December 28, 2021 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, December 22, 2021) NEW YORK — U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Dec. 18, 2021was 504,099 carloads and intermodal units, down 3.1% compared with the same week last year, based on 234,704 carloads—up 1.7% compared with the same week in 2020—and...
December 28, 2021 | CSX, Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: Trains Magazine, December 26, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three things happened that put railroads in a bind. Furloughed conductors found work elsewhere. Train and engine crews quit or retired at higher rates than usual. And an extremely tight job market made it...
December 28, 2021 | CP, Headlines, KCS, Legislation, PSR
(Source: Freight Waves, December 24, 2021) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — While 2020 was a roller coaster year for all modes of freight transportation because of how the COVID-19 pandemic upended day-to-day life in North America, 2021 had its share of ups and downs as well. The...
December 28, 2021 | AAR Freight Trends, BNSF, CSX, Headlines, NS, PSR, UP
(Source: Supply Chain Dive, December 21, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Demand for rail freight came roaring back in 2021 after a pandemic-induced decline. But at times, there seemed to be more business than railroads could handle. Full story: Supply Chain...
December 17, 2021 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, December 15, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending December 11, 2021. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was...
December 16, 2021 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, December 16, 2021) NEW YORK — U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Dec. 11, 2021 continued to suffer, as a near-11% fall-off in intermodal volume erased a small increase in carloads, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported on Dec....
December 14, 2021 | Headlines, NS, PSR, STB
(Source: Railway Age, December 13, 2021) NEW YORK — In a Nov. 23 letter submitted to NS Chairman and CEO James A. Squires (who has since transferred his President role to Shaw), STB Chairman Oberman wrote that NS’s recent key operating metrics “are hovering far below...
December 13, 2021 | Headlines, Legislation, PSR
(Source: Press release from the office of U.S. Representative Peter DeFazio (D-OR), December 1, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR-04) today announced he will not seek re-election in 2022. DeFazio, Chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure...
December 1, 2021 | Headlines, PSR, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: Statement by International Brotherhood of Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa, published in the Detroit News on December 1, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — This holiday season, there are many things for which we should be grateful. But the state of the U.S. supply...
December 1, 2021 | Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: Television station WBRC, November 29, 2021) TRUSSVILLE, Ala. — Another Norfolk Southern train is stalled on the tracks causing traffic nightmares for the people of Trussville. The mayor said it’s going on nine days now, and folks who live here say the train...
