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NEW YORK CITY — Considered a stopgap a few years ago for declining U.S. coal production and its effects on transportation providers, the export market — especially that in Europe — is fading. Lower natural gas prices are hastening European conversion of power generation away from coal, says an analysis released by investment bank Morgan […]
EDMOND, Okla. — Police in Edmond have cited BNSF Railway under a new state law allowing tickets and fines for blocking a grade crossing. KOKH-TV reports that police issued two tickets under the law which allows fines of $1,000 for blocking a crossing for more than 10 minutes. Exceptions are allowed for emergencies, waiting for another […]
Port of Savannah Georgia Ports Authority SAVANNAH, Ga. — Rail intermodal is credited for record Port of Savannah container volume for its fiscal year ending June 30. The port moved 4.5 million 20-foot equivalent container units in fiscal 2019, a 7.3% increase, port officials say. Terminal employees “and our two Class I rail providers — […]
Coal miners form a human blockade to keep a loaded CSX train from leaving the bankrupt coal mine which still owes the miners thousands of dollars in unpaid wages. Photo courtesy WYMT-TV CUMBERLAND, Ky. — Out-of-work and unpaid Eastern Kentucky coal miners, reeling from the bankruptcy of their employer and the closure of their mine, […]
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PRICHARD, W.Va. — After three and a half years, West Virginia wants out of its Heartland Intermodal Gateway in Wayne County. The West Virginia Port Authority board has authorized negotiating short-term leasing of the 100-acre facility with the intent of selling it at auction within a year, according to Transport Topics. Once touted as a […]
ALTOONA, Pa. — For the second time in three weeks, Norfolk Southern has had a minor derailment at the landmark Horseshoe Curve. This one, at about 4 p.m. on Friday, July 26, involved six cars, all empties, on a westbound freight. The cars remained upright after leaving the track, the Altoona Mirror reports. There were […]
NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern’s new TOP21 operating plan, which went into effect systemwide on July 1, has overhauled the way the railroad moves nearly all of its merchandise and automotive traffic. The operational changes mean traffic is moving faster and more dependably, all while reducing costs by permitting NS to use fewer locomotives and […]
Western New York & Pennsylvania No. 6002 is former CSX No. 5009. Carl Belke No. 6002 is ready to ship from its overhaul site in Arkansas to New York. Carl Belke OLEAN, N.Y. — Now we know what the big Montreal diesel vanquishers on the Western New York & Pennsylvania look like. WNY&P No. 6002, […]
Union Pacific SD70ACe No. 4141 letter for former President George H. W. Bush led Bush’s funeral train from Houston to College Station, Texas, in Dec. 2018. 18345-3 Bradley Bates Q: Painting locomotives is expensive. I’m curious to know why railroads would spend this kind of money painting heritage units? — David Berg, Minneapolis, Minn. A: […]
New York to Miami Silver Star train No. 91 was operating on track warrants and verbal communication with CSX Transportation dispatchers when it crashed into a parked CSX autorack train about 2:27 a.m. on Feb. 4, 2018, at Cayce, S.C. Jonathan Hinely WASHINGTON — Human error combined with inadequate attention to safety risk led to […]
Railroad Performance Measures website home page WASHINGTON — The Association of American Railroads pulled the plug on the Railroad Performance Measures website this month, saying it has outlived its usefulness. The railroadpm.org website — which reported weekly Class I figures for terminal dwell, average train speed, and cars online — was an outgrowth of the […]
