OTTAWA, Ontario — Prime Minister Mark Carney has reshuffled Canada’s cabinet following the Liberal Party’s victory in the April 28 national election — but the transport minister position is one of the few unchanged. Chrystia Freeland — who was Carney’s primary rival to lead the Liberals in party elections in — remains in the transportation […]
It’s been two years since CPKC CEO Keith Creel drove the ceremonial final spike at Knoche Yard in Kansas City to celebrate the merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern. The symbolic event marked what rail executives, regulators, and analysts all expected would be the last merger involving two Class I railroads. But now […]
Seattle’s Sound Transit recently opened a 3.4-mile extension of the 2 Line to downtown Redmond, Wash. The extension includes two new stations, at Marymoor and downtown Redmond, as well as 1,400 new parking spaces at Marymoor Village. Voters approved funding for the extension in 2016 as part of the Sound Transit 3 ballot measure. The […]
MINNEAPOLIS – Amtrak and Trinity Railway Express want to lease spare locomotives and coaches from Minnesota’s beleaguered Northstar commuter operation. Amtrak would like to use a Northstar MP36PH-3C locomotive, three coaches, and a cab car in Chicago-Milwaukee Hiawatha service. The equipment would help replace capacity lost when Amtrak sidelined its Horizon fleet due to safety […]
The trade war truce that the U.S. and China announced on Sunday may not offer much immediate support to intermodal volume in the West, which is expected to see a sharp decline in the coming weeks as far fewer ships arrive carrying containers loaded with Chinese-made goods and materials. Under the 90-day deal, the U.S. […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Union Pacific conductor was seriously injured in a grade crossing collision on Saturday night, according to local media reports. An eastbound UP train, being operated by remote control, was hit by a van that drove around the crossing gates at North Prospect Avenue around 9:45 p.m. The impact of the […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – CSX on Friday became the first Class I railroad to reach a tentative contract agreement with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen in this round of bargaining. The five-year, single-system agreement, which must be ratified by the rank and file, covers the railroad’s 3,400 locomotive engineers. “I want to thank the […]
Steamtown National Historic Site, once known as Steamtown USA, has a captivating history. Its journey from one man’s vision in New England to a National Park Service railroad museum in Pennsylvania is marked by highs and lows, attracting both advocates and critics. The Vision of F. Nelson Blount Francis Nelson Blount Jr. was […]
A House subcommittee hearing on May 6 focused on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of federal rail grants as U.S. Department of Transportation officials grapple with thousands of awarded-but-unobligated grants. Industry experts testified that reliable funding and faster regulatory processes are critical to infrastructure development. “We need reliable, predictable funding to plan decades’ worth of […]
FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway has laid off a portion of its technology services staff as part of a departmental restructuring effort, per the Forth Worth Star Telegram. While BNSF did not disclose specific numbers, the cuts are believed to have affected between 140 and 175 workers. The Fort Worth-based carrier is creating a […]
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an appeal request that sought to halt construction on Canadian National’s new intermodal terminal in Milton, Ontario. The justices gave no reasons for their May 8 decision, The Canadian Press reported. The $180 million Toronto-area terminal cleared a legal hurdle in October, when a panel of […]
OMAHA, Neb. – Union Pacific President Beth Whited will step down on July 1 after a 37-career at the railroad. She will shift to a strategic advisor role through early 2026, the railroad said today. “Beth’s dedication to Union Pacific for more than three decades, leading multiple functions and teams while seeing the railroad through […]
