• July 21, 2020
• Freight

June brings lowest Class 1 employment levels since 2012 – will they get worse?

It should come as no surprise that Class 1 rail employment posted another drop in June. The double whammy of the pre-pandemic recession and COVID-19 lockdowns has stifled economic activity, and the

• January 24, 2020
• Freight

Rail employment drops again in December

FreightWaves is reporting that Class 1 rail employment in December 2019, 131,486 workers, was the lowest number since January 2012. This data was provided by the Surface Transportation Board. These numbers represent