November 4, 2022 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, November 2, 2022) CSX Transportation is on a roll. In the past 12 months or so, nine new major manufacturing plants and one inland intermodal terminal project have been announced for sites located alongside its tracks. Many of them are the...
November 3, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, November 1, 2022) The parties involved in the fight over Amtrak Gulf Coast service want to make one more effort to settle the matter without resuming their hearing before the Surface Transportation Board. Full story: Trains...
November 3, 2022 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 1, 2022) CSX, North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and Union County officials last week marked the start of construction on a rail safety improvement project in Waxhaw, North Carolina. Full story: Progressive...
October 31, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: www.al.com, October 29, 2022) A final decision could be coming in Amtrak’s quest to restart passenger rail service connecting Mobile to New Orleans. The U.S. Surface Transportation Board, in a news release Friday, set a Dec. 7 date for a voting conference...
October 31, 2022 | BNSF, CSX, Headlines, NS, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, October 28, 2022) Citing ongoing service problems at the big four U.S. Class I railroads, federal regulators today ordered BNSF Railway, CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific to continue reporting expanded performance...
October 28, 2022 | CSX, Headlines, NS, Ports
(Source: CNBC, October 27, 2022) The East Coast continues to dominate in the movement of trade, with the Port of New York and New Jersey taking the top spot as the nation’s busiest seaport for a second-consecutive month. It moved 35% more cargo in September 2022 than...
October 28, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Governing.com, October 28, 2022) The last passenger train between New Orleans and Mobile, Ala., ran more than 15 years ago — before Hurricane Katrina sent a massive storm surge barreling into the Gulf Coast, damaging roads and infrastructure and transforming...
October 27, 2022 | Commuter Rail, CSX, Headlines
(Source: Chicago Sun-Times, October 25, 2022) A $380 million railroad project on the South Side is expected to eliminate one of the most congested rail chokepoints in the Chicago area. Full story: Chicago Sun-Times
October 20, 2022 | CSX, Headlines, NS
(Source: Supply Chain Dive, October 18, 2022) National supply chains largely avoided the most feared impacts of Hurricane Ian, with disruptions expected to be far less than the extent of previous disasters. Major freight railroads reported little to no damage....
October 19, 2022 | CSX, Headlines, NS, Ports
(Source: Progressive Railroading, October 18, 2022) The South Carolina Ports Authority yesterday broke ground on Navy Base Intermodal Facility, a near-dock rail facility to be built at the Port of Charleston. CSX, Norfolk Southern Railway and Palmetto Railways will...
