December 9, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, December 8, 2022) The STB last month ordered UP to explain why it has significantly increased its use of embargoes. This year UP has issued more than 1,000 embargoes to date in response to congestion, compared with just 27 in 2017 — the year...
December 9, 2022 | Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: Freight Waves, December 6, 2022) Norfolk Southern will deemphasize the use of furloughs as a way to cut costs during market down cycles. Stakeholders have contended that the furloughs that occurred during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic cut the workforce...
December 9, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Freight Waves opinion column by Rachel Premack, December 8, 2022) Usually when I sit down to read prestigious publications targeted at insidery urbanites, I do not get the opportunity to learn about railroad management. But the last few months have given us...
December 9, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Railway Age opinion column by Jim Blaze, December 8, 2022) Where are the Class I railroads in improving their actual service metrics as the upcoming Union Pacific rail embargo STB investigation comes close to its Dec. 13-14 date in Washington? Following are...
December 9, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, December 7, 2022) In reporting U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Dec. 3, 2022, and volumes for November 2022, AAR Senior Vice President John T. Gray said, “As has been the case for months, some sectors continue to show strength while others...
December 9, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB, Unions, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, December 7, 2022) Trade groups representing chemical manufacturers, mining companies, energy producers, and agricultural interests, plus several individual shippers, and railroad labor unions all plan to participate in next week’s Surface...
December 9, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, December 6, 2022) The big four U.S. Class I railroads have told federal regulators that their service is at or near pre-pandemic levels thanks to improved train crew staffing levels. The STB in May ordered the railroads to file service...
November 29, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 22, 2022) Class Is employed 118,208 people as of mid-October, a 0.53% increase from mid-September employment levels and a 3.53% increase year over year, according to Surface Transportation Board data. Five of six employment...
November 29, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 23, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board yesterday announced that it will hold a public hearing Dec. 13-14 with Union Pacific Railroad pertaining to the Class I’s increased use of embargoes as a way to reduce rail...
November 28, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, National Negotiations 2019, PSR
(Source: Truthout, November 25, 2022) Billionaire Warren Buffett, one of the wealthiest men in the world and the CEO of BNSF Railway’s parent company, saw his wealth jump by nearly $1.4 billion in a single day earlier this week, a sum that could easily fund 15 days of...
