October 14, 2021 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, October 13, 2021) NEW YORK — For the week ending Oct. 9, 2021, total U.S. weekly rail traffic came in at 506,642 carloads and intermodal units, down 2.6% compared with the same week in 2020, AAR reported on Oct. 13. U.S. Class I railroads moved...
October 12, 2021 | Headlines, NS, PSR
(Source: Freight Waves, October 6, 2021) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Norfolk Southern has reopened an intermodal terminal serving Louisville, Kentucky, in light of “strong growth” in the intermodal market there. NS reopened the terminal in Buechel, Kentucky, on...
October 7, 2021 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Logistics Management, October 6, 2021) NEW YORK — In a recent speech given at the Northeast Association of Rail Shippers (NEARS) fall conference in Portland, Maine, Robert Primus, a member of the Surface Transportation Board (STB), an independent adjudicatory...
October 4, 2021 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: Washington Post, October 3, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The commercial pipeline that each year brings $1 trillion worth of toys, clothing, electronics and furniture from Asia to the United States is clogged and no one knows how to unclog it. Dozens of cargo...
October 1, 2021 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, September 29, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending September 25, 2021. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was...
October 1, 2021 | CN, CP, Headlines, KCS, PSR
(Source: The Western Producer, September 30, 2021) CALGARY — Canadian National Railway is wasting no time transforming itself into a leaner and more profitable railway company, following its failed bid to acquire American rail carrier Kansas City Southern. According...
October 1, 2021 | Headlines, PSR, UP
(Source: The Daily Sentinel, October 1, 2021) GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Getting shipping containers to offload in Grand Junction has emerged as a critical issue for businesses in Mesa County and western Colorado and local officials have been working behind the scenes to...
September 30, 2021 | News, NS, PSR
CLEVELAND, (Sept. 30, 2021) — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and the Transportation Division of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers (SMART-TD) have joined forces to defeat efforts by Norfolk...
September 30, 2021 | Headlines, PSR, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 29, 2021) U.S. Class Is as of mid-August employed 114,431 people, down 1.07% from July’s employment total and down 2.83% year over year, according to Surface Transportation Board data. All six employment categories...
September 30, 2021 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, September 29, 2021) NEW YORK — During the 38th week of the year, U.S. Class I railroads hauled 239,069 carloads, increasing 6.6% compared with the same week in 2020, and 272,644 containers and trailers, falling 7.3% from last year. This is the...
