Latest freight railroad layoffs and Wall Street pressure renew concerns about safety and service
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FILE - A BNSF railroad train hauling carloads of coal from the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming is seen east of Hardin, Mont., July 15, 2020. The latest BNSF rail layoffs in late Feb. 2024, combined with an investment fund's ongoing campaign for control of Norfolk Southern, are renewing concerns among union and regulators about all the cuts hurting safety and service. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)FILE - Traffic backs up as a Norfolk Southern freight train rolls through a crossing in downtown East Palestine, Ohio, on June 22, 2023. The latest BNSF rail layoffs in late Feb. 2024, combined with an investment fund's ongoing campaign for control of Norfolk Southern, are renewing concerns among union and regulators about all the cuts hurting safety and service. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)A Union Pacific worker walks between two locomotives that are being serviced in a railyard in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on Dec. 15, 2023. Recent layoffs at Union Pacific and BNSF, combined with an investment fund's campaign to take control of Norfolk Southern, are renewing concern among unions and regulators about how job cuts might affect safety and service. (AP Photo/Josh Funk)
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FILE - A BNSF railroad train hauling carloads of coal from the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming is seen east of Hardin, Mont., July 15, 2020. The latest BNSF rail layoffs in late Feb. 2024, combined with an investment fund's ongoing campaign for control of Norfolk Southern, are renewing concerns among union and regulators about all the cuts hurting safety and service. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)
