Archive for May 2020
Injured Hiker Brought to Safety Thanks to Idaho Crews
(Source: UP Online News Article 05/08/2020) Injured Hiker Brought to Safety Thanks to Idaho Crews “Something was wrong, and we couldn’t just stand on the sidelines without doing anything.” A distressed young man walking along the tracks near Owyhee Desert in southwestern Idaho caught the attention of a local Nampa, Idaho, crew consisting of Travis Campbell,…
Read MoreInfinity launches Salt Lake City-Chicago refrigerated intermodal service
(Source: Progressive Railroading 05/11/2020) Infinity Intermodal has launched a new expedited temperature-controlled intermodal service from Salt Lake City to Chicago. The three day, door-to-door service will allow Infinity to provide refrigerated intermodal transport throughout the greater Salt Lake City market, including areas of southern Idaho, company officials announced today in a press release. With the new…
Read MoreNorth American rail volumes could dip in the double digits
(Source: Freight Waves, May 10, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — In 2020, North American rail volumes could fall roughly 15% or more compared to a year ago. This projection, amidst others for deep declines in coal traffic and a shaky environment for intermodal volumes, was divulged in a report from Moody’s Investor Service, a credit ratings…
Read MoreCOVID-19 and the rail economy
(Source: Railway Age, May 8, 2020) NEW YORK — Too much ink (printer ink in the modern era) has already been spilt trying to find an angle on the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the national and global economy, the consumer, the business segments most impacted by the terrible crisis (think aerospace, restaurants, the…
Read MoreUP shuts down Cold Connect
(Source: Railway Age, May 10, 2020) NEW YORK — Union Pacific on May 8, 2020 shut down its Cold Connect service for perishables traffic from the West Coast to the East Coast. Cold Connect began in January 2017 with the acquisition from Railex of three cold storage and distribution facilities in Delano, Calif.; Wallula, Wash.;…
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