CSX announced Feb. 1 that it has reached agreements with four additional groups of railroad workers to provide paid sick leave benefits. The unions include Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers-Transportation
Union Pacific (UP) reports having a “rocking good year” in 2023—literally. Also, CSX earns an Anthem Award for its “Pride in Service” community investment initiative.
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Jan. 31 extended its temporary employment-data reporting period for the “Big Four” Class I railroads—BNSF, CSX, Norfolk Southern (NS) and Union Pacific (UP)—to Dec. 31, 2024,
The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) handled 422,300 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) in December 2023, down 4% or nearly 18,500 TEUs from the prior-year period, the Port reported Jan. 30. Its Port of
CSX recently revealed its latest heritage locomotive—a tribute to the Monon Railroad—fresh out of the Class I railroad’s paint shop in Waycross, Ga.
Independent rail economist Jim Blaze shares another fearless forecast for North American rail freight, as originally reported in Railway Age’s sister publication, International Railway Journal (IRJ).
CSX issued its fourth-quarter 2023 earnings after Wall Street’s closing bell on Jan. 24, reporting lower revenue as the effects of volume growth and “favorable merchandise pricing were more than offset by
A majority of members from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) Divisions 72 and 191 on Jan. 15 ratified an implementing agreement regarding CSX Transportation’s acquisition of the Springfield Terminal Railway (a Pan Am Railway affiliate).
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) will require additional information in the Amtrak Gulf Coast proceeding and schedules hearing. Also, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) pilots upgraded seating on light rail and streetcar vehicles; and the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) installs platform barriers the at 191st Street Station.
Loop Capital Markets has named CSX recipient of its inaugural W.F. Thompson Award for Class I Operating Performance for 2023, “highlighting CSX’s success in driving its growth strategy by leveraging strong operational