January 12, 2024 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, January 10, 2024) For the week ending Jan. 6, 2024 (Week 1), total U.S. rail traffic was 417,257 carloads and intermodal units, rising 2.3% from the prior-year period, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Jan. 10. Total rail...
January 12, 2024 | BNSF, CN, CPKC, CSX, Headlines, NS, UP
(Source: Trains.com, January 10, 2024) The theme may not be new, but the emphasis seems to be increasing. The idea that railroads need to work together — and that doing so can be beneficial to all parties, not just the railroads involved, but their customers as well —...
January 12, 2024 | CPKC, Headlines, Mexico
(Source: Reuters, January 10, 2024) Mexico’s antitrust authority said on Wednesday it was investigating the country’s freight rail transportation market amid government plans to build out railway infrastructure. Mexico’s rail sector, which moves a...
January 12, 2024 | BNSF, Headlines, STB, UP
(Source: Trains.com, January 11, 2024) Union Pacific has asked federal regulators to squash BNSF Railway’s request to gain access a proposed short line railroad in Utah. Full story: Trains.com
January 10, 2024 | Headlines, UP, Weather
(Source: Reuters, January 9, 2024) Union Pacific Corp. said on Tuesday it anticipates a 24- to 48-hour delay in shipments as its rail network in some states has been impacted by heavy snow, blizzard conditions, ice and power outages. Full story:...
January 10, 2024 | Fatality, Headlines, NS
(Source: Television station WRDW, January 7, 2023) In 2005, nine lives were lost and hundreds were injured after two Norfolk Southern trains collided near the Avondale Mills Plant in Graniteville. Over 250 people were treated for toxic chlorine exposure. Full story:...
January 10, 2024 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Television station KPAX, January 9, 2024) A blue locomotive on a mountainous background has been the image for the Montana Rail Link for almost 30 years but as of 2024, the railroad company has undergone a big change. Full story:...
January 10, 2024 | Headlines, Mexico, UP
(Source: Railway Age, January 5, 2024) Union Pacific, which with Ferromex and BNSF suffered a severe service disruption in December when U.S. Customs and Border Protection unnecessarily closed the U.S./Mexico rail bridges at Eagle Pass and El Paso, Tex., has added a...
January 5, 2024 | AAR Freight Trends, CPKC, Headlines
(Source: Trains.com, January 4, 2024) Canadian Pacific Kansas City was the only Class I railroad that was able to eke out higher volume last year. CPKC’s traffic was up a scant 0.1% in 2023, which was a down year for North American freight volume. The other five Class...
January 5, 2024 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, January 3, 2024) The fourth quarter was “the best quarter of 2023 for U.S. rail volumes on a year-over-year basis,” AAR Senior Vice President John T. Gray reported Jan. 2. “It appears that intense rail efforts to improve service quality are...
