Jean-Jacques Ruest, CN CEO Canadian National MONTREAL — Canadian National’s investments in locomotives, track capacity, and additional train crews paid off as the railway was able to bounce back from extreme cold that limited train lengths and even shut down portions of the system for 16 nights in February. “In order to protect customer service […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a deeply divided capital, and country, infrastructure spending may finally bring us all together. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer met with President Donald Trump on Tuesday and agreed that $2 trillion is needed to rebuild America’s infrastructure. Ahead of the meeting, hopes for a productive session […]
DARIEN, Conn. — Genesee & Wyoming reported weaker first quarter results on Tuesday as traffic and operating income fell on its North American railroads due largely to the impact of winter weather and the flooding that followed. North American same railroad operating income declined 4%, to $69.3 million. Operating expenses rose 17%, more than offsetting […]
As light fades, a lone ES44AC powers a southbound Kansas City Southern intermodal train of solid JB Hunt containers on the Rosenberg Subdivision at Ganado, Texas, in November 2017. Bill Stephens KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern has tightened southbound cross-border intermodal schedules — by as much as one or two days in some […]
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 […]
Keith Creel, Canadian Pacific CEO Canadian Pacific CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific CEO Keith Creel likes what he sees from the other railroads that are adopting the Precision Scheduled Railroading operating model of his mentor, the late E. Hunter Harrison. Specifically, Creel points to how Chicago and other gateways remained fluid this winter despite the […]
NORFOLK, Va. — It was a record first quarter for Norfolk Southern, as the railroad set a string of financial records as smoother operations and rate increases more than made up for flat overall traffic volume. “We are finding that the more we adopt new practices and ideas, the more we can drive bottom line […]
CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific’s first quarter earnings were negatively affected by harsh winter weather and derailments that curtailed volume and increased the railway’s expenses. CEO Keith Creel began the railway’s earnings call on Tuesday by remembering the three railroaders killed in the Feb. 4 derailment of a runaway grain train between the Spiral Tunnels […]
This schematic of Conrail’s North Jersey Service Area shows planned and current improvements. Courtesy of Conrail Greenville Yard in Bayonne and Jersey City, N.J., will see projects addressing capacity needs in several areas. Courtesy of Conrail This overhead image shows the current Point No Point Bridge over the Passaic River, as well as the proposed […]
KCS SD70ACe No. 4052 leads a westbound freight through Alice, Texas, on the Laredo Subdivision in March 2012. Patrick Phelan KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kansas City Southern has become a faster, more fluid railroad as it rolls out operational changes based on the principles of Precision Scheduled Railroading. “For us, PSR is all about improving […]
A northbound Norfolk Southern train passes through Ferguson, Ky. Trains: Jim Wrinn LOWELL, Ark. — Precision Scheduled Railroad-driven lane closures and bad winter weather reduced intermodal traffic by 7 percent for J. B. Hunt Transport in the first quarter of 2019. “Volume or the lack thereof is obviously the main story,” David McGee, executive vice […]
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific reported record first-quarter operating income on Thursday despite the impact of severe winter weather and historic flooding that crippled key routes and resulted in volume declines. “I am extremely proud of the men and women of Union Pacific and applaud their heroic efforts to safely restore our rail network,” CEO […]
