September 20, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019, PSR
(Source: CNN, September 20, 2022) The fact that there is not a freight railroad strike happening this week is a huge win for the US economy and its still struggling supply chain. But that doesn’t mean that the freight railroads are providing good service to...
September 20, 2022 | CSX, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Trains Magazine, September 19, 2022) In system notices sent last week, CSX said it was seeking train and engine crews to temporarily transfer to Buffalo, Syracuse, and Selkirk, N.Y., as well as West Springfield, Mass., and Philadelphia. Train service...
September 20, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 19, 2022) Although they welcomed the new tentative agreement between the railroads and labor unions, the industry’s customers are calling on Congress to help resolve other freight-rail problems that continue to harm the U.S....
September 19, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019, PSR
(Source: Nebraska Public Media, September 16, 2022) A tentative agreement between union workers and railroad companies reached earlier this week means Nebraska’s harvest may continue without a sudden slowdown. While the tentative agreement means Nebraska’s...
September 16, 2022 | Headlines, Hi-Viz, National Negotiations 2019, PSR
(Source: Slate, September 15, 2022) President Joe Biden has announced a tentative agreement to avert the disruption and the body blow it would have caused the economy and our supply chains. The deal isn’t final —workers will soon vote on it — but, nonetheless, it’s a...
September 16, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019, PSR
(Source: National Public Radio, September 15, 2022) Like so many essential workers in the pandemic, the engineers and conductors who operate the nation’s freight trains have had it. Full story: www.npr.org
September 16, 2022 | Headlines, Hi-Viz, National Negotiations 2019, PSR
(Source: New York Times, September 15, 2022) To defuse a labor dispute that brought the nation to the brink of a potentially catastrophic railroad strike, negotiators had to resolve a key issue: schedules that workers say were punishing, upending their personal lives...
September 16, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, September 14, 2022) The Association of American Railroads (AAR) now has 36 weeks of traffic data for 2022 (ending Sept. 10). Total North American carload and intermodal traffic dipped 2.4% from the same point last year — with decreases in the...
September 9, 2022 | Headlines, NS, Ports, PSR
(Source: The Load Star, September 9, 2022) Strained supply chain infrastructure in the eastern and southern US raises questions about changes to Asian import flows, as rail services try to maintain cargo flow. Norfolk Southern (NS) is struggling to cope with container...
September 9, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, September 7, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending September 3, 2022, as well as volumes for August 2022. U.S. railroads...
