freight railroads

Air Canada is adding cargo capacity equivalent in weight to 860 adult moose in and out of Vancouver.

The Surface Transportation Board is advancing two rulemakings on small rate disputes concurrently to determine how best to address such disputes. The railroads prefer one rulemaking while shippers prefer another.

Freight railroads are committed to delivering the best possible service product for customers and consumers

The Association of American Railroads applauds the 24/7 approach to container operations, which the association says is similar to the way freight railroads function.

You can’t blame carriers for refusing to stick by a handshake agreement to sell service at pre-negotiated rates or at a discount.

President Joe Biden’s budget for the Federal Railroad Administration supports funding to rehabilitate Amtrak, expand passenger rail service and provide continued support to grant programs.

This AskWaves article explains what Class I, Class II and Class III railroads are and why they exist.

Amtrak must follow new on-time performance metrics starting July 1. Democratic congressional leaders and the Surface Transportation Board are looking at different ways to help Amtrak reach that goal. Amtrak and the freight railroads share track in certain U.S. regions.

The costs to electrify freight rail in the U.S., albeit expensive, extend beyond strictly capital costs to questions about electric grid reliability and how best to address decarbonization.

Witnesses at a U.S. House hearing on Wednesday stressed the need for a multimodal approach in federal support of the railroads, citing freight rail’s connection with both rural, inland towns and coastal ports.

From volume volatility to a busy board, here are five themes that dominated the rail industry this year.

Using artificial intelligence to cull insights from freight transportation’s massive amounts of data can not only encourage safe environments, It also has the potential to improve productivity and efficiency, as well as provide supply chain visibility that benefits all stakeholders, says a tech executive.

What won and what lost in the third quarter for the rails?

Overall, there will be lower rail volume levels continuing into the first quarter of 2021.

The bond credit ratings firm updates its outlook for the freight rail industry from negative to stable amid rising rail volumes.

A politician’s perceived influence over transportation policy may factor into who gets financial support.

The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded $1 billion in BUILD grants. A handful of those grants went to projects improving freight rail traffic flows.

About 25% of the total railcar fleet is in storage of one kind or another. Jim Blaze writes about best practices of rail storage.

The waivers were given to passenger and freight railroads because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

15.6 million masks from FEMA going out to trucking, maritime, rail sectors.