East Palestine residents are still suffering and struggling. Three years and counting.
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Tariffs on potash from Canada, now the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and fertilizer, on top of quickly climbing fuel prices- the merger would be the final nail in the coffin of so many struggling farmers.
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So many unanswered questions have been raised in this article about the proposed restructuring of Amtrak.
To us, Mr Feeley's comment is vague, like so many things that come from this administration--assume what they say is the exact opposite of their actions.
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Stifle competition and raise prices for consumers--you took the words right out of our mouths.
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I have not seen a major rail merger face this breadth and depth of organized opposition this early in the process. That doesn’t mean the deal is dead. But it does mean the road ahead is more complicated than UP’s CEO suggested when he said he was “99.999% sure” of approval.
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This is a prime example of why we are concerned about the merger. "a $500 per car interchange fee to effectively prevent farmers located on the K&O from shipping export grain west"
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Fourth Quarter volumes were flat, but profits and earnings were up.
Did that equate to pay raises for workers? No? Imagine that.
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400 million for a ballroom, 200 million for the Kennedy Center, billions for the pentagon and dhs--but money for the Hudson tunnel--forgettaboutit.
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Bribery will get you what your heart desires in this new pay to play economy of power and privilege.
UP made a "donation" to the golden ballroom.
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“Our regulators here in the United States, they sometimes try to make things so freaking complicated that it’s not easy to manage,” Jim Vena told Trains.
LOL
Let us translate: What Vena means to say is regulations are getting in the way of profit.
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The Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger application omits $2.69 billion in additional costs that intermodal marketers will incur if the railroads’ deal diverts the promised 2 million loads off the highway, according to an analysis.
What else did they omit?
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The carriers are going to say what they think the Congress critters want to hear. Will there be sworn testimony or any mechanism of accountability if this merger goes through?
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Assaulting or intimidating a passenger rail employee will become a federal crime if legislation passes.
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A former railroad worker shares what PSR has actually meant on the ground—and why the proposed UP–NS merger raises real concerns for workers and the public.
Worth listening to if you care about rail safety, labor, or consolidation.
bit.ly/4bBzLeG
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"The center’s analysis of data from the NTSB... found it gave federal railroad regulators 81 recommendations from 2015 through 2024. The FRA has only fully implemented five of them — the lowest rate of any regulatory agency in the Department of Transportation."
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This article has summaries of mostly corporate reactions to the UP-NS merger filing.
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IAM Dist 19 taking an opposition to the merger, and calling out the merger shenanigans.
Read their letter here-
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The idea of "threading their way through 58 passenger trains and 24 freight trains" a day seems less than safe. But also, damn, that is a whole lot of additional pollution every time those locomotives sit idle, waiting for the go ahead.
#electrifytherailsnow
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Speaking from experience, the Belgium trains are nice, efficient and affordable. Why can't we have that in the States? Bc, we're spending a trillion on war and defense department.
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Big news: Public Rail Now + Unifor are joining forces to push for safe, reliable, publicly accountable rail across North America. A cross-border partnership putting workers + communities before profit. #PublicRailNow #Unifor #PeopleBeforeProfit
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Check out the cool graphic to see how much your state could save in public transportation expenditures by building out specific amounts of bus rapid transit, passenger rail, and protected bike lanes that reduce the need to pay for urban roadway construction and maintenance.
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Nice looking color combo on the #GBR
"With fares frozen for the first time in 30 years and a new visual identity, the reforms aim to create a railway that is reliable and accountable, back in the government’s hands."
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What a mess. We think if the STB allows the merger, T4 locomotives through Chicago and adjoining railyards should be mandated. If they can afford 87Billion, they can afford to stop polluting trackside communities.
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We have grave concerns about automation, the reduction or removal of workers from track inspections, and the reductions of time between inspections.
Bomb trains, petro-chemicals- running full speed b/c a robot said it's safe. 🧐 IDK about you but we are leary.
What could go wrong?
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Investigations but no accountability. There are no consequences for these giant mergers that erode worker power, compromise the safety of the industry by cutting costs and hurt the working class.
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"BNSF wants the STB to investigate “UP’s harmful conduct since the UP-SP merger; enforce the rights granted to BNSF to preserve competition; and modify the conditions of the UP-SP merger approval decision"
Then what--a slap on the wrist?
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Alrighty, mark your calendars: they plan to file merger paperwork on 12/16.
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"NC By Train carried 74,400 passengers in the month, a nearly 10% increase over ridership in October 2024."
Railfan envy here.
People want more trains. Period.
Build it and riders will come.
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Someday- it would be amazing to have passenger rail projects like this in the Midwest: travel to Chicago in two hours on an electric train!
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