Railroad Freight

Rail carloads, at 252,310, fell 6.1% annually, and intermodal units, at 274,424, fell 3.5%.

Rail carloads, at 238,988, slipped 5.6% compared to the same week a year ago, and intermodal units, at 230,297, were off 7.5%.

Rail carloads, at 261,194, were off 3.9% annually, and intermodal units, at 271,996, slipped 4.6%.

Rail carloads­­–at 1,264,100-were down 4.8%, or 64,406 carloads annually, and intermodal units-at 1,314,333 containers and trailers were down 6.1%, or 84,878 units, annually.

Rail carloads––at 254,434––fell 4.2%, and intermodal units––at 271,576––fell 5.6%.

A recent letter penned to leadership at the Surface Transportation Board (STB) by more than 20 rail shipper groups in the manufacturing, agriculture, and energy sectors, and some of the largest freight rail customers in the United States through the Railroad Customer Coalition (RCC), praised the STB’s Rate Reform Task Force for an April report issued by the Task Force comprised of recommendations for potential changes to the STB’s rate review processes and methodologies.

Class I railroad carrier Norfolk Southern said this week it is making significant strides on its precision scheduled railroading (PSR) initiative, entitled TOP21, which it initially announced earlier this year.

Rail carloads, at 258,641, fell 3.1%, and intermodal containers and trailers, at 270,622, fell 4.3%.

Montreal-based Class I railroad carrier CN announced late last week that it has reached an agreement to acquire the intermodal division of Calgary, Alberta-based H&R Transport Limited. H&R’s core focus is in the intermodal temperature controlled sector and is positioned as the largest refrigerated intermodal service provider in Canada, complimented with a sizeable, highly reputed, over the road refrigerated fleet throughout Canada, the USA and Mexico,

Rail carloads, at 268,559, were up 1% annually, and intermodal units, at 266,530, slipped 4.9%.

While the interminable debate between business interests and the freight railroad sector’s chief regulatory arm continues to linger, one thing remains certain: the state of proposed freight railroad competitive, or reciprocal switching remains divisive and stalled out on the tracks. That was made clear in a letter sent today to Surface Transportation Board Chairman Ann Begeman, Vice Chairman Patrick Fuchs, and Member Martin Oberman from the Washington, D.C.-based Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a Washington, D.C.-based...

STB officials said that railroads, shippers, third-party logistics providers, and other interested parties “will be invited to speak at the hearing and report their experience with demurrage and accessorial charges, including matters such as reciprocity, commercial fairness, operational and capacity issues, and effects on network fluidity.”

Rail carloads, at 242,266, fell 3.3% compared to the same week a year ago, and intermodal containers and trailers, at 277,513 units, saw a 3.4% annual gain.

Rail carloads, at 1,238,487, were up 1.7%, or 21,054 carloads, annually, and intermodal containers and trailers, at 1,316,168, rose 0.5%, or 6,008 units.

Rail carloads, at 248,397, fell 4.7% annually, and intermodal containers and trailers, at 273,089, were off 3.3% annually.