December 11, 2024 | Headlines, Oil Train, STB, Supreme Court
(Source: Newsweek, December 9, 2024) The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday on a proposed Utah railroad that could significantly increase crude oil transport along the Colorado River. The 88-mile Uinta Basin Railway would connect Utah oil fields to the...
December 5, 2024 | CSX, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Trains.com, December 4, 2024) The number of hump yards operating in North America has dropped precipitously over the decades. Today there are 36 active hump yards operated by the big six Class I systems and terminal and switching railroads. That’s down from...
December 5, 2024 | CSX, Headlines, NS, Supreme Court
(Source: Reuters, December 4, 2024) Freight rail giant CSX has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revive its lawsuit accusing rival Norfolk Southern of denying access to a key East Coast terminal, costing CSX hundreds of millions of dollars in lost profits. CSX said in...
December 4, 2024 | Amtrak, Headlines, Quarterly Income
(Source: CNN, December 3, 2024) Amtrak has reached a historic milestone, carrying 32.8 million passengers on the passenger rail system in fiscal year 2024. That’s a 15% increase from the previous fiscal year when it carried nearly 28.6 million riders, according to a...
November 25, 2024 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, November 25, 2024) The increases weren’t large compared to pre-pandemic 2019, but more Northeast Regional frequencies enabled Amtrak to capture enough travel demand to beat the company’s previous overall record ridership in fiscal 2024. Also, a...
November 21, 2024 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, November 19, 2024) BNSF Railway has reached a major milestone: The completion of the remaining section of double track on its Southern Transcon in Kansas. Only two short pieces of single track are left on the 2,200-mile former Santa Fe main line...
November 15, 2024 | Headlines, STB, UP
(Source: Trains.com, November 14, 2024) The Surface Transportation Board has taken Union Pacific to task for an ongoing lack of cooperation in a new decision regarding an issue with the railroad’s effort to construct a 6-mile rail line in Arizona’s Maricopa and Pinal...
November 15, 2024 | Headlines, NS
(Source: Associated Press, November 14, 2024) Norfolk Southern announced an agreement Thursday with Ancora Holdings to keep the investor from launching a repeat of this year’s campaign to take control of the railroad. Under the deal, Norfolk Southern will add another...
November 15, 2024 | Amtrak, DOT, FRA, Headlines
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, November 15, 2024) The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today continued its historic investment in passenger rail with nearly $1.5 billion for 19 projects along the...
November 15, 2024 | Contract Negotiations, Headlines, National Negotiations 2024
(Source: Associated Press, November 13, 2024) The flurry of contract agreements announced early this fall — including two more Wednesday — offer evidence that major railroads and their unions are working to avoid the standoffs that led them to a brink of a national...
