U.S. freight railroads meeting harvest season needs, say shippers on STB advisory panel

(Source: Freight Waves, October 7, 2020)

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Despite having locomotives in storage and personnel furloughed earlier this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. freight railroads have been able to bring back resources and meet the needs for rail service so far this harvest season, shippers said at a biennial meeting of the Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee (RETAC), an advisory panel to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) that includes both railroads and shippers as members.

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Thursday, October 8, 2020