New York Will Require 2-Person Freight Train Crews
Class I and II railroads that operate in New York will be required to have at least two crew members when running a freight train.
This bill goes into effect 30 days after being signed into law – per Freightwaves – which was signed on December 8th by the New York Governor.
The only other states to sign a train crew size bill into law are Ohio and Kansas.
South Carolina Ports Investing More In Rail to Support Growth
The South Carolina ports are further expanding their rail capabilities to support the growth in the Southeast.
Construction is currently underway at the Navy Base Intermodal Facility, which will help improve the speed of goods to market, enhance port capacity and service when it opens in July 2025.
The facility will serve both Norfolk Southern and CSX which will create a direct connection between the South Carolina ports’ port terminals in Charleston and rail-served inland ports in Greer and Dillion.
Weekly Rail Traffic for the Week Ending December 9th, 2023:
- For this most recent week, overall U.S. weekly rail traffic was 499,094 carloads and intermodal units, up 1.7 percent compared to last year – per AAR data.
- U.S. intermodal volume was 269,670 containers and trailers – up 5.5 percent compared to last year.
- Motor vehicles and parts, chemicals, and metallic ores and metals all saw increases. While coal, non-metallic minerals, and grain all saw decreases this same week last year.
- North American rail volume for the first 49 weeks of this year was 32,202,281 carloads and intermodal units – down 2.8 percent compared to last year.
Check out our November Rail Round up, here.
You can check out other rail news from previous weeks, here.
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