February 4, 2022 | Contract Negotiations, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Labor Notes, February 2, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Contract negotiations covering 115,000 rail workers in the U.S. are expected to heat up in 2022. In the flurry of reporting on what’s slowing down the supply chain, little has been said about one contributing...
February 4, 2022 | BNSF, DOT, Headlines, PSR, SMART-TD
(Source: Freight Waves, February 2, 2022) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Two major rail unions are taking their concerns about attendance programs at BNSF and other Class I railroads to U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Labor Secretary Martin Walsh, saying that...
February 4, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, February 2, 2022) NEW YORK — Combined U.S. carload and intermodal originations in January 2022 were 1,903,708, falling 9.5%, or 199,657 carloads and intermodal units, from January 2021. This was based on 902,265 carloads — down 3% or 27,861...
January 31, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: Television station KTRK, January 29, 2022) HOUSTON, Texas — Houston-area residents have voiced concerns for years about stopped trains blocking major roads. Representatives with Union Pacific Railroad met with Houston City Council to see what can be done to...
January 28, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 17, 2022) U.S. Class Is employed 114,499 people in mid-December 2021, a 0.48% increase compared with mid-November’s employment level, but down 2.78% compared with the same month in 2020, according to Surface Transportation...
January 28, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, January 26, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending January 22, 2022. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 477,462...
January 28, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Supply Chain Dive, January 27, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rail congestion is hampering J.B. Hunt’s performance, President of Intermodal Darren Field said on an earnings call Tuesday. While customers’ equipment turn times improved in Q4, “those...
January 27, 2022 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, January 26, 2022) NEW YORK — For the week ending Jan. 22, 2022, U.S. Class I railroads hauled 223,395 carloads and 254,067 containers and trailers, a decline of 3.3% and 14.8%, respectively, from the prior-year period, the Association of American...
January 26, 2022 | CN, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Associated Press, January 25, 2022) OMAHA, Neb. — Canadian National railroad on Tuesday named a new CEO and also reached an agreement with the investment fund that has been pushing it to focus more on cutting costs and streamlining its operations. The...
January 25, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, Railroad Security, UP
(Source: L.A. Taco, January 19, 2022) LOS ANGELES — News organizations both locally and nationally have been covering the rise of cargo theft in LA.’s northeast train tracks in the past few days. However, one major development that may be directly correlated with the...
