A Union Pacific coal train roles through Glen Ellyn, Ill., in February 2020. Coal is a major reason UP bulk traffic is down 19% this quarter, CEO Lance Fritz says. TRAINS: David Lassen OMAHA, Neb. – A resurgence in railroad traffic will hinge in part on how consumer spending rebounds as the economy emerges from pandemic-related […]
More Friday rail news in brief: CN to offer Halifax-Moncton intermodal service Canadian National has announced a new short-haul intermodal service designed to decrease truck traffic in the Halifax, Nova Scotia, area. In conjunction with the Halifax Port Authority, ocean carriers, and customers, the railroad will add service between its Moncton, N.B., intermodal ramp and […]
WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board announced today that it is adopting a final rule amending its railroad performance data reporting rules to include certain chemical and plastics traffic as a distinct reporting category to the Class I railroads’ weekly reporting for the “cars-held” metric. The cars-held metric tracks the average number of loaded and […]
U.S. tabular carload and intermodal traffic by groups for the week ended May 16, 2020 Association of American Railroads WASHINGTON — The Association of American Railroads today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending May 16, 2020. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 416,115 carloads and intermodal units, down 22% compared […]
The southbound Adirondack arrives at Port Kent, N.Y., in 2016. In testimony on proposed new timekeeping measures for Amtrak trains, Canadian Pacific cited concernes it could be penalized for Adirondack delays resulting from late handoffs from another railroad. Bob Johnston WASHINGTON — Railroads hosting Amtrak trains have challenged the Federal Railroad Administration’s attempt to simplify […]
WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board today announced that it will permit informal discussions with stakeholders on the Board’s proposed rule in Final Offer Rate Review, Docket No. EP 755 and comments received in that docket regarding arbitration and other rate review options for smaller cases. The Board is waiving the general prohibition on ex […]
More Thursday rail news in brief: — Canadian Pacific will expand use of Automated Train Brake Effectiveness testing in the wake of call from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada for better brake tests, a call stemming from the fatal 2019 derailment of a CP train near Field, B.C. The Calgary Herald reports that the […]
Still more Wednesday rail news: — Canada’s Transportation Safety Board is seeking a better way to test train air brakes as a result of the 2019 derailment of a Canadian Pacific train near Field, B.C., that killed three crew members. The crewmen were killed when the train ran away on Kicking Horse Pass, derailing two […]
U.S. rail traffic for commodity groups by carload and intermodal load for the week ended May 9, 2020 Association of American Railroads WASHINGTON — The Association of American Railroads today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending May 9, 2020. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 412,549 carloads and intermodal units, […]
A Union Pacific train of auto racks approaches the La Fox, Ill., Metra station. Railroads will welcome the return of auto production after a shutdown because of the COVID-19 outbreak. TRAINS: David Lassen The reopening of auto assembly plants across North America this month will give rail traffic a slight boost, railroad executives said at […]
WASHINGTON — The Railway Engineering-Maintenance Suppliers Association is excited to announce its 2020 Undergraduate Scholarship Program. This year REMSA is awarding one President’s Scholarship in the amount of $7,500 as well as one $5,000 runner-up scholarship, and one individual scholarship at $2,500. The deadline for submitting applications is Friday, May 29, 2020. Please note due […]
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific has pulled the plug on its innovative Cold Connect reefer service, which the railroad had touted as a way to return long-lost perishables business to the rails. The service linked growers in California and the Pacific Northwest with consumers in the Northeast and New England via a mammoth refrigerated warehouse […]
