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(Source: Teamsters Canada press release, March 30, 2020) MONTREAL — The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) is taking issue with CN’s seeming lack of concern for its transportation workers. Union officials are being overwhelmed with complaints from their members that adequate precautions are not being taken to protect the workers from the spread of COVID-19. The…

(Source: American Journal of Transportation, March 30, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — From an investors’ perspective, North American railroads have had a pretty good run over the last thirty years. After decades of being characterized as inefficient, unprofitable and slow to adapt, railroads seemingly overnight became a business-media darling. How did it happen? Well, most rail…

By Dennis R. PierceBLET National President (BLET Editor’s Note: The following message from BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce has been excerpted from the February/March 2020 issue of the Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen News. A copy of this statement is available for download and print as a PDF. INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 30 — Over the last…

(Source: National Public Radio, March 26, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a first for Europe, 20 critically ill coronavirus patients were evacuated aboard a fully medicalized, high-speed train. Full story: www.npr.org Friday, March 27, 2020