March 11, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Trains Magazine analysis by Chase Gunnoe, March 11, 2022) NEW YORK — East Coast ports are handling a record number of containers due to ongoing supply chain issues in California and the West, but railroads aren’t seeing this equate to more intermodal volume...
March 10, 2022 | Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: Television station WSBT, March 9, 2022) GOSHEN, Ind. — Drivers are stopping in their tracks or literally stopping by the tracks in Goshen. Parked trains are plaguing drivers for hours on end. There is frustration, not just from those drivers but also Goshen’s...
March 9, 2022 | News, PSR, STB
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 9 — BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce was highly critical of the so-called “Precision Scheduled Railroading” business model as he testified at a March 8 hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Railroads,...
March 9, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, March 8, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A combination of Precision Scheduled Railroading and pressure from Wall Street has prompted railroads to slash costs and raise rates while providing less reliable service, rail shippers and labor told...
March 8, 2022 | News, PSR, STB
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 8 — The written testimony of BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce, who is testifying today before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials at a hearing titled “Stakeholder Views on...
March 8, 2022 | BNSF, CN, CP, CSX, Headlines, KCS, NS, PSR, STB, UP
(Source: NBC News, March 7, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Accountable.US, a nonprofit group that examines corporations and special interests, said the seven major railways, which dominate an industry that carries about 40 percent of U.S. freight, collected a record $1.18...
March 7, 2022 | AFL-CIO, DOT, News, PSR, SMART-TD, TTD
CLEVELAND, Ohio (March 7, 2022) — In conjunction with the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), the SMART Transportation Division (SMART-TD) and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) urge all members to engage in a petition drive to...
March 7, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Suburban Chicagoland, March 4, 2022) CHICAGO — U.S. Representative Marie Newman (IL-03) on Friday March 4, 2022 led Congress members Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) and Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) in a letter urging BNSF Railway Company...
February 25, 2022 | Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: Freight Waves, February 23, 2022) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Norfolk Southern admits that its rail network is congested, particularly for international intermodal and automotive products services. But the railroad hopes that aggressive efforts to hire additional...
February 24, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, February 23, 2022) NEW YORK — U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Feb. 19, 2022, came in at 497,822 carloads and intermodal units, rising 31.7% from the same week last year, based on 237,256 carloads — up 38.2% from 2021 — and intermodal volume...
