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A light power move of Canadian Pacific and Norfolk Southern locomotives departs Bensenville Yard and passes through the Franklin Park, Ill., Metra station as a transfer cut with CSX locomotives arrives off the Indiana Harbor Belt. CP and Canadian National are in a dispute over their interchange location in the Chicago area. TRAINS: David Lassen […]
WASHINGTON — Railroads are likely to get an earful of opposition to their increased use of demurrage and accessorial charges at a federal regulatory hearing that has been expanded to a second day. Three dozen shippers, logistics firms, and trade groups representing a wide range of railroad customers are scheduled to appear at the Surface […]
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 […]
A Norfolk Southern contractor has removed a position light signal from the Pennsylvania Railroad era along the main line between Harrisburg and Altoona, Pa. Dan Cupper HARRISBURG, Pa. — Contractors working for Norfolk Southern over the weekend removed the last classic Pennsylvania Railroad-style wayside position-light signals on the 131-mile stretch of main line between Harrisburg, […]
MONTREAL — Canadian National moved record volumes in the first quarter and reported improved financial results despite the impact of prolonged extremely cold temperatures that restricted operations across its system in Western Canada and the Midwest. “After a very, very cold bitter winter, we delivered good results and have a positive outlook to report,” CEO […]
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 […]
