(Source: Supply Chain Dive, July 26, 2019)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Precision-scheduled railroading (PSR) is driving discord between railroads and their customers, a roundtable of rail shippers told the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Thursday. Reduced headcount, service changes without notice, fewer yards in operation, insufficient locomotives, increased demurrage and accessorial charges — all on top of higher rates, drove several shippers to remark that though railroad profitability is climbing, service is at an all-time low.
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