The “strength of Union Pacific’s (UP) franchise and its focus on operational excellence” has led to a new Heartland Co-op grain shuttle facility being built on the Class I’s network in Millerton, Iowa, which will provide farmers “greater access to key markets.”
The six Class I railroads’ ability to meet their first reporting deadline under the Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) final rule on Reciprocal Switching for Inadequate Service “is in jeopardy,” the Association of American
The Transportation Communications Union (TCU) reaches a local agreement with CSX Transportation. Also, the Burlington System Division of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division-International Brotherhood of Teamsters (BMWED-ID) ratifies a new agreement with the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD).
An attempt by the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to decide complex maximum freight-rate challenges by choosing one of two suggested remedies—one by the shipper; the other by the railroad—was derailed Aug. 20 in a unanimous decision of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals. The court found the STB’s 2022 Final Offer Rate Review (FORR) rulemaking exceeded the agency’s statutory authority.
CN and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) report that lockdowns could begin as soon as Aug. 22 unless there is progress at the negotiating table or binding arbitration with Teamsters Canada Rail
Caterpillar Inc., the parent company of Progress Rail, is expanding its large-engine facility in Lafayette, Ind. Also, WSP and 10 other public and private agencies sign the Equity in Infrastructure Project pledge as a commitment to improving diversity in public contracting; and Montreal, Quebec-based AtkinsRéalis Group Inc. lands a Network Rail contract to upgrade signaling and telecommunications infrastructure in the U.K.
The Ports of Indiana on Aug. 19 reported that voestalpine Roll Forming Corporation (RFC) will invest more than $77 million on an expansion project at its rail-served Jeffersonville, Ind., location on the Ohio/Mississippi river
In July, former President Trump confirmed in a Bloomberg interview that if elected for a second term, he plans to propose a new 10% tariff on all imported goods, with a 60% tax on Chinese goods. “These
The findings of a new audit conducted by Mauldin & Jenkins have revealed that the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) owes Atlanta, Ga., taxpayers as much as $70 million after overcharging the city’s expansion program, which was approved by voters in 2016 to fund projects such as new rail stations, according to multiple news reports.
Norfolk Southern’s (NS) Assistant Vice President Workforce Experience Jason Pettway has been named to the Atlanta Business League’s 2024 Men of Influence list. Also, the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) Nominating Committee selects its 2024-2025 Board Executives.
