations and…
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