Carloads trend up in latest week

Rejuvenated rail traffic in the United States was ahead by double digits across-the-board in the most recent week, according to the Association of American Railroads.

STB wants Class I service updates

Complaints by grain shippers and automakers have spurred the Surface Transportation Board to ask Class I railroads what they are doing to improve service across their networks.

CSX names Angela C. Williams vice president and corporate controller

CSX Corporation (CSX) has appointed Angela Williams as its new vice president and controller as successor to Andrew Glassman.

CSX award to Northern Ohio & Western

The Northern Ohio & Western Railway received the 2017 CSX Short Line Development Award at the 2018 CSX Short Line Workshop in St. Augustine, Fla.

CSX on plan: More job cuts, capex to shrink

Management at CSX are staying the course set by E. Hunter Harrison.

Intermodal widens weekly lead

Shipments of containers and trailers posted healthy gains while commodity carloads were weaker from a year ago.

Commentary

CSX actions add to shipper woes

CSX’s unions are the latest in a long line of the railroad’s stakeholders to experience distress from the continued deterioration in the carrier’s service and operations.

Commentary

CSX: From first to worst

Those who have spent many years in the rail industry know that rail workers are among the most loyal of employees, spending entire careers on the railroad and often following a parent into railroading. This loyalty is expressed in a myriad of ways, including today’s internet chat rooms devoted to railroad topics where railroaders discuss everything from operating plans to locomotive livery, and share photos and recollections.

Intermodal outpaces weekly carloads

The Association of American Railroads said U.S. rail traffic for the week ending February 10 was 519,545 carloads and intermodal units, up 1.6% from the same week a year ago.

OmniTRAX Savannah hub certified GRAD

OmniTRAX Inc.’s Savannah Gateway Industrial Hub has been certified a GRAD (Georgia Ready for Accelerated Development) site by the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), the state’s marketing and sales arm. OmniTRAX is developing the 2,700-acre tract in Effingham County, Ga., in partnership with the Effingham County Industrial Development Authority (ECIDA).

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