Carloads, intermodal up ahead of tariffs
Written by Railway Age StaffRail traffic moved smartly ahead the first week of July as shippers secured orders before President Trump’s tariffs take full effect.
Rail traffic moved smartly ahead the first week of July as shippers secured orders before President Trump’s tariffs take full effect.
![“Thanks to Secretary Pete [Buttigieg], USDOT, the Federal Railroad Administration and all our partners for making the S-Line passenger rail a reality!!” NCDOT Secretary Joey Hopkins said in a July 1 LinkedIn post. “Thanks to the hard work of our NCDOT team we broke ground on the first construction project in the Raleigh to Wake Forest segment, a $19M project to grade separate Durant Road 7 months after the grant announcement!!” (Photograph Courtesy of Joey Hopkins)](https://www.railwayage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/slinelead-315x168.png)
