WASHINGTON — CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern say their higher demurrage charges will encourage shippers to load and unload freight cars more quickly, which will reduce the number of cars online, make their networks more fluid, and ultimately improve service. But a mom-and-pop lumber yard in southern New Jersey says the charges are diverting freight […]
A Norfolk Southern train works at Brush Yard in Decatur, Ill., in November 2016. Shippers are saying operational changes brought by Precision Scheduled Railroading are leading to extensive charges for not loading or unloading cars quickly enough, even when railroad service is an issue. Steve Smedley WASHINGTON – Shippers are not exactly jumping for joy […]
A westbound BNSF Railway intermodal train passes through La Grange, Ill., on April 20, 2019. Warren Buffett, chairman of BNSF parent Berkshire Hathaway, says the company is closely watching Union Pacific as it adopts Precision Scheduled Railroading. TRAINS: David Lassen OMAHA, Neb. – Berkshire Hathaway is monitoring Union Pacific as it adopts Precision Scheduled Railroading and […]
ROCHELLE, Ill. — The City of Rochelle will look at the possibility of developing its own intermodal container facility to offset the loss of Union Pacific’s facility in the city, city officials tell the Rochelle News-Leader. UP announced last week it would close its Global 3 intermodal terminal in Rochelle, as well as its Canal Street […]
SEATTLE – Amazon’s recent establishment of a third-party logistics brokerage operation (“3PL” for short), the company continues to expand far beyond its primary business function as a retailer. Along with its previous licensing to be a non-vessel operating sea common carrier, establishment of an aircraft fleet, and purchase of thousands of truck trailers, Amazon raises […]
WASHINGTON – Canadian Pacific has asked federal regulators to intervene in an interchange dispute with Canadian National, which wants to shift where the railroads exchange traffic in Chicago. CN aims to move the interchange from Spaulding in Bartlett, Ill., not far from CP’s Bensenville Yard, to CN’s Kirk Yard in Gary, Ind., effective May 10. […]
OMAHA, Neb. – Union Pacific is simplifying its intermodal terminal network to improve service in Chicago, which will result in idling the Global III terminal in Rochelle, Ill., along with the Canal Street Container Depot. UP currently operates six intermodal facilities in and around the Railroad Capital. “Many of our ramps handle a mix of […]
Association of American Railoads WASHINGTON — The Association of American Railroads today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending April 27, as well as volumes for April 2019. U.S. railroads originated 1,041,544 carloads in April 2019, down 0.9 percent, or 9,130 carloads, from April 2018. U.S. railroads also originated 1,056,146 containers and trailers in […]
OAK CREEK, Wis. — With Precision Scheduled Railroading in effect at Union Pacific, longer trains have become more frequent across its system. This loaded coal train is one such example. Loaded as two trains at North Antelope mine in Wyoming, Union Pacific consolidated both trains at South Morrill, Neb., for the trip to Oak Creek, […]
Association of American Railroads WASHINGTON, D.C — The Association of American Railroads today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending April 20. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 526,141 carloads and intermodal units, down 2.4 percent compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week ending April 20 […]
FORT WORTH, Texas — Investigators and railroad officials are looking into the cause of a derailment and tank car fire early Wednesday morning in Fort Worth. Union Pacific representative Kristen South tells Trains that about 25 tank cars hauling ethanol derailed near Echo Lake close to 12:30 a.m. The trains’ crew was not injured and […]
A Southern Pacific piggyback train of modified conventional flatcars with company trailers negotiates Cuesta Grade above San Luis Obispo, Calif., in June 1957. Robert Hale photo […]
