TORONTO — Canadian National has completed its $400 million in capacity projects in Western Canada. As a result, CN’s key operating metrics are improving and costs are being reduced as trains move faster and cars spend less time in yards, Chief Financial Officer Ghislain Houle told an investor conference on Tuesday. CN has returned two […]
NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern is approaching Precision Scheduled Railroading differently than CSX Transportation, with a much slower timetable and no appetite for disruptive change. But NS sees no reason why it can’t close productivity and operating ratio gaps with its more efficient eastern rival, Chief Financial Officer Cynthia Earhart says. “The biggest difference for […]
OMAHA, Neb. — The first phase of Union Pacific’s shift to an operating plan based on the principles of Precision Scheduled Railroading appears to be going smoothly. Federal regulators have not received shipper complaints about service and are satisfied that the railroad is keeping its customers informed as it methodically rolls out operational changes on […]
FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway’s profits surged in the third quarter as rates rose and the railroad posted strong growth in agricultural and industrial products carloads. Pre-tax earnings grew 10 percent, to $1.9 billion, as revenue climbed 16 percent, to $6.1 billion, BNSF’s parent company, Berkshire Hathaway, reported on Nov. 2. BNSF’s third-quarter operating […]
Union Pacific workers took an aerial drone photo of the wreck of two UP freight trains on Oct. 4. An eastbound train struck a parked train near Sherman Hill, killing two railroaders. Union Pacific via the National Transportation Safety Board WASHINGTON — Safety investigators are citing air brake system problems on a Union Pacific train […]
Association of American Railroads Association of American Railroads WASHINGTON — The Association of American Railroads Wednesday reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Oct. 27. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 562,804 carloads and intermodal units, up 4.4 percent compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week […]
Ron Batory, Federal Railroad Administration administrator U.S. Department of Transportation WASHINGTON — The Federal Railroad Administration is setting up a big tent and inviting in a broad group of interests to join and collaborate to drive incidents of grade crossing and trespassing fatalities to zero. A summit Oct. 29 drew some 200 parties from railroads, […]
Derailed tank cars from a Union Pacific unit ethanol train burn near Iowa cornfields on March 10, 2017. Ted Ellis WASHINGTON — National Transportation Safety Board officials say Union Pacific’s “impressive” response following a March 2017 derailment is a sign the railroad’s maintenance and government oversight were lacking before the accident. NTSB officials met Tuesday […]
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific is accelerating the rollout of its Precision Scheduled Railroading operating plan after encouraging signs from the first round of changes on the eastern portion of its system. “While early, I am pleased with the initial results as we’ve seen improvements in several key performance indicators on our network,” CEO Lance […]
Canadian National MONTREAL — The completion of double-tracking projects on Canadian National between Edmonton, Alberta, and Winnipeg, Manitoba, helped the railroad handle record traffic levels on its key corridor this month. CN has now placed in service 22 of its 27 capacity-expansion projects on its main line linking western Canada with Chicago. CN has been […]
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific will cut as many as 475 positions from the railroad by the end of this year, the Omaha World-Herald reports. The newspaper reports that a memorandum shared with employees shows the railroad will also cut about 200 contractual positions. The newspaper cites UP CEO Lance Fritz saying the railroad had […]
Car W-933, converted from an old baggage car, is part of a five-car New Haven wire train based out of New Rochelle, N.Y. The platform on the roof provides a place for workers to stand as they repair the overhead catenary. Bruce Owen Nett photo […]
