62 Customers Honored With CSX Chemical Safety Excellence Award

CSX on April 14 announced 62 customers as winners of the company’s 31st Annual Chemical Safety Excellence Award for their “dedication to safely transporting hazardous materials across the company’s rail network in 2024.”

Class I Briefs: CSX, CN

CSX advances restoration of the Blue Ridge Subdivision. Also, CN resumes service in its Southern Region.

STB Issues Draft EA for Construction, Operation of Georgia Rail Line

The Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) on April 11 issued a Draft Environmental Assessment (Draft EA) for Savannah Industrial Logistics (SIL) and Savannah Industrial Transportation’s (SIT) construction and operation of an 11,404-foot rail line in Effingham County, Ga. SIL and SIT are both holdings of OmniTRAX.

Stopka Joins AITX as COO

American Industrial Transport, Inc. (AITX) on April 14 announced that Eric Stopka has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer (COO).

Commentary

Prioritizing Safety and Innovation

CEO PERSPECTIVES, RAILWAY AGE APRIL 2025 ISSUE: Safety in the railroad industry is a shared responsibility and a universal priority.

ITS Logistics Issues April US Port/Rail Ramp Freight Index

ITS Logistics on April 10 reported that “frontloading continued through March, with the expectation that the industry should see strong import volumes through April as containers with front-loaded inventory, which was loaded by April 9, reach the U.S.”

Tracy Robinson. (Photograph Courtesy of CN)
Commentary

Building for Growth: CN’s Commitment to a Stronger, More Resilient Supply Chain

CEO PERSPECTIVES, RAILWAY AGE APRIL 2025 ISSUE: At CN, our purpose is clear: We power the economy. As railroaders, this is what we do every day. We have the privilege of serving a

NS Restores Service to Asheville, Launches New Community Disaster Relief Grant Program

Norfolk Southern (NS) recently announced via a LinkedIn post that its non-revenue Train 98A on April 9 passed through Asheville’s River Arts District—an area that was completely underwater just months ago during Hurricane Helene.

Progress Rail Signs Contracts With ENR to Modernize 100 Locomotives

Progress Rail recently announced that it has signed three long-term contracts with Egyptian National Railways (ENR) to modernize 100 AA22T locomotives and provide technical services and parts support. These agreements, which were

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AAR: North American Rail Volume Up Through Week 14

For the first 14 weeks of 2025, ending April 5, North American carload and intermodal traffic was up 3.3% from the same point last year, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported April 9. The United States and Canada experienced gains, while Mexico saw a loss.

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