President s Executive Order: For Rail, Much Ado About Not Very Much? railwayage.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from railwayage.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
National View: Keep rail projects on track for consumers, climate
From the column: Renewed political interest in railroads provides an excellent opportunity to support America’s transition to a more environmentally friendly transportation network.
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After a full year of lockdowns and social distancing, Americans are understandably eager to once again get back to work and travel this summer. With hopes that economic activity is set to roar back in the wake of the ongoing vaccination drive, last week the House subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials held a hearing on how rail can meet America’s low-emissions transportation needs.
Jim Husband Reflects on 47 Years in Railroading railwayage.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from railwayage.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
UP Engineer Earns Top Safety Honor Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor
UP Locomotive Engineer Wade Wilde, pictured with his wife, Lindsey, has received the railroad’s top safety honor for union employees.
Union Pacific Locomotive Engineer and TSC (Total Safety Culture) Coordinator Wade Wilde of Ogden, Utah, has received the Class I railroad’s 2020 J.C. Kenefick Safety Award.
The annual award was presented during a virtual ceremony, which UP recently shared on Twitter. Named after former UP Vice Chairman, CEO and President John Kenefick, the award has been the top safety honor for a union employee since 1986. (Kenefick “guided the company into the era deregulation after the passage of the Staggers Act in 1980,” and worked to more than double the railroad’s size through acquisitions and to gain access to the Powder River Basin in Wyoming, UP noted on its website.)