“We’re proud to be a partner on the Holdom Overpass project. This new rail overpass will increase trade capacity at the Port of Vancouver and benefit the local community in Burnaby, B.C.,” CN reported via LinkedIn on July 9. (Image Courtesy of CN)

Intermodal Briefs: CN/Port of Vancouver; UP/Port Houston

CN teams with the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, the City of Burnaby (British Columbia) and the government of Canada on the Holdom Overpass project. Also, Union Pacific (UP) marks the one-year anniversary of its Port Houston on-dock rail service.

A map of Green Eagle Railroad LLC’s proposed 1.335-mile common carrier rail line in Maverick County, Tex., extending from the southern border of the United States and connecting to Union Pacific (UP) at approximately milepost 31 on the Eagle Pass Subdivision. The line is part of parent company PVH’s proposed trade corridor for freight and commercial motor vehicles extending into Mexico. (GER Map)

STB to Prepare EIS for Proposed Eagle Pass Rail Line (UPDATED)

The Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) Office of Environmental Analysis on March 29 issued a Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in connection with Green Eagle Railroad, LLC’s (GER) proposed construction and operation of an approximately 1.335-mile rail line in Maverick County, Tex., extending from the southern border of the United States and connecting to Union Pacific (UP) at approximately milepost 31 on the Eagle Pass Subdivision. The alternative routes to be analyzed were released July 8.

Class I Briefs: UP, NS

Union Pacific (UP) expands opportunities for businesses to connect to rail with five new “Focus Sites.” Also, Norfolk Southern’s (NS) Lamberts Point team in Norfolk, Va., sets a coal processing record.

It looks and acts like a diesel-electric. But it’s not a diesel-electric. It’s the Progress Rail EMD® SD40JR Joule battery-electric, seen here operating in regular service on Pacific Harbor Line. (Photograph by Progress Rail, a Caterpillar Company)

PHL Hosts Tour for STB’s Primus

Pacific Harbor Line (PHL) last month hosted a “fact-finding” tour at the San Pedro Bay port complex in California for Robert E. Primus, the new Surface Transportation Board (STB) Chair, according to

More than 250 UP employees are certified to fly drones. (Caption and Photographs Courtesy of UP)
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Rising to the Occasion: UP Drones Support Safe Operations

Union Pacific (UP) is leveraging technology to support safe operations from every viewpoint—on its tracks, inside its locomotives and hundreds of feet off the ground with its drones.

Aerial view of Pier B, courtesy of Port of Long Beach.

POLB Awards First Pier B Construction Contract

The Port of Long Beach, Calif., (POLB) has awarded Alameda, Calif.-based Stacy & Witbeck Inc. a $21.7 million contract for the Pier B Rail Yard East Expansion Project.

Six fully electric cranes power NS’s stacking operation at Austell, Ga., which the Class I says “represent a significant step toward reducing environmental impact and increasing operational efficiency.” (NS Photograph)

Class I Briefs: NS, UP

Norfolk Southern (NS) switches from a wheeled to a stacked operation at its Austell, Ga., intermodal terminal. Also, Union Pacific (UP) earns a 2023 Premier Supplier Award from Trinity Industries.

(UP Photograph)
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UP’s Weather Battle Shifts to the North

Tough May weather in Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana plunged Union Pacific’s (UP) network velocity to a five-year low of 22.7 mph in the week ending June 7 and, after a modest uptick

WisDOT: $4.8MM for Freight Rail Improvement Projects

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) on June 24 announced nearly $5 million to improve freight rail at facilities in Luxemburg, Reedsburg and Wrightstown.

OmniTRAX on Aug. 1 is slated to add the fourth domestic port to its network: Ports of Indiana-Mount Vernon. (Ports of Indiana-Mount Vernon Photograph)

OmniTRAX Named Rail Operator for Ports of Indiana-Mount Vernon

OmniTRAX on June 27 reported being selected as the exclusive rail operator for Ports of Indiana-Mount Vernon; the projected start date is Aug. 1. This will be the fourth domestic port in

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