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The Canadian government said it will “vigorously defend” its trade policies and infrastructure investments against any of the findings of a Federal Maritime Commission study looking into t

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood cleared a $196.5 million grant for Michigan to spend on track upgrades, the first part of a nearly $350 million federal investment in a east-west track segment now

BNSF Railway says by the time it has finished with historic flooding along the Missouri River and elsewhere this year, it expects the tab to be “about $375 million.”

The Federal Maritime Commission, jumping into a dispute over the shift of imported containers from the United States to Canada, voted Wednesday to launch an inquiry over whether the U.S.

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Federal regulators are opening a public proceeding on whether the premium Berkshire Hathaway paid in 2010 to buy BNSF Railway should be deducted from the valuation base that shapes the carrier’s

The Department of Transportation’s finalization of a grant this week for rail work near Wilmington, Del., sets the state for improvements to freight and passenger train operations in that state

BNSF Railway’s proposed $500 million near-dock intermodal terminal in Los Angeles-Long Beach will take up up to 1.5 million trucks a year off congested roads and freeways, according to a environ

Amtrak, CSX Transportation and other freight railroads in New York state will benefit after state officials got clearance from the Department of Transportation to spend $149.3 million in federal grant

Coal producer Alliance Resource Partners’s up to $525 million investment in a Southern Illinois mine being will generate shipments of 6 to 6.5 million tons annually

Intermodal traffic on major North American railroads hit its highest weekly volume so far this year in the week ending Sept.

The Port of Vancouver, Wash., can now tap into $15 million of intercity passenger rail funds to help build a new freight rail route to the dock area, after Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood finalize

The stock prices of several major railroads and railcar suppliers tumbled substantially more than the overall market did on Wednesday, after two big coal producers announced plans to cut back.

Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Richard A. Lidinsky Jr. plans to ask the agency at its Oct.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood released $82.7 million for track and signal improvements in New England, across a region where freight and passenger lines often share the same corridor.

The seven largest railroads added a combined 1,191 workers to their U.S.

There’s no sign in rail freight trends that the U.S. economy may be tumbling into another recession.

Railcar manufacturer Greenbrier and American Railcar Industries continue to see strong demand to build new units, in what they say is an equipment market cycle that should keep growing for several yea

The rail freight market has strengthened further in the first two weeks of September for Kansas City Southern, after a strong August performance, said the company’s chief financial officer.

Port and freight rail projects for short lines in Maryland, California, Connecticut and Florida were among eight grant winners for $19.4 million from the Department of Transportation’s rail relo

Owners of railcars across North America pulled 5,539 units of various types out of storage during August, shrinking the idled fleet to its lowest level since the 2008-2009 recession.

Union Pacific Railway said international intermodal volume has been recently weak, but customers expect to compress the peak season for boxed loads into September and October.

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It’s a tale of two railroads, both operating through some of the worst of times in terms of nature’s wrath, but coming through in vastly different shape.

North America’s rail networks began September trying to dry out.

Tropical Storm Lee has spread flooding up the mid-Atlantic region and into the Northeast, disrupting freight rail operations in several states, after swamping track operations around the Gulf of Mexic

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Bulk freight shipments on major North American railroads rose 1.4 percent last week to the highest level since April 2, with gains across a wide range of cargoes.

ILWU protestors clash with police near a controversial grain terminal in Longview, Wash.

A cooling-off period that starts today could soon lead to presidential intervention in contract disputes between 11 national rail unions and the largest U.S.

Hurricane Irene cost the CSX about $10 million to $15 million in damage and lost business but the railroad expects to make up some of the losses, an executive said.

Wal-Mart is “guardedly optimistic” about the rest of 2011 but sees a trend toward a “flatter” peak season for holiday shipments, said Kelly Abney, the retailer’s vice pre

Rail service has slipped because of bad weather and cost-cutting that have left railroads without enough train crews to operate trains or switch railcars frequently, shippers told an investment bank c

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union vowed to maintain its pickets at a newly built grain terminal in Longview, Wash., despite a temporary restraining order issued by a federal judge in Tac

BNSF Railway Chairman and CEO Matt Rose believes the best way to get U.S.

Class 8 truck orders rebounded in August, despite dire predictions for the U.S. economy, according to preliminary figures from two research groups.

The freight rail industry is fighting a regulation that allows the federal government to fine Class I carriers if Amtrak-provided data shows the railroads caused delays in passenger service.

The Department of Transportation is finally prepared to release $34 million in grant funds it announced last October, so that freight rail giants BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad can proceed on

Short line and regional railroads saw total shipments rise 3.4 percent in the final week of August, with gains across various cargoes linked to industrial demand.