May 9, 2023 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: WBUR, May 9, 2023) Members of the Joint House Committee on Transportation met on Monday to hear proposals for several bills geared toward improving or changing the way people in the state get around. Among the bills reviewed was a proposal to create a new...
May 8, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, Quarterly Income
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 8, 2023) BNSF’s pre-tax earnings declined 8.8%, to $1.6 billion, as revenue increased 1.9%, to $5.8 billion, BNSF’s parent, Berkshire Hathaway, reported on Saturday. The railroad’s operating ratio was 68.4%, a 3.8-point increase from a...
May 8, 2023 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, Lawsuit, STB, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, May 5, 2023) Union Pacific is asking a federal court of appeals to review the decision by the Surface Transportation Board to approve the merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern. UP had expressed concerns during STB hearings on...
May 8, 2023 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Pacific Harbor Line press release, May 5, 2023) Pacific Harbor Line (PHL) and the Federal Railroad Administration today welcomed the latest PHL class of locomotive engineers to serve the important role of moving millions of shipping containers 24/7 at the Los...
May 8, 2023 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Associated Press, May 6, 2023) Kansas health officials have identified elevated levels of liver cancer among people living in several historically Black neighborhoods in Wichita where groundwater was polluted by a Union Pacific rail yard chemical spill....
