UNBELIEVABLE: 5 - The Untold Story

Rail whistleblowers fired for voicing safety concerns despite efforts to end practice of retaliation

Lawyers and unions representing rail workers say there is a clear pattern across the industry of railroads retaliating against workers who report safety violations or injuries on the job

The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2023

BNSF train engineers offered paid sick time and better schedules in new deal

Roughly 7,500 BNSF train engineers may get up to eight days of paid sick time and more predictable schedules if they approve a deal with the railroad announced Tuesday

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2023

NTSB: CSX employee killed by train last month fell off during ‘shoving’ operation

Federal investigators probing the death of a CSX employee last month at the Seagirt Marine Terminal in Southeast Baltimore said Tuesday the conductor trainee had lost his footing while “shoving” the railcars around a curve.

Tribune News Service · Jul 19, 2023

All Aboard! 3 Railroad Stocks That Won't Stop Chugging

In the upcoming years, the railroad industry is anticipated to stay afloat due to its goods transportation services and swift investments in the sector. Hence, investors could consider shares of fundamentally sound railroad stocks Canadian National (CNI), CSX Corp. (CSX), and Westinghouse Air Brake (WAB). Read more….

StockNews.com · Mar 31, 2023

3 people are injured in a fiery West Virginia train derailment caused by a rockslide

An empty coal train hit a rockslide along tracks in West Virginia on Wednesday morning, causing a fiery derailment that injured three crewmembers, CSX Transportation said in a statement.

WEKU · Mar 9, 2023

3 injured in fiery train derailment caused by rockslide

CSX Transportation says an empty coal train hit a rockslide along tracks in West Virginia, causing a fiery derailment that injured three crewmembers

The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2023

'We all knew it was going to happen': Railroad workers and unions say years of cost-cutting and safety pushback created the Ohio train disaster

The Norfolk Southern derailment that created a toxic plume this month highlights major problems in the rail industry.

Fortune · Feb 25, 2023

CSX railroad promises paid sick time to two more unions

CSX railroad has promised to give more of its workers the paid sick time they demanded in contract negotiations last fall

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2023

In a first, some CSX railroad workers to get paid sick time

Several thousand workers at CSX will soon get one of the things that pushed the railroad industry to the brink of a strike last fall: paid sick time

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2023

Amid gains, railroaders seeking quality-of-life improvements

The contract imposed on railroad workers last fall didn't resolve their quality-of-life issues, but there are indications the major freight railroads might start to address some of their concerns about demanding schedules and the lack of paid sick time

The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2023