Class I railroads work to quickly resume operations

A locomotive with the letters BNSF emblazoned on the front travels on track through a forest.

The U.S. operations of the Class I railroads are working to resume operations “immediately” now that a deal has been reached to avoid a strike by union members on Friday.

Two of the largest labor unions — those representing locomotive engineers and train conductors — reached an eleventh-hour tentative agreement with the railroads. The agreement, announced early Thursday, averts a strike that could have begun as early as just after midnight Friday.

“We are moving immediately to resume normal...

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