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UP nearing purchase of battery-electrics for yard tests, CEO says

January 11, 2022

(Source: Trains Magazine, January 6, 2022) PHOENIX, Ariz. — Union Pacific is nearing agreements to purchase battery-electric locomotives for tests in yard use, CEO Lance Fritz says, with plans to try the locomotives in one cold-weather location and one warm-weather site. Full story: Trains Magazine Tuesday, January 11, 2022

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Montana Rail Link to end operations, with BNSF taking over

January 11, 2022

(Source: Billings Gazette, January 10, 2022) BILLINGS, Mont. — BNSF Railway announced plans Monday to take over Montana Rail Link and its 900 miles of track in Montana and Idaho. BNSF has committed to retain all union and non-union employees of MRL in their current jobs with similar pay, benefits, seniority, and other terms of…

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AAR: North American freight-rail traffic rose in 2021

January 6, 2022

(Source: Progressive Railroading 01/06/2022) U.S. freight-rail traffic rose 5.7% to 26,152,716 carloads and intermodal units in 2021 compared with 2020 levels, according to Association of American Railroads (AAR) data. Year over year, total carload traffic climbed 6.6% to 12,010,274 units, while intermodal volume increased 4.9% to 14,142,442 containers and trailers. Rail traffic in 2021 was “substantially higher”…

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RRB names new Director of Retirement and Survivor Benefits

January 6, 2022

(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, January 4, 2022) CHICAGO — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has selected Letitia C. Carthans as the agency’s next Director of Retirement and Survivor Benefits, effective January 3, 2022. She will replace Valerie Allen, who is retiring after more than 31 years of RRB service. In her new position,…

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