OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific announced yesterday that it plans to open its new Kansas City Intermodal Terminal in mid-July as the railroad looks to strengthen its position in the Kansas City market. UP would not disclose the terminal’s annual lift capacity, but said the facility, located in Armourdale Yard, will have twice as much […]
OMAHA — Union Pacific has urged Metra to accept its latest contract offer in the long-running dispute over the transfer of commuter operations on three UP lines, saying the freight railroad “cannot continue subsidizing Metra’s operations.” Liisa Stark, UP vice president of public affairs, said in a Wednesday, May 21, press release that Metra has […]
ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern has expanded its interchange improvement program to all of its short line connections in a bid to boost carload volume growth. NS sought to improve interchange consistency and reliability when it launched its Short Line Performance Project with 40 short lines last year. “It led to just absolutely above normal growth […]
FALL RIVER, Mass. — A public meeting scheduled by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority to address issues with its new South Coast Rail commuter service has been postponed because of weather concerns. The meeting, which had been scheduled for this evening at Morton Middle School, will now be held June 5 at a location yet […]
BLISSFIELD, Mich. — Michigan’s Old Road Dinner Train, based in Blissfield, must find a new home and new host railroad to operate on. This comes after exhausting options for continuous operations on the Adrian & Blissfield Railroad in the wake of increased grain traffic to the short line, reports The Blade of Toledo, Ohio. “When […]
LONG BEACH, Calif. — The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are now accepting proposals from prospective operators of the short line railroad serving the two ports. Pacific Harbor Line has provided the service since 1998, the last time the contract was put out for bid. While the two ports are administered by the […]
WASHINGTON — Carload traffic provided most of the growth as U.S. weekly rail traffic remained above 2024 levels for the week ending May 17. Figures from the Association of American Railroads show traffic for the week totaled 490,775 carloads and intermodal units, a 3.4% increase over the same week a year ago. That figure included […]
LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. — Ted Baun has joined the North American commercial team of The Greenbrier Cos. as senior vice president, and will become chief commercial officer in January 2026, the railcar manufacturer and rail services provider has announced. Baun will succeed Tim Schitter, retiring at the end of this year, as chief commercial officer. […]
WASHINGTON — DC Metrorail has received the go-ahead to expand its use of Automatic Train Operation to its Green and Yellow lines as of this Friday, May 23. The independent Washington Metrorail Safety Commission, which previously had expressed concern about station overruns with ATO on the Metrorail Red Line, has concurred with the plan, the […]
NEW YORK – The reduction in U.S.-bound shipments from China after steep tariffs were imposed in April has yet to show up in J.B. Hunt’s intermodal volumes. “Our volumes have been steady,” J.B. Hunt Intermodal President Darren Field told an investor conference on Tuesday. Importers rushed to beat tariff deadlines earlier this year, then paused […]
PUEBLO, Colo. — MxV Rail is expanding its laboratory capabilities for rail component testing. The facility now has new machines and test capabilities available, with more laboratory test services rolling out soon, in order to promote safety advancements in the rail industry, MxV Rail said today. New capabilities include a bearing rig tester with a […]
NEW YORK – Executives from Canadian National, CPKC, CSX, and Norfolk Southern poured cold water on talk about potential Class I railroad mergers during an investment conference this week. Mergers have become a hot topic in some railroad boardrooms in recent months amid stagnant rail volume, revenue, and stock prices. Some see a U.S. transcontinental […]
