May 13, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Press release from the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, May 12, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, by Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and...
May 13, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, May 11, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending May 7, 2022. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 504,927 carloads...
May 12, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, May 11, 2022) NEW YORK — Freight rail traffic dipped yet again in Week 18, compared to the prior-year period, as U.S. carloads fell just below 2% and intermodal dropped close to 5%, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported for the...
May 11, 2022 | Headlines, PSR
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 10, 2022) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The prospect that the Surface Transportation Board will require specific, operational moves by the rail industry to address its ongoing service issues is unlikely, and board member Patrick Fuchs spells out...
May 10, 2022 | BNSF, CSX, Headlines, NS, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Railway Age, May 6, 2022) NEW YORK — On May 5—a little more than a week after its April 26-27 “Urgent Issues in Freight Rail Service” hearing—the Surface Transportation Board, voting unanimously, has issued updated, more-comprehensive rules for reporting...
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 | 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...
May 5, 2022 | CSX, Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Railway Age, May 4, 2022) NEW YORK — Whatever was CSX CEO James M. Foote thinking when he testified before the STB’s “Urgent Issues in Freight Rail Service” hearing April 26? His display of disdain for the agency — in particular, White House-nominated and...
