Archive for September 2020
Class I railroads eye U.S.-Mexico intermodal opportunities
(Source: Freight Waves, September 23, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The U.S. Class I railroads say they’re ready to handle any influx of business that might occur at the U.S.-Mexico border as a result of nearshoring and shifting consumer patterns. Full story: Freight Waves Monday, September 28, 2020
Read MoreNorfolk Southern to idle hump at Enola Yard
(Source: Freight Waves, September 24, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Friday will be the last day for the hump at Norfolk Southern’s Enola yard in Pennsylvania. Instead of using the hump, Norfolk Southern (NS) will sort and attach railcars to outbound trains using flat switching. Full story: Freight Waves Monday, September 28, 2020
Read More25 years later, Sunset Limited mystery still unsolved
(Source: SanTan Sun News, September 25, 2020) PHOENIX — Someone pulled 29 spikes that bound the rails to the wooden ties. They shoved one of the rails out of alignment and propped it in place with a metal bar. And they bypassed the alarm wires that run along the tracks so the engineers on the…
Read MoreUP, CEMEX agree to transport liquid carbon dioxide from Texas port
(Source: Progressive Railroading 09/25/2020) Port Freeport yesterday announced a new operational agreement between CEMEX Inc. and Union Pacific Railroad to transport liquid carbon dioxide from Freeport, Texas, to Mexico. CEMEX transloads the liquid carbon dioxide from tank trucks into rail cars while UP arranges the transport of the loaded cars to their destination in Mexico, port officials said in a…
Read MoreAAR: U.S. railroads’ intermodal volume climbs in Week 38
(Source: Progressive Railroading 09/24/2020) U.S. freight railroads hauled 521,956 carloads and intermodal units during the week ending Sept. 19, a 1.3 percent decrease compared with the same week a year ago, according to Association of American Railroads (AAR) data. Railroads moved fewer carloads during the week — 226,687 units, down 9.6 percent versus the same week in…
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