December 28, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, December 21, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending December 17, 2022. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was...
December 21, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Independent Record, December 20, 2022) The owner of Montana’s largest coal mine is suing BNSF after a year of shipment struggles that Navajo Transitional Energy Company alleged has cost millions of dollars. NTEC, owner of Spring Creek Mine in southeast...
December 21, 2022 | Amtrak, Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, December 20, 2022) Union Pacific has asked the Surface Transportation Board for more time to respond to Amtrak’s request for action regarding UP’s handling of the Sunset Limited, which Amtrak says has the worst on-time performance in its...
December 19, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: Associated Press, December 18, 2022) Union Pacific says it will stop imposing temporary limits on certain businesses’ shipments while it reviews the policy that federal regulators and shippers criticized at a hearing last week. Full story: Associated...
December 19, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: WyoFile, December 17, 2022) Union Pacific Railway, one of two railroad companies that haul coal out of the Powder River Basin, is under fire for curtailing shipments to customers, including power plants. The failure to meet customer coal demand has resulted...
December 16, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, December 15, 2022) STB Chairman Martin J. Oberman wondered aloud if UP would boost train and engine crew staffing levels if the board expanded reciprocal switching — or if it would simply let the traffic flow to rival BNSF Railway. Full...
December 16, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, December 10, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending December 10, 2022. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was...
December 15, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB, Unions, UP
(Source: Railfan & Railroad Magazine, December 14, 2022) Shippers, railroaders and the federal board that oversees the rail industry blasted Union Pacific during a two-day hearing in Washington on December 13 and 14, over the Class I’s increased use of traffic...
December 15, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, December 14, 2022) Several shippers told federal regulators Tuesday that they don’t believe the railroads are meeting the common carrier obligation because of the service issues they’ve encountered in the past year, including an increased use...
December 15, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Associated Press, December 15, 2022) Federal regulators and shippers are questioning Union Pacific’s decision to temporarily limit some businesses’ shipments as part of its effort to clear up congestion across the railroad. The head of the U.S. Surface...
