BNSF Railway, ATDA and FRA reach C3RS safety agreement

FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BNSF Railway (BNSF) and The American Train Dispatchers Association (ATDA), along with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), have reached a landmark agreement to participate in a one-year pilot program of the FRA’s Confidential Close Call Reporting System (C3RS). As part of the C3RS pilot program, the approximately 650 BNSF train dispatchers represented by ATDA can report unsafe events confidentially while being protected from BNSF disciplinary action and