May 10, 2022 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, STB
(Source: Grist, May 5, 2022) Ever since Hurricane Katrina swept across the Deep South in 2005, shredding the region’s railways, it’s been impossible to take a train heading east from New Orleans to the rest of the Gulf Coast. For years, Amtrak has been trying to...
May 10, 2022 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, May 9, 2022) NEW YORK — Democratic lawmakers in California are refusing to pass over $4 billion to fund the state’s high-speed rail project that would connect San Francisco to Los Angeles. The stalemate could last for some...
May 10, 2022 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Anacostia Rail Holdings press release, May 5, 2022) CHICAGO — Anacostia Rail Holdings Company (ARH) has named short line and Class I railroad safety veteran Herman E. Crosson as its new Chief Safety and Compliance Officer, effective May 9. Crosson succeeds...
May 6, 2022 | Contract Negotiations, News, Short Line
(BLET Editor’s Note: The following updates an earlier press release and contains corrections to paragraphs 4 and 5.) INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, May 6 — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) has reached a tentative on-property agreement with the Dakota,...
May 6, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Montana Free Press, May 5, 2022) Brady Wassam knew what to expect when he took a job on the railroad. Wassam, 30, of Columbia Falls, came from a family of railroaders who have spent years moving freight over the mountains of northwest Montana. But Wassam says...
May 6, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Railway Age opinion column by David Nahass, May 5, 2022) NEW YORK — Unfortunately, Northern American rail continues to look like a first-time performer at “open mike” at the logistics theater: unrehearsed, unpolished and inexperienced. Union Pacific is not...
May 6, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 6, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Nebraska utility says it will file a rate complaint against Union Pacific for a reciprocal switch involving unit coal trains interchanged with BNSF Railway a few miles from the power plant. Full story: Trains...
May 6, 2022 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 5, 2022) MUSKOGEE, Okla. — Union Pacific has suffered “multiple washouts” in the Muskogee area following torrential rains early Thursday, the railroad said in a notification to customers. Full story: Trains...
May 6, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, May 4, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending April 30, 2022, as well as volumes for April 2022. U.S. railroads originated...
