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Union Pacific opens cross-border coal export route via Mexico???s Port of Guaymas
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (393+ words) Union Pacific opens cross-border coal export route via Mexico’s Port of Guaymas Shipments from the Powder River Basin interchanged with Ferromex via Nogales, Ariz. A Union Pacific coal train grinds its way up Logan Hill in the Powder River Basin…...
FRA steps up enforcement of language proficiency for cross-border train crews
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (364+ words) Regulatory FRA steps up enforcement of language proficiency for cross-border train crews Agency clarifies rules allowing crews from Mexico to bring trains into US WASHINGTON — The Federal Railroad Administration has clarified and stepped up enforcement of requirements that cross-border train…...
Railroad CEOs to highlight MARS Winter Meeting
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (297+ words) Freight Railroad CEOs to highlight MARS Winter Meeting Annual event set for Jan. 13-15 in Schaumburg, Ill. SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — The CEOs of BNSF, CPKC, and Union Pacific are among speakers scheduled to take part in the annual Midwest Association of Rail Shippers Winter…...
Schneider intermodal volume rises due to strength in Mexico and eastern U.S.
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (510+ words) Freight Intermodal Schneider intermodal volume rises due to strength in Mexico and eastern U.S. The company says it’s still too early to determine the potential impact of the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger GREEN BAY, Wis. — Schneider National’s intermodal growth continued…...
UP and NS to team up on domestic intermodal service
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (411+ words) Freight Intermodal UP and NS to team up on domestic intermodal service The railroads will link the NS terminal in Louisville, Ky., with UP terminals via interchange at Kansas City Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern today became the latest railroads…...
When railroad merger plans collide with reality: Analysis
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (849+ words) We’ve refreshed our site! Check out our new look. Freight Class I When railroad merger plans collide with reality: Analysis Railroads promise the moon to sell their mergers, but Conrail split and UP-SP provide cautionary tales Railroads proposing mergers inevitably…...
News photo: Last train on the Central New England Railroad
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (53+ words) G&W's Connecticut Southern to take over line on Jan. 1 Derailment to shut down Quebec, North Shore & Labrador for a week or more Goss, R.J. Corman Railroad Co. president, to retire OmniTRAX taps Brown for new chief strategy officer role Alabama…...
CRRC plant in Massachusetts to lay off workers because of customs seizures
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (180+ words) We’ve refreshed our site! Check out our new look. Mechanical Passenger Cars CRRC plant in Massachusetts to lay off workers because of customs seizures Two-month furlough planned for 161 workers as car shells, other parts remain held at Port of Philadelphia…...
Intermodal leads weekly U.S. rail traffic decline
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (280+ words) Freight Class I Intermodal leads weekly U.S. rail traffic decline But rail traffic remains up for the year to date WASHINGTON — U.S. weekly rail traffic declined 2.2% in the week ending Sept. 20 compared with the same week last year, the Association of…...
US weekly rail traffic continues downward trend
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (172+ words) Freight US weekly rail traffic continues downward trend Carload, intermodal volume both decrease from 2024 levels WASHINGTON — U.S. weekly rail traffic remains below 2024 levels for the third straight week — and the sixth time in eight weeks — with both carload and intermodal…...