December 17, 2024 | Amtrak, BNSF, CSX, Headlines, NS, UP
(Source: Trains.com, December 17, 2024) Railroads appear to have the manpower resources they need to handle volume growth as we head into the New Year. Three of the country’s six Class I railroads have more train and engine (T&E) employees than they did a year...
December 16, 2024 | BNSF, Coal, Headlines, UP
(Source: Trains.com, December 16, 2024) Wyoming and Montana filed a federal lawsuit that seeks to overturn the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) decision to end coal-mining leases in the Powder River Basin, which is the main source of coal hauled by BNSF Railway and...
December 13, 2024 | Headlines, Technology, UP
(Source: Trains.com, December 13, 2024) Artificial intelligence is weaving itself into the daily operations of big U.S. railroads, helping managers make data-backed decisions about operating plans and identify trends among virtually any t process. Full story:...
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...
