Train backlog leaves $500 Million in Canadian grain waiting at farms

By Staff, CTV News; April 5, 2018 At the moment, Curtis McRae has $120,000 of grain sitting in a massive…

Continue Reading →

The Daily CSX: CSX in the process of selling two Southeast rail lines in Alabama and Georgia

By Will Robinson, Reporter, Jacksonville Business Journal; April 6, 2018 CSX Corp. (NASDAQ: CSX) is in the process of selling…

Continue Reading →

Union Pacific’s Fritz to Surface Transportation Board: ‘Stabilize service, reverse downward trend’

By William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age Magazine; April 4, 2018 Union Pacific has responded to the Surface Transportation Board’s…

Continue Reading →

Norfolk Southern responds to STB on service issues

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; April 4, 2018 Norfolk Southern Railway‘s service “is not where we or our customers need it…

Continue Reading →

Lac-Megantic, Quebec tragedy: Crown says bankrupt railway won’t have to stand trial

By The Canadian Press, National Post; April 3, 2018 MONTREAL — The railway at the heart of the Lac-Megantic tragedy…

Continue Reading →

Canada: Customers blame efficiency drives at railroads for backlogs over winter months

By Ross Marowits, The Canadian Press, Financial Post; March 29, 2018 MONTREAL — Canada’s two largest railways are hoping the…

Continue Reading →

Canada: Minister asking federal government for solution to Northern British Columbia rail car shortage

By Chris Newton, Energeticcity.ca; March 28, 2018 VICTORIA, B.C. — Jobs, Trade and Technology Minister Bruce Ralston says he is…

Continue Reading →

Pennsylvania: Millions in state funding awarded for Jefferson County rail project

  By Katie Weidenboerner, Courier Express; March 28, 2018 HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania State Transportation Commission (STC) approved a $2.1…

Continue Reading →

Canada’s Crude-by-Rail Terminals Sit Idle as Oil Glut Grows

By Robert Tuttle, Bloomberg; March 26, 2018 Stranded Canadian crude is waiting for trains to take it to U.S. refineries.…

Continue Reading →

Rail car shortage creating backlog at British Columbia pulp mills

By Mark NIELSEN, Prince George Citizen, March 26, 2018 Local pulp mills are having trouble getting enough rail cars to…

Continue Reading →

CN Rail’s recently departed chief executive earned $12.3 million in 2017

By The Canadian Press, The Chronicle Herald; March 26, 2018 MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway Co.’s former chief executive received…

Continue Reading →

Interim CN chief stays bullish and invests in equipment and staff, but is it enough?

By Ian Putzger in Toronto, The Loadstar; March 22, 2018 Is Canadian National (CN) rolling out of its winter of…

Continue Reading →

Canada: There’s a way to relieve farmers of the railroad backlog, but Ottawa’s ignoring it

By Mary-Jane Bennett, Special to Financial Post; March 20, 2018 Angry farm groups, apologetic railway executives and shippers looking for…

Continue Reading →

Not enough being done to reduce runaway rail cars: Canadian TSB Saskatoon report

By The Canadian Press, Calgary Herald; March 20, 2018 SASKATOON — A report into a runaway railway car that rumbled…

Continue Reading →

California: Pacific Harbor Line marks two decades of service

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; March 20, 2018 The Pacific Harbor Line (PHL) this year marks its 20th anniversary. The Anacostia…

Continue Reading →

The Daily CSX: Nashville health care giant hires former CSX president

By Joel Stinnett, Reporter, Nashville Business Journal; March 19, 2018 Change Healthcare has added a former CSX Corp. president to…

Continue Reading →

The Daily CSX: CSX has resolved its problems with service, CEO tells investors

By Mark Basch, Contributing Writer, Financial News & Daily Record; March 19, 2018 CSX Corp. freight customers had a reason…

Continue Reading →

Canadian Pacific Rail CEO Keith Creel made $20.1-million in first year in role, filing says

By Eric Atkins, The Globe And Mail; March 16, 2018 Keith Creel made $20.1-million in his first year as chief…

Continue Reading →