2024: A Milestone Anniversary Year for SLSI
September marks the 10th anniversary of the Short Line Safety Institute (SLSI), a non-profit corporation that was founded in response to the tragic 2013 crude oil train accident at Lac-Mégantic,...
View ArticleFor STB, an Earful on Freight Rail Growth
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Sept. 16-17 held a public hearing regarding growth in the freight rail industry. The objective, it said, was to better understand “how the industry has grown...
View ArticleSTB Sets 4Q24 Rail Cost Adjustment Factor
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has adopted for fourth-quarter 2024 the rail cost adjustment factor (RCAF), which is defined as “an index formulated to represent changes in railroad costs...
View ArticleBartlett Launches Watco-Served Kansas Plant
Bartlett, a Savage Company, on Sept. 19 officially opened its soybean processing plant in Cherryvale, Kans., that is served by Watco’s South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad (SKOL), Railway Age’s 2022...
View ArticleCan Wall Street Change Focus from Profits to Growth?
STB’s two-day hearing on Sept. 16 and 17 provided a good moment to reflect on the freight railroad industry’s prospects. The hearing entitled “Growth in the Freight Rail Industry” (Ex Parte 775) The...
View ArticleNo Chicken Little, the Sky Isn’t Falling … Not Yet, Maybe Never
For economists, optimism is unnatural. Thus, as I digested the STB hearings on rail growth, I became increasingly uncomfortable with my buoyancy. As creepy as it sounds, the hearings left me fairly The...
View ArticleR.J. Corman Teams With NCC of AL on Cement Move
R.J. Corman Railroad Company on Sept. 23 reported a new collaboration with National Cement Company of Alabama, Inc. (NCC of AL) for shipments to Lebanon, Tenn., where the manufacturer has opened a The...
View ArticleThe Rail Growth Imperative: A Tale of Two Days
The landmark Surface Transportation Board (STB) hearing on U.S. freight rail industry growth, at which I was privileged to be one of the speakers, was a unique opportunity to listen a diverse The post...
View ArticleFlorida Awarded $18MM to Increase Supply Chain Capacity
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Sept. 20 announced the award of $18 million in funding to invest in Florida’s supply chain and “boost aggregate storage for critical infrastructure and asphalt and concrete...
View ArticleMount Vernon Railroad Launches, Serves Southwest Indiana Port
The Ports of Indiana and OmniTRAX on Sept. 25 reported the name of their new switching railroad serving customers at the southwest Indiana port: Mount Vernon Railroad. The post Mount Vernon Railroad...
View ArticleReport: USDOT Calls on Appeals Court to Reject Petitions Against its...
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is calling on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to reject petitions that seek to vacate its two-person crew rule, according to a Law360...
View ArticleOKRL Replacing BNGR on Oklahoma Rail Line
The Oklahoma & Kansas Railroad, LLC (OKRL), a subsidiary of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, LCC (Rock Island), will lease and operate approximately 37.26 miles of rail line owned...
View ArticlePeople News: Port NOLA, IANA, GoTriangle
Michael Thomas is appointed as Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA). Also, Anne Reinke is selected as the Intermodal Association of North America’s (IANA) new...
View ArticleWatco Roundup: WSOR, BHRR
Watco, a transportation and logistics company based in Pittsburg, Kans., recently reported the opening of subsidiary Wisconsin & Southern’s (WSOR) newest locomotive shop and the upcoming launch of...
View ArticleTD Cowen NEARS Fall 2024 Takeaways
At the NEARS (North East Association of Rail Shippers) Fall 2024 Conference in Pittsburgh, a leading IMC (intermodal marketing company) panelist sees a 99% chance of a week-long East Coast strike as...
View ArticleCan Boxcars Compete for Truckload Movements?
Boxcars hold a special place in my unlikely vision for freight railroads’ future. I say “unlikely” because I do not think many other railroad people share this vision, but Railway Age’s interest The...
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Calling All ‘2024 Women in Rail Awards’ Nominations! Deadline: Oct. 1, 5 p.m. ET
Women are significantly influencing today’s rail industry. Railway Age’s 2024 Women in Rail awards will honor 20 trailblazers for their achievements in our November issue. These outstanding...
View ArticleReport: Railroads’ Lawsuit Against CARB Stayed
A federal judge Monday stayed railroad industry groups’ lawsuit against the California Air Resources Board (CARB), “aimed at blocking newly adopted environmental regulations which, over time, will...
View ArticleEast, Gulf Coast Port Workers on Strike; Railroads Ready
A dockworkers’ strike has closed U.S. container ports from Maine to Texas. With preparations under way beforehand, the railroads are ready to handle volume shifts and keep goods moving. The post East,...
View ArticleNSRR, NS to Serve New Pennsylvania Feed Mill
Country View Family Farms, an affiliate of the Clemens Food Group, on Sept. 27 held the grand opening of its new feed mill in Columbia, Pa., to be served by North Shore The post NSRR, NS to Serve New...
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