Operation Lifesaver, Inc., (OLI) and the Association of American Railroads (AAR) are among those in the global rail community marking International Level Crossing Awareness Day (ILCAD) on June 10.
Two of CSX’s Total Distribution Services Inc. (TDSI)-operated facilities have received Terminal of the Year Awards from the Association of American Railroads (AAR).
Total U.S. rail traffic for the week ending June 5, 2021 was 489,144 carloads and intermodal units, down approximately 7% from each of the previous four weeks and up 12.9% from the same point in 2020, according to an Association of American Railroads’ (AAR) June 9 report.
Intermodal had the “best January to May period ever” and total carloads for May 2021 “were the most for any month since October 2019 on a weekly average basis,” AAR Senior Vice President John T. Gray reported on June 2.
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) is initiating a rulemaking proceeding to establish a new “emergency temporary trackage
rights class exemption” that could be invoked during natural disasters, accidents or derailments; comments are due by July 12, 2021.
The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) has unanimously passed its surface transportation reauthorization bill, a bipartisan measure supported by the Association of American Railroads (AAR) and the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA).
For the week ending May 22, 2021, total U.S. rail traffic was 528,774 carloads and intermodal units, similar to the previous four weeks and up 23.4% from the same point in 2020, according to an Association of American Railroads’ May 26 report.
The Federal Railroad Administration’s Transportation Technology Center (TTC) has reached a service milestone: 50 years of railroad research, testing and training.
Both U.S. carloads and intermodal volume for the week ending May 15, 2021, rose sharply over the same point in 2020—31.6% and 25.6%, respectively, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported May 19.
RAILWAY AGE MAY 2021 ISSUE: As part of the Association of American Railroads’ (AAR) Strategic Research Initiatives program, Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) investigated the effects of tread braking on wheel wear and tread surface damage by monitoring the performance of three articulated five-unit well cars and five coal hopper cars with disabled brakes operating in otherwise normal revenue service conditions.