Jim Blaze reporting from Portland, Me., NEARS: STB Chairman Marty Oberman delivered an interpretation that suggests his independent members are still awaiting insight from the private “Big Six” as to reciprocal switching
VIA Rail has only two routes that it calls “long-distance” trains, and together they offer only five departures per week, not enough to add up to a single daily departure. One is
Amtrak is working on a plan to replace the 117-year-old Howe deck truss bridge over the Susquehanna River between Perryville and Havre-de-Grace, Maryland, railroad west from Delaware and on the way to
Frank Wilner and Bill Huneke have started a friendly debate in this publication over the merits and demerits of the recent STB ruling on reciprocal switching. As an academic who has done
Railcar demand showed some resilience against a tough macro backdrop, although we view the results of our third-quarter 2023 Rail Equipment Survey as a slight incremental negative for manufacturing and possibly a slight positive for leasing. Our third-quarter 2023 Rail Survey showed that expected rate increases were +3.2%, declining sequentially and sitting below the survey’s long-term average. Business growth expectations remain unchanged, and economic confidence worsened.
Fifty years ago, I was riding the Central Railroad of New Jersey on a train consisting of “commuter” cars that were, themselves, 50 years old. Somebody had affixed a bumper sticker to
It’s not quite a crystal ball, but for Union Pacific train crews a new tech solution – Field Vision – may be nearly as valuable as they deliver customer freight safely and efficiently.
At 6:15 PM Eastern time on Friday, Sept. 1, 2023, I achieved a milestone in my “career” of riding trains. As VIA Rail Train 601 rolled into Jonquiere, Quebec, I completed the
In a fusion of steel and stars, Union Pacific (UP) recently found itself on a one-of-a-kind voyage, serving a unique customer. The railroad teamed with Norfolk Southern (NS) and short line Florida East Coast (FEC) to safely transport 10 rocket motors from Northrop Grumman Systems in Corinne, Utah, to NASA in Cape Canaveral, Fla., for use in the upcoming Artemis II mission.
ASLRRA PERSPECTIVE, RAILWAY AGE OCTOBER 2023 ISSUE: As this column is written, the federal government is either shut down or operating under a short-term Continuing Resolution. Whether shut down or just limping along, there appears to be little appetite for compromise between the warring factions in Congress. Be that as it may, the short line industry has much government-related business to concern itself with in the coming months.