With U.S. rail volumes slumping in the third quarter, can PSR soften that blow to the rail’s bottom line?
Excerpt: The companies promote and assign new roles to longstanding employees.
Awarded projects could benefit freight rail indirectly.
The proposed actions address major rail shipper complaints voiced to the Board earlier this year.
“We don’t know where the bridge went. We do know it went down, most of the middle sections did go down to the south.”
The rulemakings address cost of capital calculations and rail performance data for chemicals and plastics traffic; shippers also press Board to act on fuel surcharges.
The railway grappled with not only the potential for cold temperatures but also macro uncertainty in crafting plan.
Jim Blaze writes about the decisions that will go into determining 2020 capital expenditures by the freight railroads.
Year-to-date U.S. rail traffic down 3.8 percent from the same period in 2018.
To meet future rail demand, stakeholders must confront communication dysfunction.
The recommendations by the National Transportation Safety Board relate to a fatal October 2018 accident in which a moving train struck a stationary one.
As precision scheduled railroading takes hold, headcount levels drop to their lowest in years.
The rail equipment manufacturer will close its Boise facility and move operations to Erie.
Two lawmakers want more extensive review of the risks and practice of using tank cars to haul liquefied natural gas.
Trade uncertainty and loose truck capacity continue to weigh on rail traffic.
The trade group has been lobbying Congress to make permanent a tax credit for infrastructure investments.
The railroad, which has dedicated operations in Mexico, has invested in capital infrastructure related to energy.
The Surface Transportation Board has proposed two rules that could ease shippers’ burdens when contesting rail rates.
U.S. rail volumes are down nearly 4% year-to-date amid a 6.6% decline for coal and a 4% drop for intermodal.
The railroad was building the train when it derailed and caused a tank car to catch fire.
