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CSX has submitted notification to the FRA that it intends to implement the Automated Track Inspection waiver beginning July 1, suspending normal visual track inspection frequencies prescribed under 49 CFR 213.233(c) and replacing a portion of those inspections with ATI technologies.
During the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee markup of the BUILD America 250 Act, U.S. Representative Dina Titus (D-NV) introduced an amendment (Amendment 294) that includes language from her Secure Tracks Act protecting visual track inspection frequencies by codifying the twice per week visual track inspection requirement while also requiring railroads to use Track Geometry Measurement Systems (TGMS) as a supplement, not a replacement to human visual inspections. Representative
CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE BMWED NATIONAL DIVISION; BMWED BYLAW PROPOSALS (BMWED CONVENTION); PRESIDENT’S PERSPECTIVE: “SECTION 3 ARBITRATION”; STRONG AS STEEL: “BROTHER JOSE JUAREZ AT 101 YEARS OLD”; TRACK OF ALL TRADES: “USD B&B TRANSFORMS NEGLECTED BUILDING INTO MODERN WORKSPACE”; RAILROADIN’: “ARSF MEMBERS CHANGE A SPERRY PLUG”; B&LE SYSTEM DIVISION ELECTS LEADERSHIP; TEAMSTERS RAIL CONFERENCE RE-ELECTS DALE BOGART; TEAMSTERS JOINT COUNCIL 25 LOBBY DAY; BMWED WELCOMES NEW LEGISLATIVE STAFF; MORE!
BMWED-IBT proudly stands united with our fellow rail labor unions in support of these workers as they fight for the fair contract they have earned and deserve.
A new coalition, launched today, unites a broad cross section of the U.S. economy in opposing the proposed merger of Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern rail lines. If allowed to move forward, the deal would create the largest consolidated railroad in U.S. history and give a single entity control over almost half of the nation’s rail traffic.
The most terrible days of our profession are the ones when a railroader reports to work and doesn’t return home. It is an acute pain and deep sorrow that never eases.
BMWED has worked closely over the last month to advocate in Congress for increased funding for the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) so that it can better serve BMWED members and other rail workers. This advocacy effort includes working with a bipartisan group of lawmakers in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate to prepare a letters separately urging House and Senate appropriators to support the RRB’s budget request for Federal Fiscal Year 2027 funding.
Union Pacific Railroad and BNSF Railway have begun deploying Automated Track Inspection (ATI) systems while reducing human inspections under federal waiver.
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