The CSX Huntington Heavy Repair Shop in West Virginia achieves its fourth consecutive AAR (Association of American Railroads) M-1003 certification. Also, Union Pacific (UP) teams with Canpotex to haul record potash shipments; and CN opens a new loop track in Two Harbors, Minn.
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has determined that the cost of capital for the railroad industry was 9.87% for 2023.
Total U.S. rail traffic for July and for the week ending Aug. 3, 2024, was up 3.4% and 5.7% respectively, from the prior-year periods, with intermodal gains offsetting carload losses, according to the Association of American Railroads’ (AAR) latest report.
California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District’s (AQMD) Governing Board on Aug. 2 reported adopting the Freight Rail Yards Indirect Source Rule (Rail Yards ISR; Rule 2306), requiring owners or operators of
Through the first 30 weeks of 2024 (ending July 27), total North American carload and intermodal traffic rose 5.3% from the same point last year, according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR). The U.S., Canada and Mexico all experienced gains.
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) on July 24 reported that total North American carload and intermodal traffic rose 2.3% through the first 29 weeks of this year compared with the prior-year period. The United States, Canada and Mexico all saw gains through the week ending July 20.
The Security and Emergency Response Training Center (SERTC) at MxV Rail In Pueblo, Colo., announced July 23 that it recently broke ground on a new training area, expanding the flammable liquids emergency
Through the first 28 weeks of 2024 (ending July 13), total North American carload and intermodal traffic rose 1.3% from the same point last year, according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR). The U.S., Canada and Mexico all experienced gains.
New cyber incident reporting obligations may be “burdensome and duplicative,” the Association of American Railroads (AAR) and American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) wrote in their July 3 comments to
U.S. rail traffic for the week ending July 6, 2024 (Week 27) was up 3.3% from the prior-year period, as intermodal gains more than offset carload losses, according to the Association of American Railroads’ (AAR) latest report.