AAR: Week 39 Saw Carloads Down, Intermodal Up
U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Sept. 28, 2024 (Week 39), came in at 507,537 carloads and intermodal units, up 1.6% from the same week last year, based on 227,046 carloads—down 3.5% from 2023—and...
View ArticleNow On Line: Railway Age October 2024 Digital Edition
Railway Age’s October 2024 issue is available digitally, with the latest on freight rail industry growth, fastening systems, and PTC lessons learned, plus the annual Railroad Financial Desk Book. The...
View ArticleAAR Seeks Waiver of Compliance for C3RS Program
The Association of American Railroads (AAR), on behalf of its members, “requests relief required” to participate in the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Confidential Close Call Reporting System...
View ArticleLiberty Development Partners Acquires Property to Expand Gulf Inland...
Liberty Development Partners has completed the acquisition of 1,149 acres of prime industrial real estate in Dayton, Texas, along the Grand Parkway, south of Highway 90, from seller Sammi Damek to...
View ArticleSmall-Road Briefs: Universal Logistics Holdings, G&W, LongWater Partners, Watco
Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc., acquires rail terminal operator Parsec, LLC, Parsec Intermodal of Canada ULC, OB Leasing, LLC (Parsec). Also, Genesee & Wyoming (G&W) adds Mobile, Ala.,...
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‘This Scenario Is a Bit Unusual’
CSX President and CEO Joe Hinrichs got the wheels turning in late August when his railroad took labor negotiations out of national handling through the National Carriers Conference Committee (NCCC)...
View ArticleTo Be or Not to Be in the Next Administration
WATCHING WASHINGTON, RAILWAY AGE OCTOBER 2024 ISSUE: As a Senator in 1938, “Give ‘em Hell” Harry Truman proclaimed, “Rail management can only see straight down the right-of-way as it was laid out The...
View ArticleThe Great Boxcar Divide
FROM THE EDITOR, RAILWAY AGE OCTOBER 2024 ISSUE: This month we dive head-first again into boxcars. Financial Editor David Nahass, who (pardon the cliché) is rather adept at thinking outside the box,...
View ArticleDoes Growth Look Like a Boxcar?
2025 RAILROAD FINANCIAL DESK BOOK, RAILWAY AGE OCTOBER 2024 ISSUE: Welcome to Railway Age’s 2025 Railroad Financial Desk Book. If one is not concerned about the tawdrier aspects of certain bed (sorry)...
View Article45G: A Powerful Public Policy in Need of Update
ASLRRA PERSPECTIVE, RAILWAY AGE OCTOBER 2024 ISSUE: The Short Line Railroad Rehabilitation Tax Credit known as 45G was originally enacted as a three-year provision in 2004. The tax credit was extended...
View ArticleState of the Rails: Growth Patchwork, Hurricane Helene
The STB hearing on U.S. Class I volume growth—or lack thereof—shined a spotlight on this important issue, and before that spotlight fades and we get back to the business of not growing, The post State...
View ArticleFor Port of LA, ‘Broad Gains in Clean Air Progress’
The Port of Los Angeles on Oct. 4 reported that air pollution from its operations is at the lowest level since 2005, when the Port began tracking emissions from all sources moving The post For Port of...
View ArticleAGG Partners with Invest Tisdale, Sakku Investments on Arctic Trade Corridor
Arctic Gateway Group (AGG), an Indigenous- and community-owned Manitoba company that owns and operates the Port of Churchill and the Hudson Bay Railway, has signed separate Memorandums of Understanding...
View ArticleWeekly Carloads, Intermodal Decline Slightly: AAR
Total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 486,187 carloads and intermodal units, down 2.5% compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads reported for the week ending Oct. 5, The...
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A New Frontier for Rail Labor: Why Not?
In times of great challenge, many ask, “Why?” Why should we change? Why risk what we have? Why push beyond what’s comfortable? But the question we should be asking is, “Why not?” This was the mantra...
View ArticleNS: Post-Helene Recovery Nearly Complete; Milton Efforts Next
As the Southeast braced Oct. 9 for impact from Hurricane Milton, the second such storm to batter the region in two weeks, Norfolk Southern continued its rapid service restoration efforts following...
View ArticleNCRR Launches $10MM Disaster Recovery Program
The North Carolina Railroad Company (NCRR) has created a $10 million disaster and recovery relief grant program for North Carolina communities in response to Hurricane Helene’s impact in Western North...
View ArticlePeople News: NJ Transit, Patriot Rail, STV
NJ Transit announces Franck Beaumin as the agency’s Customer Advocate. Also, Thomas J. Tisa joins Patriot Rail Company as the new Chief Commercial Officer (CCO); and Sean Libberton joins STV as Vice...
View ArticleFRA Awards $108MM in Special Transportation Circumstances Grants
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has selected nine rail capital projects in Alaska, South Dakota and Wyoming for Special Transportation Circumstances grants totaling more than $108 million....
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Railway Age Announces Women in Rail Honorees for 2024
Railway Age is celebrating eight years of recognizing women who not only excel at leadership but also serve the community and drive industry change, paving the way for the next generation. This year,...
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