The nation’s largest railroad union wants federal regulators to do more to ensure conductors are properly trained in the wake of two recent trainee deaths. The Transportation Division of the ...

Following two recent deaths involving conductor trainees, the union representing train conductors is calling for more stringent training than what’s being offered now at the freight railroads, ...

BALTIMORE - A CSX conductor trainee fell during a shoving movement and was struck and killed by a train on June 26, a report by the NTSB reveals. The investigation shows that the trainee fell from an ...

Norfolk Southern is still hiring conductors and this time they’re upping the ante even more. Earlier this year, the transportation company announced that new conductor trainees in priority locations ...

Norfolk Southern (NS) conductor trainees can now expect up to $5,000 in starting bonuses, the Class I railroad reported on Feb. 17. To boost its workforce, NS will provide up to $5,000 to trainees in ...

The wife of a Norfolk Southern employee killed late last year in a railway accident in Bessemer, Alabama, has sued the embattled rail giant for negligence that resulted in his wrongful death. Walter ...

FILE - A CSX freight train passes through Homestead, Pa., Feb. 12, 2018. The nation's largest railroad union wants federal regulators to do more to ensure conductors are properly trained in the wake ...

A Norfolk Southern employee training to become a conductor was killed on the job this week in a railway accident in Bessemer, Alabama. The victim has been identified as Walter James Griffin III, 43, ...