BROOKINGS, S.D. - Fifty-six percent of Brookings voters rejected the city’s Community Partnership Agreement (CPA) with the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern (DM&E) Railroad.
The results show that many Brookings residents were dissatisfied with the railroad’s mitigation proposal, some pundits say.
DM&E has requested a $2.3 billion federal subsidy to upgrade and expand the private railroad’s tracks to […]

WASHINGTON - The nation’s four largest railroads have all made the list of “Top 50 Military-Friendly Employers” as determined by GI Jobs magazine.
The railroad industry is creating 80,000 American jobs over the next six years, and is one of the few industries that doesn’t outsource its jobs or facilities overseas. Thousands of those being hired […]

OMAHA, Neb. - For the second year in a row, G.I. Jobs magazine has named Union Pacific Railroad the nation’s top Military-Friendly Employer.
The magazine commended Union Pacific’s resource-laden effort and high-performance results in recruiting transitioning military personnel. According to G.I. Jobs, “Union Pacific’s No. 1 ranking is based on the resources and assets it has […]

WASHINGTON - Train crews will be less likely to suffer problems with hearing loss as the result of revised federal standards aimed to enhance the safety and well being of railroad employees by limiting locomotive cab noise, announced Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph H. Boardman.
“Locomotive engineers, conductors, and other rail employees shouldn’t have to run the […]