COOS BAY, Ore. — The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay will receive a $25 million federal grant for its intermodal project, the Pacific Coast Intermodal Port, the port has announced. The grant, from the Department of Transportation’s INFRA (Infrastructure for Rebuilding America) program, will go toward environmental compliance and permitting, as well as design […]
SOREL-TRACY, Quebec — The Canadian government will provide up to Ca$38 million in funding for seven shipping projects in Quebec and along the St. Lawrence Seaway, several of them rail related, Transport Canada announced today (Friday, Oct. 18). At the Port of Quebec in Quebec City, projects will include increasing capacity and efficiency of the […]
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Union Pacific has started construction on a new intermodal terminal in Kansas City, expected to open in mid-2025, the railroad announced. The Kansas City Intermodal Terminal, located in Kansas City, Kan., will be the fourth such facility UP has built in the past few years, and will offer more capacity than […]
NOVI, Mich. — Members of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, or BMWED, have ratified a new contract with Norfolk Southern while members at CSX have rejected a tentative agreement, the union has announced. Both votes were held Oct. 14. The five-year agreement with NS includes wage […]
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Passengers on VIA Rail Canada’s Canadian who found their trip disrupted by a freight-train accident in Saskatchewan on Wednesday were eventually taken to Winnipeg, but left to find their own way home from there, the CBC reports. The collision between a CN freight train and a farm tractor killed the driver of […]
CADILLAC, Mich. — Great Lakes Central Railroad painter Dave Leonard is a perfectionist. He and car shop worker Steve Smith have just spent 30 minutes measuring, remeasuring, and placing masking tape on Great Lakes Central Railroad’s new logo, on the repainted nose of former Montana Rail Link SD35 No. 384. It’s one of three such […]
RICHMOND, British Columbia — An error in canceling a track occupancy permit led to a Canadian Pacific train striking a track supervisor’s hi-rail vehicle in a Dec. 29, 2022, incident, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said in an investigation report released on Thursday, Oct. 17. No one was injured in the incident near Kamloops, […]
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Congress has passed legislation which would reverse railroad privatization laws enacted in the 1990s and give the government more control over rail operations, particularly in terms of passenger rail. Mexico News Daily reports the Senate passed the bill 123-0 on Wednesday. Because the legislation is a constitutional reform, it still must […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Securities and Exchange Commission has subpoenaed CSX Corp. regarding misstatements in previously financial reports, CSX said in its latest quarterly filing with the government agency. CSX delayed its second-quarter financial reports by about two weeks as it reviewed accounting regarding capitalization of engineering materials and labor costs, a move the company […]
WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board has approved acquisition by Canadian Pacific Kansas City and CSX Transportation of the Meridian & Bigbee Railroad from Genesee & Wyoming, allowing the two Class I lines to create a new direct connection at Myrtlewood, Ala. The approval is effective Nov. 16, 2024. In separate decisions, the board approved […]
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific has become the official sponsor of U.S. Speedskating, the railroad announced Thursday. The four-year agreement runs through March 2028. It includes Union Pacific internship opportunities for athletes preparing for post-competition careers. The first event featuring UP as a sponsor will be part of the 2024 Short Track World Tour, Nov. […]
WASHINGTON — Weekly U.S. rail traffic rebounded into positive territory compared to 2023 for the week ending Oct. 12, after falling below previous-year levels a week earlier. According to statistics from the Association of American Railroads, the week saw 505,033 carloads and intermodal units, up 2.6% from the same week in 2023. That included 222,003 […]
