Valor Victoria, Iowa Northern Railway Company (IANR), Watco Companies, and Union Pacific (UNP) will launch an internationally focused intermodal service through the newly-developed Butler Intermodal Terminal in Shell Rock, Iowa, in December
Reuters is reporting this morning that the Teamsters Rail Canada Conference (TCRC) says that it has not made any progress in its talks with Canadian National.
The top stories we were following the week ending Nov. 22: MBTA clears funding for phases 2 and 3 of Franklin Line Double Track Project. U.S. DOT pushes for increased safety
A delegation of Georgia state, county and municipal representatives joined officials from OmniTRAX, The Broe Group and A&R Logistics, Inc. to mark the historic opening of Savannah Gateway Industrial Hub (SGIH)—Georgia’s first
Canadian Pacific is leveraging its unique real estate holdings in establishing a new multi-commodity transload terminal that offers transportation and distribution services from CP’s existing and strategically located Côte Saint-Luc yard in
Reuters is reporting that as the strike against Canadian National by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) moves into its fourth day, talks are continuing, but the union says that “no substantive
The Financial Post is reporting the Canadian National strike is impacting the price of Canadian heavy crude oil. There are no crude-by-rail shipments moving on CN, Canada’s largest railroad, causing an oversupply
Canadian Pacific and Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC announced they have entered into a definitive agreement whereby CP will acquire the Central Maine & Quebec Railway (“CMQ”).
The Alaska Railroad is executing the final round of repairs following the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that shook the region in November 2018.
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending November 16, 2019. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 501,249 carloads and intermodal units,
The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) which is the union that consists of rail yard workers, conductors and trainmen, called a strike against Canadian National on November 19. The union is striking
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao announced significant plans to advance highway-rail grade crossing safety. The announcement comes as the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) hosted a grade-crossing safety summit, with remarks from
Kansas City Southern has now deployed CloudMoyo across all of its operations in Mexico and the U.S.
According to a report from WDBJ7 in Roanoke, Va., FreightCar America will soon wrap up the last of its production orders at its Roanoke facility.
Given a lack of progress at the bargaining table, the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) last night served notice of intent to strike to Canadian National Railway (CN). The union hopes to
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Canadian National announced today that it is planning to lay off workers. FreightWaves is reporting that a source told The Globe and Mail that the railroad could lay off up to 1,600 employees,
S&P Global Platts is reporting that both domestic and international coal shipments continue to decline on Norfolk Southern, yet NS is moving forward with optimism for greater efficiencies flowing from its revised
Railroad companies in California might be feeling more pressure when it comes to the environment. On Nov. 20, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is going to start holding public meetings and
The Port Authority of Allegheny County in Pennsylvania is expecting to receive almost $2.6 million in damages from Norfolk Southern following the 2018 derailment where a train landed on light rail tracks