August 5, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, August 3, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending July 30, 2022, as well as volumes for July 2022. U.S. railroads originated...
August 4, 2022 | Headlines, Ports, PSR
(Source: Freight Waves, August 3, 2022) The struggle by the freight railroads and their unions to reach consensus on a labor agreement comes at a time when it is already anyone’s guess how existing challenges in the supply chain will play out over the next several...
August 4, 2022 | Headlines, Legislation, PSR, STB
(Source: House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee press release, August 3, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Freight Rail Shipping Fair Market Act, introduced earlier today by Chair of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Donald M....
August 4, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, August 3, 2022) Total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 505,409 carloads and intermodal units for the week ending July 30, 2022, up 0.6% compared with the prior-year period. After 22 consecutive weeks of total traffic declines, this is the first time...
August 4, 2022 | Headlines, Legislation, PSR, Railroad Safety
(Source: Trains Magazine, August 3, 2022) An Ohio congressman has introduced a bill which would allow trainees for railroad jobs to complete some aspects of their training online. Full story: Trains Magazine
August 3, 2022 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019, PSR, STB
(Source: Bloomberg, August 3, 2022) U.S. freight railroads are in a bit of a predicament, and it’s not just because they are going down to the wire on labor contract negotiations with their 115,000 workers. Large railroads, including Union Pacific Corp. and Warren...
August 3, 2022 | Headlines, Legislation, PSR, Shippers, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, August 2, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board would get more teeth under a shipper-friendly bill that would reauthorize the agency that regulates freight railroads. The Freight Rail Shipping Fair Market Act, introduced Tuesday, would give...
August 3, 2022 | Headlines, Legislation, PSR, Shippers, STB
(Source: House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee press release, August 2, 2022) Today, Chair of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ), Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure...
August 3, 2022 | Headlines, Legislation, PSR, Shippers, STB
(Source: American Chemistry Council press release, August 2, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Chemistry Council (ACC) welcomes the introduction of the Freight Rail Shipping Fair Market Act and calls on members of Congress to support its passage. Earlier this...
August 3, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, August 2, 2022) Union Pacific has reactivated the hump at Davidson Yard in Fort Worth, Texas, to ease the burden on the classification yard at West Colton, Calif., where UP is expanding the small “pop-up” intermodal terminal it opened in the...
