December 15, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, December 14, 2022) For the week ending Dec. 10, 2022 (Week 49), total U.S. rail traffic was down 2.5% over the same week last year; carloads came in 1.3% higher while intermodal volume continued its downward trend, dipping 5.8%, according to the...
December 14, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB, Unions, UP
(Source: CNBC, December 13, 2022) The strike was averted, but tensions between unions and class I freight railroads continue to run high. Under scrutiny at a two-day hearing before the U.S. Surface Transportation Board is Union Pacific’s use of embargoes to clear up...
December 14, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB, UP
(Source: BNN Bloomberg, December 13, 2022) Shippers urged the US railroad regulator to create more competition in the industry during hearings in which Union Pacific Corp. was called to explain a spike in service restrictions. Full story: BNN...
December 14, 2022 | Headlines, Hi-Viz, National Negotiations 2019, PSR
(Source: Freight Waves, December 12, 2022) The drama about whether union members would go on strike has passed, with Congress passing legislation and President Joe Biden signing that legislation requiring all unions to ratify the labor agreement that union and...
December 14, 2022 | CSX, Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Railfan & Railroad Magazine, December 13, 2022) Following an outcry from railroaders and the public, it appears some of the nation’s Class I railroads are revising their employee attendance policies. Although it has yet to be seen if the changes will...
December 14, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, PSR, SMART-TD
(Source: Galesburg Register-Mail, December 14, 2022) Members and supporters of local chapters of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers union (SMART) gathered in the rain Tuesday afternoon for a rally in Galesburg’s central...
December 14, 2022 | Amtrak, Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 12, 2022) Amtrak is asking the Surface Transportation Board to investigate why host railroad practices — primarily at Union Pacific Railroad — are contributing to substandard on-time performance (OTP) of its Sunset Limited...
December 13, 2022 | Headlines, PSR
(Source: Kansas City Star, December 11, 2022) The seven Class I freight carriers — the country’s largest and best known railroads — all espouse safety as top priorities. But in the last few years, new business models have intensified railroads’ efforts to boost...
December 13, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Kansas City Star, December 11, 2022) Just before he retired, Matthew Rose offered a warning to his peers running the nation’s large freight railroads. Rose, then the CEO of BNSF, one of the largest American railroads, told an industry conference in early 2019...
December 13, 2022 | Headlines, PSR
(Source: CNN, December 11, 2022) Many of the problems tangling up the supply chain, driving up prices and slowing the economy can be traced to the steady decline in freight rail service in recent years. Even the railroads themselves admit that the nation’s current...
