July 22, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, July 20, 2022) Some of the more detailed metrics the Surface Transportation Board has begun collecting as it tracks the rail industry’s service issues could become part of the STB’s regular regulatory oversight, board member Patrick Fuchs...
July 22, 2022 | CSX, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Freight Waves, July 21, 2022) Although a higher than anticipated attrition rate in the second quarter is slowing the pace of operational improvements, CSX still expects to continue to improve its service metrics in the third and fourth quarters. Full story:...
July 22, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, July 20, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board on Wednesday denied a California poultry and feed producer’s request for an extension of an emergency service order covering Union Pacific grain trains. Full story: Trains...
July 22, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, July 21, 2022) With car velocity dropping and inventory climbing earlier this year, Union Pacific engaged in some “difficult conversations” with customers, Eric Gehringer says. The railroad’s executive vice president of operations is well...
July 21, 2022 | CSX, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Associated Press, July 20, 2022) CSX on Wednesday delivered slightly better profit in the second quarter even though volume was flat and the railroad still struggled to handle all the goods companies wanted to ship because it is having a hard time hiring. CSX...
July 21, 2022 | BNSF, CSX, Headlines, NS, PSR, Shippers, UP
(Source: Daily Herd Management, July 18, 2022) Rail retains a vital role in the transportation of goods across the U.S., but this year, the 140,000- miles worth of railroad tracks across the country haven’t been immune to the supply chain chaos plaguing U.S....
July 21, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, July 20, 2022) NEW YORK — U.S. rail traffic for the week ending July 16, 2022 (Week 28) was 498,899 carloads and intermodal units, down 2.8% from the same week last year, according to the Association of American Railroads’ July 20 report. It is...
July 21, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, July 19, 2022) Pressure to reduce terminal dwell figures has prompted some Union Pacific yards to routinely depart trains that include misrouted cars simply to get them moving, a UP engineer alleges in a letter sent to federal regulators....
July 21, 2022 | CSX, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Trains Magazine, July 19, 2022) LAKE GENEVA, Wis. — “If I had the decision to make over again … we would have never laid off an employee,” CSX CEO Jim Foote said on July 18 when speaking to the Midwest Association of Rail Shippers about ongoing service issues...
July 21, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: Progressive Railroading, July 19, 2022) Union Pacific Railroad is beginning to “strategically and gradually” return some of its rail cars to the network, as the Class I continues to work on improving freight-rail service, a UP executive informed...
