With the opening of an intermodal terminal in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, the Port of Virginia will service PA and Ohio by double stack trains. CSX Transportation has funded the project to connect East Coast markets to businesses in the Midwest. The Port of Virginia is the East’s leading rail port. This new terminal will increase the current rail volume of 36% significantly. Last fiscal year the port moved nearly 600,000 containers by rail.
source:transport topics/the virginian-pilot
Kansas City Southern will spend nearly $25 million to replace cross ties and repair and update crossings on tracks between Neosho, MO and Blanchard, LA. The project will enhance over 7 miles of rail and replace over 90,000 cross ties. It will also repair or replace 130 road crossings. Crews began work at the end of May. The job is expected to take four months, including projects in Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana.
Congratulations to UTLX for recently completing their 5,000th compressed gas tank car since 2010. DALKO has been proudly serving UTLX as a full service logistics partner since 2003.
Congratulations to UTLX for recently completing their 5,000th compressed gas tank car since 2010. DALKO has been proudly serving UTLX as a full service logistics partner since 2003.
The AAR reported that both carload and intermodal volume were up for week ending April 12, 2014 in the Weekly Rail Traffic report. Carload volume was up 7.2 percent compared with the same week last year, and intermodal volume was up 9.3 percent. Total U.S. rail volume for the week was up 8.2 percent compared with the same week in 2013.
U.S. carload volume for the first 15 weeks of 2014 was up 1.6 percent compared with the same point last year, and intermodal volume was up 4.8 percent. For the first 15 weeks of 2014 total U.S. rail volume was up 3.1 percent from the same point in 2013. Read More
The AAR reported that both carload and intermodal volume were up for week ending April 12, 2014 in the Weekly Rail Traffic report. Carload volume was up 7.2 percent compared with the same week last year, and intermodal volume was up 9.3 percent. Total U.S. rail volume for the week was up 8.2 percent compared with the same week in 2013.
U.S. carload volume for the first 15 weeks of 2014 was up 1.6 percent compared with the same point last year, and intermodal volume was up 4.8 percent. For the first 15 weeks of 2014 total U.S. rail volume was up 3.1 percent from the same point in 2013. Read More
According to the AAR’s Weekly Rail Traffic Report both U.S. carload and intermodal volume were up from last year for the week ending April 5, 2014. Carload volume was up 5.4 percent compared with the same week in 2013, and intermodal volume was up 12.6 percent. Total U.S. rail traffic was up 8.7 percent compared with the same week last year.
According to the AAR’s Weekly Rail Traffic Report both U.S. carload and intermodal volume were up from last year for the week ending April 5, 2014. Carload volume was up 5.4 percent compared with the same week in 2013, and intermodal volume was up 12.6 percent. Total U.S. rail traffic was up 8.7 percent compared with the same week last year.
An estimate released by the Association of American Railroads (AAR) projects that the nation’s freight railroads will spend approximately $26 billion to build, maintain and upgrade their nationwide rail network in 2014. This continues a decades-long trend of private railroad dollars being used to maintain and upgrade the nation’s freight rail network rather than tax dollars going towards it. Edward R. Hamberger, AAR President and CEO, stated the freight railroads have invested approximately $550 billion of their own money into the rail network since 1980, $115 billion of which was in the last five years alone. The freight rail infrastructure, including bridges, tunnels, tracks and facilities, are constantly being maintained and upgraded to keep up with evolving economic needs such as the increased demand for intermodal shipping. It is also estimated that freight railroads will hire more than 12,000 employees in 2014 in all areas of the industry across the nation.
An estimate released by the Association of American Railroads (AAR) projects that the nation’s freight railroads will spend approximately $26 billion to build, maintain and upgrade their nationwide rail network in 2014. This continues a decades-long trend of private railroad dollars being used to maintain and upgrade the nation’s freight rail network rather than tax dollars going towards it. Edward R. Hamberger, AAR President and CEO, stated the freight railroads have invested approximately $550 billion of their own money into the rail network since 1980, $115 billion of which was in the last five years alone. The freight rail infrastructure, including bridges, tunnels, tracks and facilities, are constantly being maintained and upgraded to keep up with evolving economic needs such as the increased demand for intermodal shipping. It is also estimated that freight railroads will hire more than 12,000 employees in 2014 in all areas of the industry across the nation.
