Archive for October 21, 2020
Class I September employment down a bit from August count
(Source: Progressive Railroading 10/21/2020) Class Is as of mid-September employed 118,123 people, down 0.3% from mid-August’s level and down 13.69% from September 2019’s count, according to Surface Transportation Board (STB) data. Four of six employment categories logged decreases last month compared with August. The categories month-to-month decreases were: maintenance of equipment and stores, down 1.6 percent to…
Read MoreSen. Tester condemns “unacceptable” Empire Builder cuts
(Source: Press release from the office of Montana Senator Jon Tester, October 19, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Jon Tester today released the following statement as Amtrak’s cuts in service to the Empire Builder line, which crosses the entire state of Montana along the Hi-Line, go into effect today. Those cuts reduce the number of trains…
Read MorePresident Pierce urges aid for Amtrak/commuters, condemns PSR at Senate hearing
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, October 21 — BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce testified today before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation at a hearing titled, “Passenger and Freight Rail: The Current Status of the Rail Network and the Track Ahead.” The hearing examined the current state of America’s passenger and freight rail network,…
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