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...
January 5, 2024 | Headlines, Shippers
(Source: Freight Waves, January 3, 2024) Intermodal rail in 2024 is likely to still face pressure from the trucking market; however, market conditions for the overall freight transportation market also appear to be returning to pre-pandemic patterns, and so providing...
January 4, 2024 | 2-man Crews, FRA, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: Freight Waves, January 3, 2024) The Federal Railroad Administration has submitted its final rule on train crew staffing to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, with the final rule potentially being released in March, according to OMB’s...
January 4, 2024 | 2-man Crews, Contract Negotiations, Headlines, Railroad Safety, Shippers, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, January 4, 2024) Railroads, shippers and unions are tracking hot topics ranging from service improvement to government oversight to safety regulations in 2024. Two of the items are federal action on rail safety and labor contract negotiations....
