January 22, 2024 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: California High-Speed Rail Authority press release, January 18, 2024) New data released today by the California High-Speed Rail Authority shows investments in this first-in-the-nation project are continuing to provide billions in economic benefit to the...
January 22, 2024 | Headlines, Historic/Steam
(Source: Freight Waves, January 19, 2024) On April 15, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was infamously assassinated. Six days later, his body began its journey to Springfield, Illinois, from Washington to be buried. He was transported by train over a route that...
January 18, 2024 | Contract Negotiations, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, January 12, 2024) A lot has happened, since Class I railroads averted a strike in 2022. CEOs and other officials at the Midwest Association of Rail Shippers Winter Meeting were happy to point to progress in labor relations. Which is good, because...
January 18, 2024 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, January 17, 2024) Through the first two weeks of 2024 (ending Jan. 13), total North American carload and intermodal traffic was down 1.5% from the same point last year, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported January 17. Full story:...
January 18, 2024 | 2-man Crews, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, January 16, 2023) The Federal Railroad Administration is seeking public comments on Genesee & Wyoming short lines’ request to test Parallel Systems autonomous, self-propelled battery-electric freight cars. Full story:...
January 18, 2024 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Bloomberg, January 16, 2024) Appropriate staffing levels will be critical for the railroad industry to make further progress at improving service levels, especially as volumes appear poised for growth this year. In this Talking Transports podcast, the Surface...
January 18, 2024 | CP-KCS Merger, CPKC, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com analysis by Bill Stephens, January 12, 2024) Last year’s merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern, the two smallest Class I systems, has turned out to be the little spark that has ignited a lot of railroad competition. Full story:...
January 18, 2024 | BNSF, CPKC, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, January 15, 2024) A railroad webcam captured dramatic video and audio of a Canadian Pacific Kansas City merchandise train that stalled on a grade in Iowa on Friday — and then began rolling back downgrade toward a BNSF Railway train that was...
January 18, 2024 | Headlines, NS, PSR, Train Length
(Source: Television KTVI, January 16, 2024) CLINTON COUNTY, Illinois — Albers Mayor Steve Schomaker and Police Chief Brian Vielweber said that trains now take 15, 20, even 25 minutes to pass through town. First responders have to wait for them like everyone else, with...
January 12, 2024 | FRA, Headlines, PSR, STB, Unions
(Source: Trains.com, January 11, 2024) A coalition of labor unions representing railroad shop workers has asked the Federal Railroad Administration and Surface Transportation Board to take five steps to improve safety and service on the Class I railroads. Full story:...
