Agricultural shippers provided mixed reviews of the nation’s largest railroads in the sixth annual Soy Transportation Coalition Railroad Report Card.  Coalition Executive Director Mike Steenhoek says while rail service is improved from the crisis in 2014, there are still some problem areas.

He says for the fourth time the agricultural shippers rated Union Pacific Railroad as the top performing railroad for on time performance, customer service and costs.  The most improved railroad was Burlington Northern Santa Fe, increasing its’ overall score by 26-percent from the previous year.

Steenhoek says the lowest rated rail service was mainly in the eastern United States.

The survey results show the Union Pacific Railroad ranking first in eight out of the eleven questions while Canadian Pacific Railroad was the lowest performing railroad placing last in nine out of the eleven questions.