January 22, 2024 | Congressional Hearing, Headlines, PSR, Railroad Safety
(Source: Eno Center for Transportation, January 19, 2024) The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials met on January 18 to discuss the oversight of railroad grade crossing elimination and safety...
January 22, 2024 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains.com, January 19, 2024) The Surface Transportation Board has called for Amtrak, CSX, Norfolk Southern, and the Port of Mobile, Ala., to provide “detailed information regarding the status of the implementation of the settlement agreement” agreed to in...
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...
