Chicago’s busiest rail yard is choking, and CSX lit the fuse

Please note: The STB has put the Belt Railway of Chicago (BRC) on notice after Clearing Yard hit record congestion. The cause traces back to a single Class I’s decision to outsource its own switching. The timing could not be worse for the UP-NS merger. There is an old railroading truism that everything in American freight eventually passes through Chicago. It is not quite literally true, but it is close enough ...