KCS Delivers Grain Milestones
Kansas City Southern (KCS) on Dec. 2 reported setting record daily average grain carloads in November 2021, exceeding the previous record set in October 2021.
Port of Montana Completes $8MM Rail Expansion
The Port of Montana, a full-service transload, warehouse and distribution facility in Butte, celebrated the completion of an $8 million rail expansion project last month.
R.J. Corman Rebrands Transloading Business
R.J. Corman Railroad Company is rebranding its transloading business as “Transload Connect,” and has signed on RSI Logistics to market the service and serve as a third-party operator at select locations.
For NS, Changes at the Top
Norfolk Southern (NS) on Dec. 2 reported that Chairman and CEO Jim Squires will retire in May 2022; he will be succeeded by Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Alan H. Shaw, a 27-year NS veteran.
For Greenbrier, 6,200 New Railcars on Order
The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. has received orders for 6,200 new railcars valued at $670 million during its first fiscal quarter that began on Sept. 1, 2021. Also on order: rebody work for 1,400 railcars.
Finally! Hudson Tunnel Project Green-Lighted for Construction
Now all that is left is the money.
RR Mergers Advises Platinum Track Services in Its Sale to GCF
RR Mergers & Acquisitions, advisor to rail service providers, supply companies and short line railroads, announced the sale of client Platinum Track Services to GCF Railway Works.
Progress Rail PowerView: More Than Just a Black Box
Progress Rail’s Power View is a family of products that we’ve developed over the past couple of years, working closely with the rail industry. We spent a lot of time talking to our customers to try and understand what they were looking for in a next-generation locomotive event recorder. They told us they wanted the ability to synchronize data from multiple sources to obtain a complete operational view of what’s occurring on their locomotives. They were looking to synchronize all the locomotive data—PTC, audio, video, etc.—and as such we started developing this platform when PTC was being installed nationally on locomotive fleets.
PNW Railcars: ‘Only Our Name Has Changed’
Railcar leasing, maintenance and management firm MUL Railcars, Inc., has changed its trade name to PNW Railcars, Inc., effective Dec. 1.
AAR: U.S. Carload Traffic Up 7% in 2021
Of the 20 carload commodity categories the Association of American Railroads tracks, 15 have seen carload increases on U.S. Class I railroads through the first 11 months of 2021, with coal leading the way, AAR Senior Vice President John T. Gray reported on Dec. 1.