At 12:01am this morning, the work stoppage on CN and CPKC began and RailState’s network captured the immediate impact. Train movements dropped from more than 725 train on an average day to about 60 total across the network.
Overall freight volume westbound to the Port of Vancouver fell 7.4% compared to June, all driven by lower volumes on CN due to the Jasper Fire shutdown.
With CN’s main line into Alberta shut down due to the Jasper Fire, total container volume through the western Canada ports fell to 80,724 containers in July.
After the significant disruptions experienced last week, service has started to return to levels seen prior to the shutdown of CN’s main line through Jasper.
RailState shares current data on the shutdown of CN’s main line from the Jasper wildfire that has lasted for days and building a backlog that could take months to clear.
With record hot temperatures scorching the US Southwest, RailState looked into the impact on train movements at some of the hottest places in the United States.
After flooding from Tropical Storm Beryl washed out railroad tracks in Vermont, RailState captured trains moving in to repair sections of track.
RailState captured information on a couple thousand trains moving through Amarillo, TX. This snapshot is a sampling of the most common HAZMAT on those trains.
Overall freight volume westbound to the Port of Vancouver stayed flat in June (+0.2%). The biggest % changes came from Potash trains, which increased 23.3%.
RailState et la Western Canadian Shippers’ Coalition ont annoncé un financement fédéral du National Corridors Trade Fund pour un projet conjoint de visibilité ferroviaire.
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