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US railroad coal delays of two to five days drop in West, rise in East: STB

Coal shipment delays of two to five days dropped in the West but increased in the East, reports filed by the for major US railroads with the Surface Transportation Board show.

Data in EP 724 filings released Thursday for the week ending October 2 show combined coal delays of two to five days for BNSF and Union Pacific fell by 57.9% compared with the previous week.

BNSF saw a 71.5% drop in such delays to 174 carloads from 611 carloads, and delays fell by 31.4% for UP to 216 carloads from 315 carloads.

In the East, coal delays of two to five days increased week on week by 28.4% combined for CSX and Norfolk Southern.

NS saw a 48.4% increase in such delays to 2,295 carloads from 1,547 carloads, and delays were up by 17.1% for CSX to 3,193 carloads from 2,727 carloads.

Coal shipment delays of more than five days combined for the railroads increased 1.6% week over week to 1,133 total carloads.

In the East, where longer delays are more prevalent, CSX had coal delays of more than five days increase by 75.2% to 282 carloads, while such delays for Norfolk Southern fell by two carloads to 838 carloads.

source: http://www.platts.com