What was left of Hurricane Ida walloped northeast rail service
Heavy rains left from Hurrican Ida walloped New York City and most of the northeast last night.
Heavy rains left from Hurrican Ida walloped New York City and most of the northeast last night.
CSX is back in the woodshed with OSHA for firing two employees reporting safety violations.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration today announced a notice of funding opportunity, making available nearly $362 million through its Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Grant Program.
For the most part, the employment story at U.S. railroads during the past couple of years has been dismal. The words fear, layoff, furlough, cut, and fire have peppered nearly all news stories on the subject. PSR “adjustments” and Covid have mostly driven the reduction in the workforce.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) unveiled seven rail projects that will receive just over $4 million in grant money.
Canadian National has announced more capital spending on the roadway.
Technology points the way to the future among Class 1 railroads.
Although it’s a different company and a short line now, the grand old name of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad is associated with news headlines.
Union Pacific continues to invest in its intermodal franchise.
Watco continues to grow with the addition of a rail and transloading facility.
In the future, grain will move more smoothly through Chicago.
OmniTRAX is partnering with River Ridge to strengthen an Indiana industrial park.
The Hopedale 11 wants the 85 to be 130, and an appeals court has given the group a chance at the bigger number.
Savage will immediately begin construction of Idaho’s first intermodal rail terminal in Pocatello.
On March 3 of this year, a BNSF conductor died in a La Mirada, California rail yard accident.
Most Americans, regardless of political party, have lamented America’s crumbling infrastructure for nearly two decades.
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.
Residents of San Luis Obispo, Calif., are not happy about a proposed train yard project, with one calling it a “nuisance” on social media.
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.
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.