May 24, 2022 | BNSF, CSX, Headlines, NS, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 23, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The four largest U.S. Class I railroads have told federal regulators that their conductor training programs and hiring pipelines are full as they try to restore service to normal levels amid widespread crew...
May 23, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Railway Age opinion column by Jim Blaze, May 20, 2022) NEW YORK — Let’s admit it, and fix the expectation: U.S. Class I railroads have not experienced robust service recovery. Yet railroad optimism and expectations of satisfied customers persists. Why? If you...
May 23, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 20, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Class I railroads submitted their first batch of expanded performance metrics to federal regulators this week, including a snapshot of on-time performance data. The board on May 6 ordered the railroads to...
May 23, 2022 | Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: Television station ABC 33/40, May 20, 2022) BESSEMER, Ala. — Bessemer PD’s Lt. Clemons reports Norfolk Southern started moving its trains Friday night around 10:20. All crossings were cleared by 10:40 PM. Frustration was running high in Bessemer where...
May 23, 2022 | CSX, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Freight Waves, May 18, 2022) Tampa Electric has had to curtail operations at its Big Bend power station in Florida, and the utility blames the curtailment on “severe rail service shortages” and a reduction of coal deliveries. But CSX says the problem lies...
May 20, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Editorial published by the Capital Press, May 19, 2022) SALEM, Ore. — This year, an American Farm Bureau analysis showed the seven Class I railroads, which handle 94% of the nation’s freight, had 137,000 unfilled orders for grain cars in the first three...
May 20, 2022 | CSX, Headlines, NS, PSR, UP
(Source: Market Watch, May 19, 2022) NEW YORK — The Dow Jones Transportation Average took another deep dive Thursday, with the biggest drag shifting to the index’s railroad components after downgrades at Citigroup, which cited concerns over a deceleration of demand....
May 20, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Railway Age, May 19, 2022) NEW YORK — “The Class I railroads recognize that their recent service performance has not met many customers’ expectations,” the Association of American Railroads (AAR) wrote in a May 18 filing to the Surface Transportation Board...
May 20, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, May 18, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending May 14, 2022. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 505,120 carloads...
May 19, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, Hi-Viz, PSR
(Source: Platte County Record-Times, May 18, 2022) GUERNSEY, Wyo. — The rail industry is in crisis along with many other industries in America who not only had to find creative ways to keep afloat during COVID, but now as the economy has been recovering, the problems...
