Most of the world reacted with outrage to the deadly surprise attack on Israel by the Islamist militant group Hamas on Saturday, as Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu declar… Read More
Rail Volumes Fall For Third Straight Month In August By Carolina Worrell of Railway Age “August was the third straight month in which total year-over-year U.S. rail carloads have falle… Read More
Canadian grain producers generally expect rail service in the 2023-2024 harvest year to meet market needs, but they’re keeping an eye on other factors that could affect rail service i… Read More
Trucking is among the most fragmented industries on the planet. Growing up, I was told that there would be massive consolidation in the trucking industry following deregulation in 1980… Read More
REED POINT, Mont. – Two months after a railroad bridge collapse despatched carloads of hazardous oil merchandise plunging into Montana’s Yellowstone River, the cleanup staff are… Read More
Rail volumes have largely returned to normal at the Canadian West Coast ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert following the summer labor strikes, although train volume overall has yet to cat… Read More
The Bluest Eye (1970) is the debut novel of author Toni Morrison. It tells the story of Pecola Breedlove and her parents, and reflects upon the familial and societal circumstances that would… Read More
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine is urging President Biden to state contented a Major Presidential Disaster Declaration implicit the catastrophic bid derailment successfu… Read More
Investment firm Cowen says reciprocal switching could have a negative financial impact on the U.S. railroad industry starting around 2025, according to a new research note.
But some s… Read More
U.S. box demand has been consistently worse than the largest box makers expected over the past three quarters — with recent declines among the steepest since the Great Financial Cr… Read More
Food trade groups spar with Sacramento over additives
At FreightWaves, we often discuss potential California laws because the state typically implements more restrictive regulations on b… Read More
While rail service has improved for agricultural and grain shippers in 2023 compared with last year, ongoing service issues warrant continued attention and regulatory action, rail shippe… Read More
Rail equipment manufacturers and rail car lessors see 2023 as a year of opportunities despite lower North American rail volumes in the first quarter. Here’s what officials said about… Read More
Union Pacific sees numerous macroeconomic headwinds in 2023. A recession is not among them, officials said during the railroad’s first-quarter 2023 earnings call.
“We do not… Read More
The amount of electricity generated in the U.S. in 2022 from renewable sources was greater than that generated from coal, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
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While the Canadian government has made inroads regarding the collection of additional freight rail data metrics and the preservation of interswitching, Transport Canada could go a few steps… Read More
CN is planning to tweak its operational plan to emphasize improving velocity and focus on finding customers in areas where there is available network capacity, executives said during the Ca… Read More
U.S. rail traffic in 2022 was generally lower than 2021 levels amid concerns about an economic recession and subpar rail service.
The U.S. operations of freight railroads handled about 2… Read More
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the convictions today in Manhattan federal court of GEORGE CONSTANTINE, a New York lawyer, and… Read More
welcome to world hour info and Friends a potentially devastating rail strike is looming over the holidays and could impact every industry in America and that includes chemical manufacturers… Read More
October record month for hauling western Canadian grain
October was the “single best month ever” for western Canadian grain movements for CN, with the railway hauling more th… Read More
Are September rail volumes an indicator of wider economic factors like an economic slowdown or not? That’s a question observers might ask as they look at this past month’s railro… Read More
On July 14, 2022, we traveled once again up to Dearborn, Michigan and spent an entire day walking around Henry Ford's Greenfield Village. This was our second trip to the village, and this t… Read More