May 23, 2023 | Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, May 19, 2023) While rail service has improved for agricultural and grain shippers in 2023 compared with last year, ongoing service issues warrant continued attention and regulatory action, rail shippers are telling the Surface Transportation...
May 23, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, Shippers
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 22, 203) BNSF and J.B. Hunt have tightened their relationship and are acting like one company as they jointly look for ways to increase capacity, improve service, and convert freight off the highway. Full story: Trains...
May 22, 2023 | Headlines, PSR, Railroad Security, Shippers, UP
(Source: Cowboy State Daily, May 18, 2023) A railcar carrying 60,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate, a chemical used in explosives at Wyoming coal mines, left Cheyenne for California on April 12. Two weeks later, the chemical was discovered missing from the railcar and no...
May 9, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB
(Source: Montana Free Press, May 5, 2023) Navajo Transitional Energy Company (NTEC) has gone to the U.S. Surface Transportation Board, the independent federal agency charged with overseeing the nation’s railroads, demanding an “emergency service” order — essentially...
May 5, 2023 | CPKC, Headlines, Shippers, Technology
(Source: Freight Waves, May 4, 2023) Canadian Pacific Kansas City and Teck Resources will conduct a pilot program starting in early 2024 in which coal used in steel production will be transported from Teck’s mines in southeastern British Columbia to western ports...
May 4, 2023 | Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB
(Source: The Load Star, May 4, 2023) Chemical manufacturers want US authorities to put the squeeze on the railways to improve their performance. The American Chemistry Council (ACC) wants regulations to help raise service levels, citing widespread disruptions to its...
April 26, 2023 | CPKC, Headlines, Shippers, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, April 25, 2023) Knight-Swift will shift its U.S.-Mexico intermodal traffic from Union Pacific to CPKC’s new single-line route beginning in May. CPKC and Knight-Swift announced their multi-year agreement today, just four days after...
April 26, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, April 26, 2023) The Surface Transportation Board will hold a hearing next month to consider a Powder River Basin coal producer’s request for an emergency service order that would require BNSF Railway to handle more volume from the Spring...
April 24, 2023 | CP-KCS Merger, CPKC, Headlines, Shippers
(Source: Trains Magazine, April 21, 2023) CPKC has landed a multi-year contract to handle Schneider National’s intermodal traffic between the U.S. and Mexico. Full story: Trains Magazine
April 13, 2023 | Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB
(Source: The Load Star, April 13, 2023) As the North American model of railroading comes under increased regulatory scrutiny, forwarders are making their own call for change to precision scheduling. Full story: The Load Star
