June 22, 2020 | DOT, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, June 19, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), in consultation with the Federal Railroad...
June 19, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: www.wwltv.com, June 18, 2020) METAIRIE, La. — Over the past few months, trains have been stopping a lot longer in Old Metairie causing safety and traffic concerns. Residents are frustrated and begging for change. Full story:...
June 19, 2020 | CSX, Headlines
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, June 18, 2020) NEW YORK — General business conditions, COVID, and PSR continue to reduce North America’s railroad workforce. The latest announcement of layoffs comes from CSX, based in Jacksonville, Fla. And, the layoffs...
June 19, 2020 | Headlines, KCS, Quarterly Income
(Source: Kansas City Southern press release, June 18, 2020) KANSAS CIY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern (KCS) will release its second quarter 2020 financial results on Friday, July 17, 2020, before the opening of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. KCS will also hold...
June 19, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Bloomberg Law, June 18, 2020) CHICAGO — A Union Pacific conductor who slipped on a small, unexplained oil spot and fell while assembling a train for departure at an Illinois rail yard can’t revive federal negligence claims against the railroad, the Seventh...
June 19, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, June 16, 2020) NEW YORK — Citing a “need to be smart about how we deliver our service in this market environment” as well as “to demonstrate that we are using our resources efficiently and responsibly” because “Congress is not going to support us...
June 19, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, June 19, 2020) NEWARK, N.J. — As NJ Transit’s Board of Directors added another $37 million to the $300 million plus contact with Parsons Inc. to deliver the troubled Positive Train Control program, officials said they were confident the agency...
June 19, 2020 | CN, Headlines
(Source: CTV News, June 18, 2020) VANCOUVER, B.C. — In the wake of another workplace fatality at a Canadian National Railway site in B.C., friends of the victim have launched an online fundraising campaign to raise money for his daughter. On Monday, 37-year-old CN...
June 19, 2020 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, June 13, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending June 13, 2020. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 449,291...
June 19, 2020 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, June 18, 2020) U.S. freight railroads hauled 449,291 carloads and intermodal units during the week ending June 13, a 14.9 percent decrease in traffic moved during the same week in 2019, according to Association of American Railroads...
