Railroad Life

Episode 3 "Strike 1" of the Diverging Clear Podcast discusses the Canadian Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) decision to order the the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference back to work and to continue negotiating a contract with the Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and if this decision could have implications on rail contracts on the American side of border. I also discuss Alan Shaw being terminated as CEO of the Norfolk Southern Railroad for an "inappropriate relationship".

Episode 2 will discuss the railroad practice of furloughing employees. Outgoing STB Chairman Marty Oberman recently called out Union Pacific's CEO Jim Vena for furloughing employees soon after he became the Chief Executive Officer. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the railroads vowed to look at other options to furloughs if a recession hit and freight volumes dropped. They started to recognize that it was hurting their bottom line long-term, but one CEO has stayed the course with the old practice. Why?

Episode 1 Short of the Diverging Clear Podcast focuses on the Norfolk Southern' s derailment and Hazardous Materials spill that in East Palestine Ohio. Some of the hazardous materials were spilled because of the derailment, the rest intentionally by the Norfolk Southern Railroad. We also discussed how and why we got here. #divergingclearpodcastyoutube #divergingclearpodcast #trendingvideo #trending #fyp #season3 #transportation #railroads #infrastructure #logistics #trains #norfolksouthern #bnsf #csxt #canadiannational #canadianpacific #unionpacificrailroad #kansascitysouthern #metra #supplychain #transportationpolicy #intermodal 

The Season 3 Premiere of the Diverging Clear Podcast focuses on the Norfolk Southern' s derailment and Hazardous Materials spill that in East Palestine Ohio. Some of the haz mat was spilled because of the derailment, the rest intentionally by the Norfolk Southern Railroad. We also discussed how and why we got here. Other topics discussed in Episode 1, STB approves the CP/KCS merger creating the CPKC, BNSF Haz Mat derailment in Minnesota and the Union Pacific Railroad has begun the process of transferring its Chicago area commuter rail operations over to Metra. #divergingclearpodcastyoutube #divergingclearpodcast #trendingvideo #trending #fyp #season3 #transportation #railroads #infrastructure #logistics #trains #norfolksouthern #bnsf #csxt #canadiannational #canadianpacific #unionpacificrailroad #kansascitysouthern #metra #supplychain #transportationpolicy #intermodal

Season 2 Finale. I'll review 2022, including the proposed CP/KCS Merger, rail labor negotiations and ultimate forced contract with no paid sick time, some stockholders pushing for paid sick time off, East Coast Coast ports dominating the West Coast ports, Recession in 2022/23, PSR dead or dying? These are just some of topics I'll cover in the Season 2 Finale of the Diverging Clear Podcast!! #fyp #trending #divergingclearpodcast #season2finale #cp # kcs #cn #csx #ns #up #bnsf #amtrak #logistics #supplychain #eastcoastports #westcoastports #infrastructure #usdot  

In Episode 6 of the Diverging Clear Podcast, we’re talking about the rail contract negotiations that haven’t been resolved yet especially with 1 of the 3 major unions rejecting their agreement and the other 2 unions poised to do the same thing. Also the implications this fight can have on other labor movements currently taking place with places like Amazon and Starbucks! #divergingclearpodcast #divergingclearpodcastyoutube #emerailsolutionsllc #fyp #rail #logistics #labor #ns #csx #cn #cp #kcs #bnsf #up

What is the Diverging Clear Podcast?? Well it's not your typical train podcast! As a matter of fact, it isn't your typical podcast!! Transportation and Logistics? Two of the biggest components of a fair and equitable economy! With them you thrive! Without them you falter! This podcast discusses all aspects of transportation and logistics with emphasis on the rail. The railroads helped build this country! But if America is going to maintain its global economic dominance, transportation needs to be reimagined as network of moving parts and not a competition to drive the other modes out of business!!

Episode 5 of the Diverging Clear Podcast discusses the realities of being a railroad employee in America! Even though a tentative agreement has been reached between the carriers and labor unions. it still has to be approved by the members! Major point of contention , paid sick time off! for those that don't know, many railroad employees do not have paid sick time off, And the carriers want to keep it that way.

Episode 4 discusses the current state of contract negotiations between the Class 1 carriers and the unions representing Engineers and Conductors on American Railroads. The Presidential Executive Board has made recommendations to President Biden, but the BLET and SMART TD don't believe the recommendations go far enough. #railroads #trains #railroadlaborunions #PEB #BLET #SMARTTD #unions #contract #negotiations #logistics #trending #strike #supplychain

Episode 3 of the Diverging Clear Podcast discusses America's policy to kill passenger rail service and subsidize other forms of transportation and businesses. I'm actually discussing more of the "Why". The typical answers doesn't suffice when you take a look at some other contributing factors and motivations. In this episode I tie some policy decisions made at the Executive level of the Federal Government starting at Richard Nixon but in all honesty he just continued to carry on previous policies but he just messed up and said it out loud. Don't take this episode as a conspiracy theory. If you doubt the words, the information is out there. I just put it together with a little help from visiting Pullman Days in Chicago.