New month, new intermodal rail record
Rail freight continues to benefit from tight trucking capacity as spot market demand for highway haulage exploded this month.
Rail freight continues to benefit from tight trucking capacity as spot market demand for highway haulage exploded this month.
Kansas City Southern is expanding its energy-related U.S.-Mexico crossborder service.
Freight traffic on U.S. Class I railroads totaled 1,319,420 carloads in May, up 3.2% from the same month a year ago.
The latest carload report is good news for Class I railroads, but does it indicate coming headwinds for the U.S. economy?
Kansas City Southern on May 24 promoted Vice President Energy and Short Line Relations Ginger L. Adamiak to Vice President Energy, Industrial Development and Commercial Innovation, a new position. She reports to Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Brian D. Hancock.
Railroads continue to benefit from a multiplicity of issues throttling the trucking industry, as tight capacity and higher rates push more traffic to the rails.
Kansas City Southern (KCS) has announced organizational changes with three new appointments, all of which are effective immediately.
The Association of American Railroads released a white paper highlighting technology’s role in making the U.S. rail network more efficient, reliable, and safer.
Sand, coal and chemicals topped rail shipments for the week of May 12, while intermodal traffic outdistanced carloads again.
As the economy goes, so go the railroads, and the latest weekly data show an improving picture for carload commodities.