North-American rail

Caught between pressure from captive shippers and strong opposition from railroads, industry regulators chose Friday to delay making any decision on whether to impose more competitive switching rules.

Activist hedge fund investor William Ackman’s plan for boosting the value of his stake in Canadian Pacific Railway does not include selling off the second-largest carrier in Canada, Ackman told

The U.S. agency that regulates economic issues between railroads and shippers says Union Pacific Railroad was the only major carrier that pulled in sufficient revenue in 2010.

Propelled by surging rail equipment demand, railcar and barge maker Greenbrier Companies saw profit jump 64 percent to $12.6 million in the fiscal fourth quarter ending Aug. 31.

BNSF Railway foresees a slow economic recovery and doesn’t expect its freight volume to return to pre-recession peaks until about 2013, a top executive said.

Freightcar America said growing demand for railcars more than doubled revenue to $130.1 million, but the equipment manufacturer said the impact of weather and light maintenance dragged the company to

Genesee & Wyoming&rsquo;s net profit jumped 32.6 percent to $32.9 million in the third quarter, as the <

A private equity firm&rsquo;s new minority stake in Canadian Pacific Railway is triggering suggestions of a large reorganization and even a potential outright sale of Canada&rsquo;s second-largest rai

RailAmerica, operator of 43 small railroads in the U.S.

The railroad industry expects to keep hauling more freight in the months ahead, but the profits should remain strong whether the freight demand grows or not.

Norfolk Southern Railway saw third quarter profit jump 24 percent to $554 million, with a solid 3.3 percent growth in volume, and the Eastern railroad said growth is continuing despite widespread conc

Trinity Industries, North America&rsquo;s largest railcar manufacturer and builder of barges, wind towers and steel construction supports, saw third-quarter profit and revenue leap at its railcar buil

The board of directors at Canadian National Railway authorized the company to buy back up to

Canadian National Railway&rsquo;s profit rose 19 percent to $648 million in the third quarter from a year ago

Third-quarter profit fell 5.3 percent at Canadian Pacific Railway to $184 million, as it lost 10.1 percent of intermodal traffic from a year earlier while battling extreme weather disruptions.

Truck manufacturer Paccar reported the highest quarterly revenue in its history as U.S. truck operators raced to replace aging heavy trucks with newer models.

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The two Class 1 railroads serving the ports of Virginia are playing musical chairs. When the music stops, the big winner will be the Virginia Port Authority.

Record third quarter freight traffic and record revenue pushed Kansas City Southern&rsquo;s profit up 99 percent from a year earlier to $99.8 million.

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North America&rsquo;s freight railroads aren&rsquo;t burning up the tracks with surging peak-season traffic, but they&rsquo;re still posting moderate gains in volume compared to last year.

Railcar leasing giant GATX saw profit in its rail segment soar 93 percent in the third quarter to $63 million, largely due to increases in pricing and fleet utilization.

The National Resources Defense Council filed suit this week against the Union Pacific and BNSF railroads to require the c

Third-quarter profit at Union Pacific, North America&rsquo;s largest railroad, rose 16 percent to $904 million despite slim volume growth in what its CEO called an &ldquo;uncertain&rdquo; economy.

GE Transportation will spend $231 million to upgrade two factories to meet North American and foreign demand for locomotives, mining equipment and other products including marine engines.

CSX Transportation looks for the U.S. economy and its rail freight traffic to keep growing &ldquo;at a modest rate&rdquo; in the next few quarters, said Michael Ward, its chairman and CEO.

CSX Transportation saw its profit rise 12 percent to $464 million in the third quarter, as revenue increased 11 percent from a year earlier to nearly $3 billion while freight volume edged up just 1 pe

U.S. job growth nearly came to a halt at the seven largest freight railroads from mid-August to mid-September, a period when weekly rail traffic was running slightly ahead of 2010 levels.

U.S. agriculture industry officials are stepping up efforts to restore barley exports to Japan after a steep and rapid downturn in shipments in recent years.

Port planner John Vickerman sees the expanded Panama Canal's effect on U.S. trade shaking out in either of two ways.

Canadian Pacific Railway is partnering with truck and logistics provider Contrans by using collapsible containers to convert some flatbed-type shipments to double-stack rail intermodal service.

Maersk Line and CSX Transportation signed a contract for the railroad to haul the Danish ocean carrier&rsquo;s discretionary cargo from APM terminal in Portsmouth, Va., to the Midwest.

President Obama stepped into a simmering dispute between rail unions and most major railroads Oct.

North America&rsquo;s major freight railroads hauled 2.1 percent more intermodal traffic than a year earlier in the week ending Oct. 8, while bulk carload traffic grew 3.3 percent.

The Virginia Port Authority is expanding its market for discretionary container shipments into the Southeast and the Midwest through two new rail services.

North American intermodal traffic is hitting all-time weekly highs but the biggest railroads are raising caution flags about how the freight business will fare in coming months.

The rail peak season is under way for intermodal and some other cargoes, and the heads of major railroads have been preparing for months.

A recession forecast from the Economic Research Cycle Institute could point to a slump in rail freight volumes in coming months based on past correlations, says analyst Matthew Troy of Susquehanna Int

With cargo volumes moving through the Alameda Corridor in Southern California still recovering from the 2008-09 recession, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have been called upon to cover the co