A BNSF freight train in Barrio Logan. (File 9hoto by Chris Jennewein/Times of San Diego) If California’s politically influential labor unions get their way, the state’s freight trains would get ...
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. If California’s politically influential labor unions get their way, the state’s freight trains would get shorter and ...
Called emigrant trains — colonial cars in Canada — they offered low fares and even fewer luxuries, writes Joe Blackstock.
Unions are pushing for shorter freight trains to make railways safer, but that could raise the cost of goods and delay passenger rail service. It also may not be legal. This story was originally ...