October 5, 2022 | Canada, CN, CP, Headlines, PSR, Shippers
(Source: Bloomberg, October 4, 2022) The world sorely needs more grains, and Canada has a bin-busting harvest this year. Unfortunately, there aren’t enough rail cars to transport it all. There were almost 2,400 outstanding grain-car orders for the nation’s two major...
September 21, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, September 20, 2022) The trade group representing coal mining operators has asked federal regulators to take action regarding erratic rail service, particularly in the east on CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern. Mines have had to curtail...
September 8, 2022 | Congressional Hearing, Headlines, PSR, Shippers
(Source: Press release from the House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, September 7, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chair of the Subcommittee on...
August 24, 2022 | BNSF, CSX, Headlines, NS, PSR, Shippers, STB, UP
(Source: Freight Waves, August 23, 2022) A number of chemical shippers still face significant rail service disruptions despite freight railroads’ efforts to improve, according to recent statements from the American Chemistry Council (ACC). Full story: Freight...
August 16, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB
(Source: Railway Age, August 15, 2022) “To date, steps by Class I railroads to boost hiring and other measures have not translated into meaningful service improvements,” the American Chemistry Council (ACC) told the Surface Transportation Board (STB) in an update...
August 3, 2022 | Headlines, Legislation, PSR, Shippers, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, August 2, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board would get more teeth under a shipper-friendly bill that would reauthorize the agency that regulates freight railroads. The Freight Rail Shipping Fair Market Act, introduced Tuesday, would give...
August 3, 2022 | Headlines, Legislation, PSR, Shippers, STB
(Source: House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee press release, August 2, 2022) Today, Chair of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ), Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure...
August 3, 2022 | Headlines, Legislation, PSR, Shippers, STB
(Source: American Chemistry Council press release, August 2, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Chemistry Council (ACC) welcomes the introduction of the Freight Rail Shipping Fair Market Act and calls on members of Congress to support its passage. Earlier this...
July 28, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, PSR, Shippers
(Source: Trains Magazine, July 27, 2022) BNSF Railway’s embargo of certain types of carload traffic bound for California has been extended into August as its Southern Transcon remains congested in the Southwest. The embargo, which took effect on June 27, applies to...
July 22, 2022 | Headlines, PSR, Shippers, STB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, July 20, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board on Wednesday denied a California poultry and feed producer’s request for an extension of an emergency service order covering Union Pacific grain trains. Full story: Trains...
