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(Source: Washington Examiner, April 5, 2019)  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, has revived an effort to mandate crew size on freight trains, an issue that divides railroads and rail unions. Rail unions have backed the controversial measure, known as the Safe Freight Act, which would require freight trains to be operated by more…

By Dennis R. Pierce, BLET National President (BLET Editor’s Note: The following message from BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce has been excerpted from the February/March 2019 issue of the Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen News.) INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, April 8 — Much is being made in the railroad industry and other transportation media about the Precision Scheduled…

(Source: Deseret News, April 7, 2019)  SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert declared 2019 the Year of the Train, and the Beehive State has taken that declaration to heart. While May 10 will mark 150 years since the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads joined at Promontory Summit in Box Elder County…

(Source: Highlight Press, April 8, 2019)  NEW YORK — Union Pacific Co. EVP Robert M. Knight, Jr. sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, April 4. The stock was sold at an average price of $170.01, for a total value of $1,700,100.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president…

(Source: Freight Waves, April 8, 2019)  CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — China’s push for industrial market share around the world to prop up the country’s employment base is heightening concern about the country’s potential to infiltrate the U.S. freight rail system. Full story: Freight Waves Monday, April 8, 2019