LOWELL, Ark. — J.B. Hunt, the largest domestic intermodal operator, reported higher third-quarter profits on Wednesday as cost-cutting was more than enough to offset a 1% decline in intermodal volume. Executives also said they believe the traditional fall intermodal shipping peak will materialize this year as goods imported over the summer to beat tariff deadlines […]
WASHINGTON — A drop in intermodal traffic led weekly U.S. rail traffic to dip below 2024 levels in the latest statistics from the Association of American Railroads. For the week ending Oct. 11, 2025, overall traffic was 498,462 carloads and intermodal units, a 1.3% decline from the same week a year ago. That included 273,900 […]
LOWELL, Ark. — J.B. Hunt executives say that if Class I railroad consolidation is really about competing with trucks, it will present an opportunity for the largest domestic intermodal provider to convert freight from highway to rail. And they said during Wednesday’s earnings call that there’s no reason they cannot continue to work with both […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Scott Driggers has been named CEO of Cathcart Rail, which operates three short line railroads, provides switching and transloading services, and a nationwide railcar service network. Driggers, who joined Cathcart Rail as chief operating officer in June, succeeds Jeff Chick. He brings more than 25 years of rail industry experience, including leadership […]
CSX will lead off the rail industry’s third-quarter earnings season when it reports its financial results on Thursday afternoon. The earnings call will be the first time investors will hear from new CEO Steve Angel, who replaced Joe Hinrichs last month. Wall Street analysts are likely to parse every word from Angel regarding the direction […]
PUEBLO, Colo. — The Association of American Railroads and MxV Rail have opened registration for the 31st Annual AAR Research Review, a conference that brings together Class I and short line railroads, university faculty and students, early-career engineers, and suppliers from around the world to address the industry’s most pressing technical challenges. The 2026 Annual […]
WASHINGTON — Beleaguered commuter railroads — which are being hit by the double whammy of funding cuts and lower ridership since the pandemic — are seeking breathing room regarding liability insurance coverage. The Commuter Rail Coalition is cheering a bipartisan bill that would give commuter railroads 60 additional days to secure additional excess liability coverage […]
MONTREAL — Canadian National and and Congebec, a Quebec-based logistics firm, are collaborating on a cold storage facility that will be built at CN’s Calgary Logistics Park in Alberta. The facility will be built within CN’s integrated logistics hub, which will accelerate transloading of temperature-sensitive goods between rail and the warehouse. The companies, in a […]
BNSF Railway and CSX are seeing immediate results from the interline domestic intermodal partnership that they announced in August linking the Southwest and Southeast. Over the past six weeks, CSX intermodal volume is up 8%, according to the railroad’s weekly carload reports. Rival Norfolk Southern’s intermodal traffic has declined 6.8% over the same stretch, suggesting […]
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen is sounding the alarm bell about the potential for Mexican railroad crews to smuggle people and contraband into the United States. The warning comes as the union opposes Union Pacific’s efforts to use Ferromex crews to deliver northbound interchange trains to its yard in Eagle Pass, Texas, some […]
ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern marked a major milestone last month when AC44C6M No. 4947 rolled out of the Juniata Locomotive Shop as the 1,000th unit modernized through its long-running DC-to-AC conversion program. The program, which began in 2015, completely rebuilds General Electric Dash-9 units and creates a more powerful, more fuel efficient, and more reliable […]
ATLANTA — The Central of Georgia Railway archive is now housed alongside the Southern Railway’s historical records at the Atlanta History Center, thanks to a $500,000 donation from Norfolk Southern. The funding will support the processing and preservation of the historical records, making them fully accessible in one location for the first time, the Atlanta […]
