TCU National Legislative Director David Arouca. July 24, 2024 – TCU’s National Legislative Director, David Arouca, testified before a House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on the significant challenges the carmen craft is facing in the railroad industry today. Brother Arouca highlighted the issues our members consistently raise to us: the railroads are not giving them enough time […]
Month: July 2024
Hearing into disastrous Norfolk Southern derailment in Ohio puts focus on rushed inspections due to years of job cuts
BYJOSH FUNK AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Major freight railroads are rushing railcar inspections, reinforcing known safety concerns raised by unions for years, but at a House hearing Tuesday they’ll present new evidence from federal inspectors that railcar checks are routinely less than two minutes per car. To continue reading…
BNSF Accuses Teenage Rail Enthusiast of Derailing Train
By Railfan.com & Railroad Staff BNSF Railway Police have accused a 17-year-old railroad enthusiast of purposely derailing a coal train and filming it in Nebraska this spring. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that railroad police have referred the case to the Lancaster County Attorney’s Office recommending that the teenager be charged with felony criminal mischief after allegedly tampering […]