Intermodal surge hits capacity ceiling
…of the system to perform. And not only was domestic capacity limited, but I think international was capacity limited as well,” intermodal analyst Larry Gross said on an Intermodal Association… […]
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Five Class I CEOs on schedule at NARS meeting in Kansas City
…Kansas City Downtown Marriott. Scheduled or invited to appear are Canadian Pacific’s Keith Creel, BNSF’s Katie Farmer, CSX’s Jim Foote, Kansas City Southern’s Pat Ottensmeyer, and Norfolk Southern’s Alan Shaw…. […]
Union Pacific: Video of KCS train misled federal regulators about Houston terminal
A Kansas City Southern grain train meets a Union Pacific merchandise train near Englewood Yard in Houston. Screen grab from Canadian Pacific video via Surface Transportation Board YouTube channel WASHINGTON… […]
CP’s Creel talks new KCS service, two-person crew rule, PSR failures, and national contract talks
…from the Port of Lazaro Cardenas or Laredo to Chicago. David Lassen CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern continue to test interline moves linking Canada, the U.S.,… […]
Buffett talks about Canadian pursuit of KCS, plus BNSF narrowing gap with UP
A lone BNSF Railway SD70ACe leads a Mexico-bound empty auto rack train into the Kansas City Southern interchange at Robstown, Texas, in November 2017. (Bill Stephens) OMAHA, Neb. — BNSF… […]
CP says broad CN overlap with KCS system poses regulatory hurdle
Canadian Pacific contends that a Canadian National-Kansas City Southern combination would stifle railroad competition in a wide area between Springfield, Ill., and New Orleans due to overlap between the two… […]
Model Railroader Photo of the Day: The industrial district of North Kansas City
Two Missouri-Kansas-Texas (MKT) GP40s lead a freight through the industrial district of North Kansas City. Gary Hoover photographed the scene on Bill Wehmeier and Kurt Stroer’s HO scale MKT and… […]
CPKC completes second span over the Rio Grande at the Laredo gateway
…Ottensmeyer International Railway Bridge is officially complete. The second span across the Rio Grande— linking Laredo, Texas, with Nuevo Laredo, Mexico — doubles Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s cross-border capacity because… […]
Del Mar, Calif., turns down deal over trackside fencing
…city council turned down the deal offered by the district to build a 4-foot post-and-cable fence if the city assumed liability for public access. In voting 3-2 against the deal,… […]
News report: Charlotte, Norfolk Southern have deal for commuter rail line
The proposed Red Line commuter route. Charlotte Area Transit System CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The city of Charlotte and Norfolk Southern have reached agreement for Charlotte to acquire NS’ O-Line route… […]
Latest Gulf Coast report to STB ‘hopeful’ of progress
…have been needed. Mobile’s city council must re-approve what had been a $3 million match to a federal grant that provides operating assistance “to initiate, restore, or enhance intercity passenger… […]
Hamilton, Ohio, station nears move
…in the city preservation effort to move the station from CSX Transportation property to city-owned land — had been jacked up in preparation for receiving the wheels allowing it to… […]
