The railroad will consolidate business segments to three groups from four to better adapt to market conditions.
Rail executives discussed short-term strategies for growing rail volumes amid expectations that volumes won’t pick up until well into 2020.
Jim Blaze writes about the Alameda Corridor in Los Angeles, that takes some of the freight from the harbor to distribution centers. Is it still economically viable?
The Class I railroads furlough workers in times of lower volumes but unions think the cuts have been too deep as a result of precision scheduled railroading.
Rationalizing additional network assets is still a possibility in 2020.
Excerpt: The companies promote and assign new roles to longstanding employees.
Companies file a flurry of lawsuits against the big four U.S. Class I railroads, alleging their fuel surcharge programs violated antitrust laws.
Jennifer Hamann will succeed Rob Knight on January 1, 2020.
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.
