Celebrating Agri Beef’s new facility’s ribbon cutting, from left, Jason Teel, UP Superintendent-Train Operations, Transportation; Laura Heisterkamp, UP Assistant Vice President-Bulk, Marketing and Sales; Tim Brady, Agri Beef Director of Risk Management; Sara Nichols, UP Manager-Sales, Marketing and Sales; and JJ Sullivan, UP Director, Marketing and Sales. (UP Photograph)

UP Teams With Argi Beef, Frontier

Union Pacific (UP) is boosting business with service to Agri Beef’s grain milling facility in Nyssa, Ore., and to Frontier Carbon Solutions’s (Frontier) Sweetwater Carbon Storage Hub (SCS Hub) in southwestern Wyoming.

(Americold Image, Courtesy of CPKC)

CPKC, Americold Eye Co-Development in Mexico

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and Americold Realty Trust, Inc. (Americold) on Dec. 12 reported plans to “formally explore” co-development opportunities in Mexico as part of their continued collaboration to co-locate Americold warehouse

Rail-mountedc gantry cranes at the Port of Virginia. (Konecranes Photograph)

Industry Calls For Resumption of Port Labor Negotiations

“Return to the bargaining table,” urged more than 270 federal, state, and local trade associations and government agencies in a Dec. 6 letter to U.S. East and Gulf Coast port employers, represented by

“The NJ TRANSIT Board of Directors today advanced the construction of the new Raritan River Bridge on the North Jersey Coast Line (NJCL) by awarding the second construction contract, which encompasses the lift portion of the bridge,” NJT reported via social media on Dec. 11. (NJT Photograph)

NJT Awards Second Raritan River Bridge Construction Contract

Skanska Koch Inc. has landed a construction contract for the new Raritan River Bridge on the North Jersey Coast Line, New Jersey Transit (NJT) reported Dec. 11.

“This is our second installation of Routemaster™ for CN, and it provides our customer with a full complement of hardware and software upgrades, including performance statistics and routing analysis,” Trainyard Tech President John Aliberti said. (Trainyard Tech Image)

Supply Side: ENSCO Rail; Trainyard Tech, LLC

ENSCO Rail delivers its second heavy-duty hi-rail truck to Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC). Also, Trainyard Tech, LLC lands a rail yard route-control system order from CN.

(Union Pacific Photograph)

AAR: Carloads Down, Intermodal Up for Week 49

Total U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Dec. 7, 2024 (Week 49) was up 4.4% from the prior-year period, with intermodal gains offsetting carload losses, according to the Association of American Railroads’ (AAR) latest report.

(Image Courtesy of SEPTA, Via Facebook)

UPDATE: TWU Ratifies SEPTA Agreement

Transportation Workers Union (TWU) Local 234 on Dec. 9 reported ratifying a new one-year contract with Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). The union, the transit agency’s largest, represents more than 5,300 bus,

In August 2021, the STB Office of Environmental Analysis issued a Final EIS for the project, identifying the 88-mile Whitmore Park Alternative as the environmentally preferred route for the Uinta Basin Railway, one of three analyzed. It would extend from two terminus points in northeastern Utah’s Uinta Basin near Myton and Leland Bench to a connection with the existing Union Pacific Provo Subdivision near Kyune (see map above).

Report: SCOTUS Considers Uinta Basin Railway Case

The U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 10 heard oral arguments in a case centering on the halted Uinta Basin Railway project in northeastern Utah and challenging the scope of the National Environmental Policy

VIA Rail Canada released this rendering of the locomotives and cars that will be acquired to replace the current “pan-Canadian” fleet that runs outside the Québec City–Windsor corridor. (Rendering Courtesy of VIA Rail)

Transit Briefs: VIA Rail Canada, ADOT, SEPTA, San Diego MTS

VIA Rail Canada (VIA Rail) launches Requests for Qualification (RFQ) for locomotives and cars to replace its Long-Distance, Regional and Remote fleet. Also, Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) advances its study on Phoenix-to-Tucson passenger rail service; Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) reports system-wide ridership for November; and San Diego (Calif.) Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) teams with a research firm to develop an equity statement and policy.

Pictured: Unifor’s CN members. (Courtesy of Unifor)

UPDATE: CN, Unifor Reach Tentative Agreement

CN on Dec. 9 reported reaching a tentative four-year collective agreement with Unifor.

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