BNSF on Sept. 13 provided an operational performance update.

Class I Briefs: BNSF, CSX

BNSF provides an operational performance update following Hurricane Francine and ahead of the peak shipping season. Also, watch as CSX teams with the First Responders Children’s Foundation to boost police-community relations, and the Military Child Education Coalition to promote early literacy.

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Amsted Recognized as ‘RailPulse Certified Vendor’

Amsted Digital Solutions has been approved as a certified telematics vendor for RailPulse™, the coalition established in late 2020 to “facilitate and accelerate the adoption of GPS and other telematics technology across the North

“R.J. Corman is thrilled to start this new agreement” at its Tennessee-based distribution center, and to “continue serving the Clarksville community,” R.J. Corman Vice President of Commercial Development Mike Robinson said Sept. 3. (R.J. Corman Photograph)

R.J. Corman Gains New Clarksville Distribution Center Client

R.J. Corman’s 75,000 square-foot distribution center in Clarksville, Tenn., is transitioning to a new customer, to be served by Railway Age’s 2021 Short Line of the Year, R.J. Corman Railroad Company Memphis

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For 2023, Three Class I’s Deemed Revenue Adequate

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has found three U.S. Class I railroads to be revenue adequate for 2023: BNSF, CSX and Union Pacific. STB determined that those railroads achieved a rate of return

Underrepresentation of WOC in Railroad Engineering: Research Review at Women in Rail 2024

In this not-to-be-missed session at the Women in Rail 2024 conference, presented by Railway Age and RT&S, illuminating new research on the underrepresentation of women of color in railroad engineering will be presented by Jacqueline L. Patterson,

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There Will Always be a Settlement—at Some Point

FINANCIAL EDGE, RAILWAY AGE SEPTEMBER 2024 ISSUE: Nothing warms a jaded rail equipment columnist more than having an article planned out only to see the headlines grabbed by something so tantalizing that

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NS Reaches Tentative Agreements With All SMART-TD General Committees

Norfolk Southern (NS) on Sept. 4 reported reaching a tentative five-year collective bargaining agreement with its final General Committee of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers–Transportation Division

Class I Briefs: NS, CPKC, CSX

Norfolk Southern (NS) hosts labor leaders at its Atlanta headquarters for the Class I’s first-ever 2024 Labor Council. Also, Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) sponsors the 2024 Spruce Meadows, Masters Tournament; and CSX’s Santa Train returns to the rails for its 82nd run.

Report: Circuit Court Rules CSX vs. NS Case ‘Came Too Late’

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, in CSX Transportation Inc. v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. et al., case number 23-1537, ruled Aug. 29 that CSX’s antitrust case against Norfolk Southern over ‘exclusionary’ fees

CSX Expands Labor Agreements With IBB, TCU

CSX announced Aug. 30 that it has secured new five-year tentative collective bargaining agreements with the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers & Helpers (IBB) and the Transportation Communications

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