April 27, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, Quarterly Income, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, April 21, 2022) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Service issues Union Pacific experienced in the first quarter weren’t due to precision scheduled railroading but to crew shortages, executives told investors during UP’s first-quarter 2022 earnings call...
April 27, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Railway Age, April 22, 2022) NEW YORK — The Surface Transportation Board (STB) is seeking comments by May 23 on a proposal to amend its emergency service regulations “to provide relief for shippers in situations that require immediate relief.” Full story:...
April 27, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: Houston television station ABC 13, April 21, 2022) HOUSTON, Texas — Multiple times a day, at the intersection of Lockwood and Clinton, trains rumble through the Union Pacific rail line. If all goes well, a crossing may take 15 to 20 minutes. But more often...
April 22, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, April 22, 2022) OMAHA, Neb. — In a reflection of escalating tension between Class I railroads and their union workers — both as national contract negotiations drag on and because of friction arising from Precision Scheduled Railroading — the...
April 22, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, Quarterly Income, UP
(Source: S&P Global Platts, April 21, 2022) HOUSTON — Union Pacific and other major railroads said they are acting aggressively to solve their workforce woes and operations inefficiencies to move more petroleum, coal, agriculture and other products amid growing...
April 22, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, April 20, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending April 16, 2022. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 489,801...
April 21, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, April 20, 2022) NEW YORK — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) now has 15 weeks of rail traffic data for 2022 (ending April 16). Total carload and intermodal traffic dipped 3.9% in North America — falling 2.9% in the U.S. and 8.5% in...
April 20, 2022 | BNSF, DOT, Headlines, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: The Load Star, April 19, 2022) TORONTO — Concern over lengthening container dwell times at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach has caused US transportation secretary Peter Buttigieg to call on the railways to work harder to tackle the backlogs. Full...
April 19, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Motherboard Tech by Vice, April 18, 2022) Conditions that result in extreme fatigue are by design in the modern freight rail industry and all too typical of the daily experiences of the people responsible for running trains safely. Motherboard has heard from...
April 19, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: Supply Chain Dive, April 14, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The railroads are also adding locomotives and limiting the number of cars in their networks in a bid to maintain network fluidity. Union Pacific has added 50 locomotives since January and will remove...
