Railroad

South Carolina ports started the fiscal year off with a bang, moving a record volume of containers in July.

The CEOs of five Class I railroads tell the Surface Transportation Board that the root causes of the congestion facing rail intermodal terminals are beyond the railroads’ control.

August is likely to see a new monthly record for retail container imports, with 2021 doing the same. However, ongoing supply chain dislocation clouds how quickly consumers will be able to get their hands on the goods.

CP is offering a stock-and-cash “superior proposal” worth an estimated US$31 billion.

The Surface Transportation Board will review Amtrak’s request to restore Gulf Coast service, dismissing calls by CSX and Norfolk Southern, whose networks will be affected by the service restoration, to reject the request.

A 26% gain in revenues helped boost BNSF’s net profits in the second quarter of 2021 to $1.5 billion.

The rail manufacturer has been modernizing locomotives to improve their fuel efficiency and longevity.

The pace of U.S. rail volume growth slowed in July, according to Association of American Railroad data. But still expect intermodal growth through 2021 in North America, the Intermodal Association of North America said.

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A Norfolk Southern employee suffered fatal injuries Wednesday at its Enola yard, outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

NS is investigating the cause of the derailment, which stopped train traffic from Monday afternoon to early Wednesday.

Canadian Pacific and CN shattered records for hauling Canadian grain and grain products in the 2020-2021 crop year, which ran from Aug. 1, 2020, to July 31, 2021. More efficient network boosted volumes: CP CP (NYSE: CP) hauled 30.62 million metric tons (MMT), the most in its 140-year history, the railroad said Tuesday. That was […]

TRAC Intermodal President and CEO Daniel Walsh chats with FreightWaves about chassis availability and market conditions into 2022.

Transport Canada has approved updates to the rules, regulations and standards regarding switching operations as part of a broader effort to make operations safer.

Four shipper associations have asked the Surface Transportation Board to see if demurrage charges can be applied to privately owned railcars to improve the flow of railcars through the network.

The railroad reopened the Dry Canyon Bridge in Northern California weeks ahead of schedule.

Kansas City Southern told its shareholders to focus on the proposed CN-KCS merger transaction and not on Canadian Pacific’s attempts to cast doubt on the merger’s chances of being approved by federal regulators.

The Surface Transportation Board has accepted CSX’s revised application to acquire Pan Am Railways, allowing the acquisition proceedings to continue.

The “significant” damage has caused BNSF to reroute trains, and the railroad is uncertain when service in the area might be restored.