Biden announces huge infrastructure investment today
Most Americans, regardless of political party, have lamented America’s crumbling infrastructure for nearly two decades.
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GPA makes major infrastructure investment
On Monday, the Georgia Ports Authority Board approved capital improvement projects that will increase the Port of Savannah’s container capacity by 20 percent.
U.S. Department of Transportation announces funding for Port Infrastructure Development Program
The flow of intermodal traffic carried by the nation’s railroads is critically dependent on efficiently functioning ports.
Canadian National selling lines to Watco
CN and Watco announced that they have reached an agreement for the sale of non-core lines and assets.
Class 1 rail employment up a tad in February
After over a year of continuous declines in Class 1 railroad employment, two things happened in February 2021.
CSX train derails near Nashville
A CSX train derailed in the wee hours of this past Saturday near Madison, Tenn., northeast of Nashville.
Red Line is ‘never going to happen’ in N.C. so officials are against sales tax increase
The plan to expand transit in the city of Charlotte, N.C., and the surrounding areas may never make it off the drawing board.
AAR: Week 9 traffic thaw following frozen February
Total U.S. rail traffic for the week ending March 6 was 515,135 carloads and intermodal units, up 11.4% compared with the same week last year, according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR) on March 10.
Minnesota train derailment cleanup and noise continue
On Monday, RT&S reported on a Canadian Pacific derailment northwest of downtown Minneapolis, Minn., near the suburb of Plymouth. The city of Plymouth provided an update on its website and social media yesterday about the status of the cleanup.
CP suffers mainline derailment yesterday; operations restored this morning
A CP freight train derailed yesterday in Plymouth, Minn., northwest of Minneapolis.
BNSF suffers hazmat derailment near Ludlow, Calif.
A BNSF train traveling west on Wednesday derailed near Ludlow, Calif., in the Mojave Desert, not far from Interstate Highway 40.
Extreme winter weather slows traffic: AAR
The Association of American Railroads, in reporting U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Feb. 27, 2021, as well as volumes for February 2021, noted that volume took a polar vortex hit.
Pandemic challenged BNSF in 2020; railroad ‘in good hands’ for 2021
Despite a 7% decline in volume, BNSF’s profit margin increased by 2.9 percentage points in 2020, Warren Buffet, Chairman of the Board for parent company Berkshire Hathaway, told shareholders.
BNSF employee killed in rail operation
A BNSF employee was killed in the early morning hours of March 3 after becoming caught between two trains and crushed.
CSX suffers data exposure by hackers
CSX has been the victim of a ransomware attack, which became apparent when screenshots of internal CSX files were posted to a “leak site” yesterday. CSX told FreightWaves that it recently discovered the attack, and the only data stolen, as far as they know, was personal data of CSX employees, both active and retired.
Bells & Whistles—Calif. high-rail project digs deeper in trouble
Will New York receive a downpour of federal funding to serve the ‘subway desert’? Going cheap on section of high-speed rail project in Calif. has created hefty cost overruns L.A. councilman calls
CSX and Norfolk Southern trains collide in Augusta, Ga.
WRDW and WAGT News reported that a Norfolk Southern locomotive collided with a CSX train in Augusta, Ga.
L.A. councilman calls Union Pacific’s effort to clean right-of-way trash
A Los Angeles councilman believes Union Pacific has let itself go and is demanding an intervention at the railroad’s expense.
AAR Week 7: intermodal, carloads post double-digit losses
For the week ending Feb. 20, total U.S. rail traffic of 377,904 carloads and containers fell 21.7% vs. the same week last year, reported the Association of American Railroads on Feb. 24.
Norfolk Southern suffers derailment in Pennsylvania
A Norfolk Southern train derailed on Monday evening in Pennsylvania. Amtrak tweeted that two of it’s trains that run on this line were canceled.