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Despite Criticism, NJ Transit Begins Week of Free Fares

August 26, 2024 The Center Square

New Jersey Transit is offering free rides on its trains and buses this week as the embattled agency struggles to regain public confidence amid chronic delays and service disruptions.

A Santa Fe Locomotive Idles at the Kentucky Railway Museum

August 26, 2024 Todd DeFeo

Santa Fe No. 2546, built in 1949, idles at the Kentucky Railway Museum.

A Week of Free Trips on NJ Transit Negins Monday

August 26, 2024 New Jersey Monitor

A week of free rides on New Jersey Transit’s trains and buses started Monday, a “fare holiday” meant to appease customers enraged after a summer of service suspensions and interruptions.

Georgia DOT Seeks Public Input on Railroad Bridge Replacement in Sylvania

August 23, 2024 Railfanning.org News Wire

The Georgia Department of Transportation is seeking public comments on the proposed State Route 21 BU/SR 73 at Ogeechee Railroad Company bridge replacement project, which requires an off-site detour in Screven County.

Norfolk Southern Reaches Tentative Collective Agreements with Four Labor Unions

August 23, 2024 Railfanning.org News Wire

Norfolk Southern Corporation, in partnership with BNSF Railway, has reached tentative, five-year collective bargaining agreements with four labor unions.

Teamsters Serve CN with a Strike Notice

August 23, 2024 Railfanning.org News Wire

The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference has served CN with a 72-hour strike notice.

CPKC Disappointed by TCRC’s Decision to Dispute Minister’s Direction to Resume Railway Operations

August 23, 2024 Railfanning.org News Wire

Canadian Pacific Kansas City said it was disappointed by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference’s decision to dispute the Canadian Minister of Labour’s direction to resume railway operations.

CN, CPKC End Lock Out, Rail Traffic to Resume

August 22, 2024 Railfanning.org News Wire

CN and Canadian Pacific Kansas City were to resume operations following the Canadian Minister of Labour’s announcement that he would exercise his authority under Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code.

CN, CPKC Lock Out Employees, Move to Full Shut Down of Canadian Rail Network

August 22, 2024 Railfanning.org News Wire

CN and Canadian Pacific Kansas City have locked out employees who are Teamsters Canada Rail Conference members after the railroads and the union could not come to a labor agreement.

Audit Finds More MARTA Atlanta Program Due $70M, Transit Agency Disagrees

August 20, 2024 Todd DeFeo

Atlanta city officials say a review of the More MARTA Atlanta program for fiscal 2017 through fiscal 2022 concluded that it is due roughly $70 million.