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(Source: Star Herald, January 5, 2023) Bill introductions for 2023 opened in the Legislature Thursday with western Nebraska lawmakers making good on promises to reintroduce several bills with potential statewide impact. North Platte Sen. Mike Jacobson, appointed last February and elected Nov. 8, took on an effort to require at least two people on train…

(Source: Trains Magazine, January 5, 2023) Union Pacific and Canadian Pacific were the only major Class I railroads to show volume growth in 2022. UP took the crown among the top six systems, with its overall traffic up 2%. The increase was driven by a 5% gain in carload traffic, including a 9% jump in…

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, December 12 — The Rail Workers Hazardous Materials Training Program is hosting three in-person rail worker training sessions in early 2023. The dates are as follows: January 15-20, 2023; February 5-10, 2023; and March 5-10, 2023. These Rail Hazmat/Chemical Emergency Response training courses will run on a Sunday through Friday basis. All training…

(Source: Trains Magazine, January 4, 2023) Union Pacific, citing ongoing harsh winter weather, is continuing an embargo it placed last week on all traffic to and from Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. UP said in a Dec. 29 customer advisory that it expected the embargo to remain in effect for at least 14 days. Full story: Trains Magazine

(Source: Railway Age, January 4, 2022) Total U.S. carload traffic for the first 12 months of 2022 was down 0.3% from the same period last year; and intermodal units were down 4.9%; the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Jan. 4. For the week ending Dec. 31 (Week 52), North American rail volume was down…