Automated Trains
AAR, NS seek flexibility in rail automation regs
SMART TD, FOUR OTHER UNIONS SUBMIT JOINT COMMENTS ON TRAIN AUTOMATION
FRA receives more than 2,100 comments on automated trains
AAR to DOT: Automation “at an inflection point”
Railroad Economy
BNSF 1Q revenues, profits improve
BNSF posts 37 percent gain in Q1 net income
Carload, intermodal traffic on the upswing
AAR: Grain and minerals carloads increase by double-digit percentages for the week of May 5
Railroad News
Rail expansion slated for crude-oil transload facility
Politics
VOTING SEASON HAS BEGUN IN 2018 — NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT
OSHA SCHEDULES MEETING TO REQUEST COMMENTS ON WHISTLEBLOWER ISSUES
Huckabee Sanders: 'I don't know' if infrastructure bill will happen this year
Bernie Sanders introduces Senate bill protecting employees fired for union organizing