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Train crew size bill advances in New Mexico Legislature

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A bill requiring freight trains to have at least two workers in the locomotive cab has passed the...

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EPA: ‘Norfolk Southern will pay for cleaning up the mess’ in Ohio

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Freight railroads were issued a one-two punch from the federal government on Tuesday, with the...

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Future of Union Pacific program testing 1-person crews uncertain

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Union Pacific’s efforts to conduct a pilot program testing a one-person train crew configuration is...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/future-of-union-pacific-program-testing-1-person-crews-uncertain

US Small Business Administration questions proposed train crew size rule

Among the thousands of comments received by the Federal Railroad Administration on a proposed rule that would require at least two crew members in a freight locomotive cab was one from the U.S. Small Business Administration saying FRA “significantly understated” costs and the number of potentially affected businesses.

SBA’s Office of Advocacy is asking FRA to revise and republish its initial regulatory flexibility analysis because SBA maintains that FRA grossly underestimated how much the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/us-small-business-administration-questions-proposed-train-crew-size-rule

Expect to hear more about rail service issues in 2023

The Surface Transportation Board’s regulatory to-do list, train crew sizes and merger conditions related to Canadian Pacific’s acquisition of Kansas City Southern are just some of the big issues that rail industry stakeholders will be watching in 2023.

One of the biggest issues that the U.S. freight industry will tackle is how to improve rail service. Closely related to that are the potential actions that STB could take to address that issue.

“After being dormant for much of the last decade, the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/expect-to-hear-more-about-rail-service-issues-in-2023

FRA hears clashing views from railroads, unions on train crew size

Railroads and unions gave conflicting views during a hearing by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on a proposed rulemaking that would require freight trains generally to have at least two crew members in the locomotive cab. The agency is gathering public testimony through next week.

Here are some key issues that the railroads and unions addressed at the Wednesday hearing:

Mandating set crew size blocks innovative work configurations, say railroads

The railroads and the unions just ended a...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fra-hears-clashing-views-from-railroads-unions-on-train-crew-size

FRA proposes minimum 2-member crew size for most trains

Two freight trains sit on train tracks in a rail yard. City skyscrapers are in the background.

A train crew would typically have to include at least two people under a rule proposed by the Federal Railroad Administration.

The proposal — which drew conflicting responses from the Association of American Railroads and the Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO — comes as labor unions and the railroads are at loggerheads over a labor contract, while questions about technology’s role in freight rail operations loom large. The requirement would reverse a May 2019 decision that a rule...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fra-proposes-minimum-2-member-crew-size-for-most-trains

Freight train crew size introduced in New York legislature

Two bills in the New York State Legislature seek to require that Class I railroads and larger short line railroads operating in the state have a train crew of at least two members.

Senate bill 3953 and House bill 1287 call for Class I railroads and Class II railroads to have at least two people operating a freight train, except when a train is undergoing switching operations, such as changing the position of railcars to load or unload or assembling railcars to form a train.

According to the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freight-train-crew-size-introduced-in-new-york-legislature

Michigan lawmakers introduce train crew size legislation

A photograph of a Union Pacific locomotive and a tank car rolling by a railroad crossing.

Two Democratic state lawmakers in Michigan have introduced legislation that would require freight trains to have at least two individuals operating them.

State Rep. Tim Sneller introduced H.B.5596 and Sen. Erika Gross introduced S.B. 767 on Dec. 2. Both bills have been referred to their respective transportation committees.

Both bills call for a railroad to operate a freight train or locomotive engine with no fewer than two crew members.

Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/michigan-lawmakers-introduce-train-crew-size-legislation

Regulators gear up for rule setting minimum train crew size

The nation’s top rail regulator confirmed that the Federal Railroad Administration is on track to issue a proposed rulemaking this fall on one-person train crews, including minimum requirements depending on the type of rail operation.

Testifying on Wednesday at his nomination hearing to fill the vacant FRA administrator post, Amit Bose, currently deputy administrator, told Senate lawmakers that one of the reasons the agency is moving forward on the issue is that “if there is not a rulemaking...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/regulators-gear-up-for-rule-setting-minimum-train-crew-size

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