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November 7, 2019 | Freight

AAR calls for “sensible actions” to halt US rail freight decline

UNITED States’ rail freight traffic fell by 4.4% during the first 10 months of 2019 to 22.81 million wagonloads and intermodal units compared with the same period of 2018.

November 4, 2019 | Freight

Union Pacific: on the rail road to ATO

Enhanced energy management systems, smart end-of-train devices, and moving block signalling are all under development at United States Class 1 railway Union Pacific as it embarks on a journey to autonomous operation. With the threat from automated trucking ever more apparent, UP presented its current work and thinking at Railway Interchange in Minneapolis. Kevin Smith was in the audience.

December 5, 2018 | Policy

AAR calls for pro-innovation approach to rail freight automation regulations

THE Association of American Railroads (AAR) filed comments with the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) on November 3, calling on the agency to extend the same pro-innovation approach to private freight railroads that is afforded to highway vehicles when preparing regulations on automation.

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