CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 20 — The SMART Transportation Division (SMART-TD) and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) today filed a joint request urging the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to issue an Emergency Order (EO) to address employee...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) - Railroad spokesperson Raquel Espinoza confirmed the 50-year old man testing positive for COVID-19 on March 17th in Lincoln County is an employee of the railroad. Espinoza tells us a Union Pacific employee who works at Bailey Yard in North...

Hello Brothers this message is in regards to the BRC Clearing Yard COVID-19 Situation The info we got from the Belt Superintendent is an Engineering Dept employees wife works With a person that tested positive for the COVID-19 Virus when the employee found out he...

Brothers, Most of you have concerns with the application of the attendance policy.  I advise that if an employee must take some time off they must contact their manager.  When this is done you must follow up with written documentation memorializing the conversation. ...

by Jim Vena, Chief Operating Officer March 18, 2020 Jim Vena – Chief Operating Officer During all times of crises in American history, railroads played a critical part in protecting and caring for our country. During American wars, we moved soldiers, equipment and...