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53-foot intermodal container with refrigeration unit from Walthers

By | September 21, 2022

53-foot reefer container Scale: HO (1:87:1) Price: $17.98 Era: Modern Manufacturer: Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 5601 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53218; 414-527-0770; walthers.com 53-foot reefer container features: Injection-molded plastic construction Refrigeration unit Compatible with WalthersProto or Mainline well cars (sold separately) Release date: Winter 2023 Paint schemes: Axsun (white, black, and yellow), Canadian National (white, green, and black […]

Union Pacific drops Canadian Pacific from EMP intermodal program

By Bill Stephens | September 16, 2022

Yellow locomotives moving double-stack cars with container crains in background

Union Pacific is booting Canadian Pacific out of the EMP domestic container pool. EMP, which rosters a 44,000-unit fleet of green 53-foot containers, is an interline intermodal partnership between UP and Norfolk Southern. CP, Canadian National, Kansas City Southern, and Florida East Coast also participate in EMP, which allows intermodal marketing companies to book loads […]

Details emerge of 20-hour meeting that produced labor deal

By | September 16, 2022

WASHINGTON — Details of the negotiations that led to a tentative agreement between railroads and unions began emerging Thursday night, with Labor Secretary Marty Walsh saying he kept the two sides in his office for more than five hours at the end of 20 straight hours of talks. “The unions were very persistent on what […]

CN updates sustainability data for 2021

By | September 16, 2022

MONTREAL — Canadian National has released the 2021 data supplement to its sustainability report, providing information on the railroad’s progress in meeting its environmental and other social goals. Among the data released: — The railroad reduced its greenhouse gas emission intensity by 3.3% from 2020 and has reached 15% progress toward its target of a […]

Freight railroad strike averted thanks to tentative contract agreements (continuing updates)

By Bill Stephens | September 15, 2022

WASHINGTON — The first freight railroad strike in three decades has been averted under a tentative deal reached overnight between Class I railroads and three labor unions, the White House announced early Thursday morning. The Class I railroads reached tentative agreements with unions representing engineers, conductors, and signalmen after 20 hours of negotiations at the […]

CN CEO hopes railroads and labor can avert a strike

By Bill Stephens | September 14, 2022

LAGUNA, Calif. — Canadian National CEO Tracy Robinson hopes U.S. railroads and their labor unions can reach a tentative contract deal and avoid a strike. “We need to fix this labor situation down here in the United States,” she told an investor conference on Wednesday. “And it’s a critical one for all of us … […]

Machinists reject tentative contract deal and authorize a strike

By Bill Stephens | September 14, 2022

WASHINGTON – Members of the union representing machinists have rejected the tentative agreement that union leaders had reached with the Class I railroads and have voted to authorize a strike. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) District 19 said today that its 4,900 members had voted to reject the deal that had […]

Federal regulators strike BNSF and CN comments predicting gridlock from CP-KCS merger

By Bill Stephens | September 14, 2022

WASHINGTON – Federal regulators on Tuesday agreed to toss out some comments that BNSF Railway and Canadian National had filed in response to the proposed Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger. CP had asked the Surface Transportation Board to strike evidence that BNSF, CN, and CSX Transportation submitted separately on July 12, the deadline for final responses […]

Chicago suburbs focus on safety in attacking CP-KCS environmental report

By David Lassen | September 13, 2022

Man speaking at microphone next to graphic on easel

ITASCA, Ill. — Given the location of the event —in the heart of the cluster of Chicago suburbs who have organized to fight the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger — it is little surprise that Monday’s public meeting on the merger’s draft Environmental Impact Statement was a prolonged attack on that report, and on the […]

Railroads begin embargoes on hazardous materials in preparation for possible work stoppage (updated)

By David Lassen | September 9, 2022

Railroads have begun preparations to secure what they call “hazardous and security-sensitive materials” to make sure no such cargo is left on a train left unattended or unsecured in the event of a work stoppage, the Association of American Railroads, Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific, and BNSF Railway all said in news releases or messages to […]

Federal regulators say five of seven Class I railroads were ‘revenue adequate’ last year

By | September 6, 2022

WASHINGTON — Five of the seven Class I railroads operating in the U.S. were revenue adequate in 2021, the Surface Transportation Board said on Tuesday. Being revenue adequate means a railroads achieved a rate of return equal to or greater than the board’s calculation of the average cost of capital to the freight rail industry. […]

Transportation Safety Board calls for PTC-style system for Canada

By David Lassen | August 25, 2022

Canadian national locomotive with extensive damage on one side

WINNIPEG, Manitoba — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has called for implementation of a form of positive train control on Canadian railroads and new crew training measures as a result of its investigation into a 2019 collision of two Canadian National trains near Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. The TSB found that factors in the […]

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53-foot intermodal container with refrigeration unit from Walthers

Union Pacific drops Canadian Pacific from EMP intermodal program

Details emerge of 20-hour meeting that produced labor deal

CN updates sustainability data for 2021

Freight railroad strike averted thanks to tentative contract agreements (continuing updates)

CN CEO hopes railroads and labor can avert a strike

Machinists reject tentative contract deal and authorize a strike

Federal regulators strike BNSF and CN comments predicting gridlock from CP-KCS merger

Chicago suburbs focus on safety in attacking CP-KCS environmental report

Railroads begin embargoes on hazardous materials in preparation for possible work stoppage (updated)

Federal regulators say five of seven Class I railroads were ‘revenue adequate’ last year

Transportation Safety Board calls for PTC-style system for Canada

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