Trump nominates Homendy for NTSB

President Trump announced his intention to nominate Jennifer L. Homendy to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board.

Coal higher in weekly carloads

Higher export shipments helped drive Class I coal carloads higher in the latest week, according to the Association of American Railroads.

UP, Washington port in cold chain deal

A real estate deal has cleared the way for Union Pacific to develop a key perishables intermodal terminal in southeastern Washington state.

CSX selling Ga., Ala. lines

CSX has begun the process of selling off rail lines, the latest chapter in the restructuring surrounding Precision Scheduled Railroading.

Greenbrier meets 2Q railcar order estimates, affirms guidance

The Greenbrier Companies reported new car orders and deliveries that met or were near estimates for the second quarter, along with gains in key financial indicators.

SF adds rail personnel in Muni budget

San Francisco will hire more transit operators and expand its municipal rail service under a new budget approved this week.

Grain a gainer for AAR carloads

While U.S. businesses tried to make sense of President Trump’s plans for punitive tariffs, they got decidedly good news from the Association of American Railroads.

RRB tabs Tate as EO director

The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board has appointed Pamela M. Tate as its Director of Equal Opportunity.

China company doubles CSX factory plan

A China company expects the largest industrial development along the CSX main in rural North Carolina to be nearly twice as big as first anticipated.

BNSF plans N. Colorado industrial park

Seven years after it was announced, BNSF Railway is preparing to break ground on an industrial park to serve Northern Colorado and Denver.

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