North-American rail

Union Pacific Railroad anticipates “slow but steady” growth in freight volume this year, driven by the industrial products sector and continued diversion of traffic from over-the-road truc

A surge of U.S.

CSX Transportation is hiring roughly 380 workers in Alabama, Maryland and Tennessee, the latest sign of the railroad industry’s strong financial health and graying work force.

Shippers challenging high rail rates will likely learn the only thing more enduring than railroads’ pricing power is federal agencies’ embrace of precedent.

U.S. intermodal rail shipments in the week ending March 24 rose 4.2 percent year-over-year and 2.3 percent from the week before, according to the Association of American Railroads.

Mexico’s rail industry is poised for growth, especially in intermodal shipments.

U.S. intermodal rail shipments in the week ending March 17 rose 2 percent year-over-year, and traffic was flat on a week-to-week basis, according to the Association of American Railroads.

Shippers on Thursday got their shot to tell the Surface Transportation Board that it’s unfair for them to pay higher rates to BNSF Railway because of the $8.1 billion premium Berkshire Hathaway

The number of North American railcars rose 0.1 percent in the last three months of 2011 compared to the previous quarter, but the deployed fleet still hasn’t recovered to pre-recession size, acc

Someone is going to emerge scarred from the bitter proxy fight between Canadian Pacific Railway management and activist investor William Ackman.

An activist investor’s campaign to drive profitability at Canadian Pacific Railroads is gaining steam, according to a recent report showing 91 percent of polled shareholders want a change in rai

Intermodal volume hauled by major U.S.

Union Pacific Railroad tapped Eric Butler as vice president of marketing and sales, succeeding Jack Koraleski, who has taken the helm of the railroad

Intermodal volume hauled by major U.S.

Canadian Pacific Railway said it would further tap the Bakken crude oil boom this summer by opening a North Dakota hub initially capable of handling 35,000 barrels daily.

James River Coal in 2012 expects to ship at least 3.3 percent more coal from the Midwest and Central Appalachia than it did last year despite many railroad analysts’ expectations that coal shipm

James Young, chairman, president and CEO of Union Pacific Corp., the largest U.S. railroad, will take a medical leave of absence for treatment of pancreatic cancer.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Wednesday awarded Kansas City Southern a $54.6 million loan to buy 30 new diesel-electric locomotives.

NOL Group renewed its contract with Union Pacific for U.S. rail transport of containerized cargo carried by APL, it liner shipping business.

C.H. Robinson Worldwide is putting 500 new intermodal containers into its U.S. shipping network as the freight broker seeks to add greater flexibility in shifting business between modes.

The government might give railroads another five years to install costly crash-avoidance technology because the industry is on track to miss its end of 2015 deadline.

Norfolk Southern Railway and CSX Transportation are expanding their eastern U.S. intermodal rail networks, with new routes, facilities and services expected this year.

Major North American railroads plan to spend some $16 billion this year on network improvements, but those projects will come with a higher cost price for shippers.

RailAmerica this week announced the acquisition of a Michigan short-line railroad, a Northeast short-line railroad and a transload operator for $58 million.

The time to switch the tracks and prevent Canadian Pacific Railway from barreling toward a proxy fight is over.

Canadian Pacific Railway saw fourth-quarter profit rise 19 percent year-over-year to $221 million, but the railroad’s operating ratio worsened as management faces pressure from an activist inves

Canadian National Railway’s profit in the fourth quarter rose 17.7 percent year-over-year to $584 million, as revenue jumped 12 percent to a record $2.3 billion on stronger pricing and freight t

Higher intermodal, coal and general merchandise volumes helped Norfolk Southern increase net profit 19 percent to $480 million in the fourth on $2.8 billion in sales.

Kansas City Southern Railway saw fourth-quarter profit skyrocketed 84.6 percent year-over-year to $95.6 million, as the railroad’s 11 percent jump in revenue set quarterly and annual records.

CSX Transportation extended its strong pricing power into the fourth quarter, giving the freight railroad a $457 million net profit to close a year that saw earnings grow strongly despite diminishing

Canadian Pacific Railway signed a 10-year agreement this week with Canpotex to haul the majority of the major potash exporter’s shipments to a terminal in Vancouver.

There’s nothing like the threat of “nuclear winter” to spur Canadian Pacific Railway to become more profitable faster than planned.

Locomotive maker GE Transportation, part of General Electric, increased revenue 45 percent in 2011 to $4.9 billion on rising demand for equipment and services.

Intermodal volume hauled by major U.S. railroads surged 7.4 percent year-over-year in the week ending Jan.

Union Pacific raised its net profit nearly 18 percent in 2011 to $3.3 billion on a 15 percent year-over-year increase in operating revenue to $19.6 billion.

Rail equipment provider GATX is showing strong confidence in the U.S.

Canadian Pacific Railway, demonstrating a drive to increase profitability while beset by a proxy war, will spend up to $1.2 billion on capital improvements over the next several years.

Trucking giant Schneider National and CSX Transportation signed a multiyear contract expanding their intermodal partnership in the Eastern U.S.

Several decades ago, U.S.

Intermodal volume for major U.S. railroads fell 9.3 percent year-over-year in the week ending Jan.