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Biweekly Railroad Service Report Update – Oct ’15

  • October 2, 2015
  • by wbabler
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) published the 47th – 50th weekly service report updates for Class 1 railroads spanning data acquired through the end of Sep ’15. Overall, ethanol and grain transportation speeds remained above average levels throughout the month while weekly held cars mostly remained at below average levels. Ethanol Transportation: • Average train speeds for ethanol transportation remained above average levels during the month of September. Sep 30th ethanol train speeds of 23.0 MPH were 8.0% higher than the previous 49 week average ethanol train speeds. Weekly Average Train Speed-Ethanol - Oct • Ethanol cars held 48-120 hours continued to remain below average levels throughout the majority of September. Sep 30th ethanol cars held 48-120 hours were 13.6% below the previous 49 week average ethanol cars held 48-120 hours. Weekly Cars Held 48-120 Hours-Ethanol - Oct • Ethanol cars held longer than 120 hours also continued to remain below average levels throughout the majority of September. Sep 30th ethanol cars held longer than 120 hours were 21.9% below the previous 49 week average ethanol cars held longer than 120 hours. Weekly Cars Held Greater Than 120 Hours-Ethanol - Oct Grain Transportation: • Average train speeds for grain transportation remained at above average levels during the month of September. Sep 30th grain train speeds of 22.1 MPH were 3.1% higher than the previous 49 week average grain train speeds. Weekly Average Train Speed-Grain - Oct • Grain cars held 48-120 hours remained at below average levels throughout the month of September. Sep 30th grain cars held 48-120 hours were 21.1% below the previous 49 week average grain cars held 48-120 hours. Weekly Cars Held 48-120 Hours-Grain - Oct • Grain cars held longer than 120 hours also remained at below average levels throughout the majority of September. Sep 30th grain cars held longer than 120 hours were 30.6% below the previous 49 week average grain cars held longer than 120 hours. Weekly Cars Held Greater Than 120 Hours-Grain - Oct
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