The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) on March 24 sent a letter to Surface Transportation Board Chairman Marty Oberman complaining, on behalf of its members, about what it calls “a network problem affecting entire regions of the country.”
Call it a “Marty Party” scheduled for April 26-27 at which CEOs of the four largest U.S.-headquartered railroads will be placed as frogs on a lily pad in a lake of pain to be grilled as suspects in the offense of failing to provide adequate service to shippers.
As part of a special series in Railway Age’s March 2022 issue, 11 North American railroad CEOs address what must be done to grow and gain market share from competing freight transportation modes. Here, Lance Fritz, Chairman, President and CEO of Union Pacific, shares his perspective in this 7th edition of the series.
The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division of the Teamsters Rail Conference (BMWED) was rebuffed by a federal district court March 30 in an attempt to sever itself from multi-employer contract negotiations (national handling) in this current round of wage, benefits and work rules negotiations.
Texas-based TNW Corp. and the Victoria County Navigation District are moving forward on a multi-phase rail expansion project at the Port of Victoria’s (POV) Texas Logistics Center. Also, the short line and logistics center operator has named Jeremy Bush Superintendent of Railway Operations for its TXGN and TXR railways.
Union Pacific (UP) will donate a total of $500,000 to the American Red Cross and Save the Children in support of humanitarian efforts in the Ukraine.
In celebration of Women’s History Month, Union Pacific (UP) shares the stories of five women who have made their mark in the transportation industry.
Amtrak has issued a 2021 Host Railroad Report Card, ranking the Class I railroads for keeping Amtrak intercity passenger trains on time, and presented an award to Canadian Pacific (CP) for earning its sixth-consecutive “A” grade.
Union Pacific (UP) will begin using a higher biodiesel blend in locomotives acquired from Wabtec, the Class I railroad reported on March 8.
BNSF is asking the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to impose conditions that preserve competition, particularly at the U.S.-Mexico border, if the proposed Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger is approved.