January 6, 2023 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, January 4, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending December 31, 2022, as well as volumes for December 2022. U.S. railroads...
January 5, 2023 | Headlines, PSR, Railroad Safety
(Source: Trains Magazine, January 3, 2023) A Government Accountability Office report on Precision Scheduled Railroading says the impact of the low-cost operating model on safety and service is unclear. Rail worker complaints to the FRA regarding safety issues have...
January 5, 2023 | AAR Freight Trends, Canada, Headlines, Mexico, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, January 4, 2022) Total U.S. carload traffic for the first 12 months of 2022 was down 0.3% from the same period last year; and intermodal units were down 4.9%; the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Jan. 4. For the week ending Dec....
January 4, 2023 | 2-man Crews, CP-KCS Merger, FRA, Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, January 3, 2023) The Surface Transportation Board’s regulatory to-do list, train crew sizes and merger conditions related to Canadian Pacific’s acquisition of Kansas City Southern are just some of the big issues that rail industry stakeholders...
January 4, 2023 | Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, January 3, 2023) The Surface Transportation Board wants Union Pacific to address the service issues raised by UP customer Foster Poultry Farms in California. Full story: Freight Waves
January 3, 2023 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 29, 2022) U.S. freight railroads logged a combined 400,289 carloads and intermodal units for the week ending Dec. 24, a 4.8% decrease compared with volumes in the same period in 2021, according to Association of American...
December 28, 2022 | Headlines, Legislation, PSR, Railroad Safety
(Source: Radio Iowa, December 26, 2022) Unions that represent rail workers are lobbying for a state law that would limit the length of trains. A federal report found the length of trains increased 25 percent between 2008 and 2017. There is currently no limit in state...
December 28, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, December 27, 2022) Employment numbers with the U.S. operations of the Class I railroads in mid-November were the highest since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in North America, according to data collected by the Surface Transportation Board....
December 28, 2022 | FRA, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 27, 2022) Implementation of precision scheduled railroading (PSR) at the nation’s largest freight railroads has resulted in longer trains and reductions in staff and assets, but the strategy’s impact on rail...
December 28, 2022 | Headlines, PSR
(Source: Freight Waves, December 28, 2022) To say that 2022 was an eventful year for the U.S. and Canadian freight railroads would be an understatement. U.S. freight railroads made national news at least twice this year amid speculation that union members would go on...
