Still more Thursday rail news: — BNSF Railway will close two facilities in Wyoming, laying off 122 workers, in part reflecting the declining market for coal. The Casper Star-Tribune reports the railroad will close its Guernsey shops in June and its Donkey Creek facility in July. “Similar to the size of our train, yard and […]
More Thursday morning rail news: — BNSF Railway will close its Glendive, Mont., diesel shop and is also laying off workers in Topeka, Kan. KXGN-TV is reporting that, in a letter to employees, BNSF’s Gary Grissum, vice president of mechanical, told affected shop employees in a letter that the closure reflected the current business environment […]
Table of US rail traffic commodities and intermodal for the week ended May 2, 2020 Association of American Railroads WASHINGTON — The Association of American Railroads today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending May 2, 2020, as well as volumes for April 2020. U.S. railroads originated 980,535 carloads in April 2020, down 25.2%, […]
McKEES ROCKS, Pa. — CSX Transportation has closed its Pittsburgh-area intermodal terminal, which opened in September 2017 as the last major element of the National Gateway Initiative double-stack clearance project. CSX touted the terminal’s ability to allow shippers in western Pennsylvania to shift freight from highway to rail. It initially served 40 destinations under the […]
A BNSF manifest freight heads east through Naperville, Ill., on April 20, 2020. BNSF saw first-quarter earnings fall as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. TRAINS: David Lassen OMAHA, Neb. — BNSF Railway’s first-quarter revenue and profits declined as traffic volumes sank due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the railroad’s parent company, Berkshire Hathaway, reported on […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Carload and intermodal traffic has bottomed out and has started to rebound amid the COVID-19 pandemic, freight forecasting firm FTR Transportation Intelligence said today. “Weekly volume data from the Association of American Railroads and analyzed by FTR shows that rail volumes, in the intermodal and carload sectors, are likely near the bottom,” […]
U.S. Rail Traffic commodities table for the week ended April 25 Association of American Railroads WASHINGTON — The Association of American Railroads today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending April 25, 2020. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 414,123 carloads and intermodal units, down 22.4% compared with the same week […]
A Norfolk Southern intermodal train passes through Goshen, Ind., in 2018. NS will cut capital spending 25% in response to the pandemic-induced economic downturn. TRAINS: David Lassen NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern will slash capital spending 25% this year as traffic and revenue decline sharply due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the […]
Canadian National reported strong first-quarter earnings Monday, but has made a series of cost-cutting moves in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, including furloughs for 2,500 workers and storage of 500 locomotives. TRAINS: David Lassen MONTREAL — Canadian National reported stronger first-quarter earnings on Monday despite the impact of a month of blockades on key […]
A southbound Canadian National container train passes through Sussex, Wis., in 2015. TRAINS: Brian Schmidt MONTREAL – Canadian National executives don’t expect the coronavirus pandemic to alter global supply chains and return manufacturing to North America from China and elsewhere in Asia. CSX Transportation and Union Pacific executives last week said they expected the global […]
CSX says it is “carefully developing plans” to allow employees to return to its headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn As some states move toward lifting business restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Class I railroads are in no rush to have their employees return to headquarters. Texas, Florida, and Georgia — home to […]
Association of American Railroads WASHINGTON — The Association of American Railroads this week reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending April 18, 2020. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 403,283 carloads and intermodal units, down 23.3% compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week ending April 18 […]
