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Canada’s crude by rail exports drop 9% in March
(Source: Kallanish Energy, May 27, 2020) HOUSTON — Exports of crude oil by rail from Canada dipped by 9% in March, according to new data from the Canada Energy Regulator (CER). Full story: Kallanish Energy
Trans-Pacific rates surge as volume rebounds
(Source: Freight Waves, June 11, 2020) NEW YORK — Politically, the U.S. and China are barely on speaking terms. Trade-wise, they’re still very much in bed together. Cargo from China is accounting for an even greater share of inbound container volumes than before the...
AAR reports rail traffic for week ending June 10, 2020
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, June 6, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending June 6, 2020. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 433,171 carloads...
How archaeologists might protect, record transcontinental railroad treasures after fires
(Source: KSL, June 10, 2020) SALT LAKE CITY — As thunderstorms moved through Box Elder County’s western desert last week, lightning sparked a handful of fires that grew due to brush and invasive cheatgrass in the area. By the time the fires were extinguished, a few...
Downeaster passenger rail to restart service Monday
(Source: Press Herald, June 10, 2020) PORTLAND, Maine — The Amtrak Downeaster will restart limited service on Monday, two months after suspending all passenger trains in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic. Full story: Press Herald
FRA announces availability of $291 million for rail capital projects
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, June 20, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Federal-State Partnership for State of...
LIRR, Metro-North report increased ridership
(Source: Railway Age, June 10, 2020) NEW YORK — Officials from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced ridership on the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) was 28,089 on June 8, the first day of New York City’s Phase 1 reopening, totaling 13% of the...
Inside a Wall Street tycoon’s plan to get Americans off the highway and onto his trains
(Source: Forbes, June 11, 2020) NEW YORK — Shouting over the noise of diners at a Mexican restaurant on the floor of a casino, buyout billionaire Wes Edens has come to Las Vegas, one of the cities least friendly to mass transit, to talk about passenger rail. “It’s not...
Inexperience, uncontrolled movement contributed to 2017 CN rail yard death: TSB
(Source: Global News, June 10, 2020) SASKATOON — More needs to be done to reduce uncontrolled movements in rail yards, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) said after a Canadian National Railway employee died at a Saskatchewan rail yard. Full story:...
Opinion: For railroads, there may be no new “normal”
(Source: Railway Age opinion column by Nicholas Little, June 11, 2020) NEW YORK — In response to Jim Blaze’s interesting “Railroad Mega-mergers” article from earlier this week, I’m not sure that the historical perspective will apply in a developing “new normal”...
