North-American rail

FreightCar America, an equipment builder that specializes in coal-hauling railcars, reported improved earnings for the second quarter but pointed to “mixed signals” about the pace of econo

Railcar builder Greenbrier said it has booked orders in June and July to build another 3,700 railcars valued around $285 million.

Canadian National Railway will spend $165 million to expand a freight yard in Gary, Ind., that it uses to build general freight trains, and to relocate a locomotive repair shop to there from Chicago.<

Short line railroad owner Genesee & Wyoming signed an agreement to buy Arizona Eastern Railway from Iowa Pacific Holding for $90.1 million in cash.

Major railroads are seeing intermodal volume in July trail June peak levels by thousands of container and trailer hauls each week, amid a slowdown in boxed imports from Asia.

Railcar leasing giant GATX raised its outlook for this year on continued signs of strength in the rail freight market in North American and Europe, including higher utilization of its large equipment

Intermodal middleman Pacer International&rsquo;s profit tripled year-over-year in the second quarter despite shrinkage in top-line receipts, as the company transitions from wholesaling train space to

American Railcar Industries is seeing a big rise in orders to manufacture new units this year, with 2,200 more placed so far in July.

RailAmerica, operator of 43 small railroads in the U.S. and Canada, swung to an $8.7 million profit in the April-June quarter on continuing operations, from a $4.2 million loss a year earlier.

Intermodal service provider Hub Group&rsquo;s second quarter profit rose 49 percent year-over-year to $14.4 million, powered by a 12 percent increase in shipments loaded onto railcars.

Major railcar and barge builder Trinity Industries's soared 63 percent in the second quarter to $30 million, despite disruptions to a barge production facility in Missouri.

Canadian Pacific Railway blamed severe flood disruptions for shrinking its second-quarter profit 23 percent to about $136 million (C$128 million), by curbing revenue growth and adding costs.

Norfolk Southern Railway is increasing its dividend 7.5 percent to 43 cents a share.

Railcar fleet leasing firm CIT Rail ordered 5,000 hopper and tank cars for about $475 million, with production to be split among &ldquo;multiple manufacturers.&rdquo;

Canadian National Railway&rsquo;s second-quarter profit rose 8.2 percent before counting a charge for net deferred income tax, to $611 million (C$578 million), as it coped with weather problems from f

Some of the most up-to-date readings of the economy and detailed forecasts for where it&rsquo;s headed will appear this week and into early August, courtesy of major North American freight railroads.<

The seven largest freight railroads added 1,818 workers to their U.S. payrolls from mid-May to mid-June, the largest increase this year.

Kansas City Southern, the smallest of North America&rsquo;s Class I railroads, saw profit leap by 104 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier to $70.7 million, as it held down cost increases

Freight volume for major North American railroads fell 0.3 percent in the week ending July 16 compared to the same week a year ago, keeping business for the railroads below recent peaks for both bulk

Short line railroads surveyed by RMI&rsquo;s RailConnect report had their strongest loadings of ore for all of 2011 in the week ending July 16, an indication of increased demand from factories and met

The CEO of Union Pacific Railroad says uncertainty among rail customers about the economy&rsquo;s direction makes it hard to predict, even as he expects a freight traffic pickup in the second half of

Union Pacific Railroad reported a record profit of $785 million in the second quarter, a 10 percent year-over-year increase, as strong pricing offset modest freight traffic growth and $14 million in s

Norfolk Southern Railway in just eight days began and finished $16.2 million in upgrades to a southwestern Pennsylv

CSX Transportation expects the upcoming intermodal peak season to kick in later than last year and not last as long, but says the peak will be &ldquo;very strong.&rdquo;

Canadian National Railway will spend more than $21 million (C$20 million) this year and next to expand the sidings of a key line that connects Toronto with Winnipeg, and takes freight from the big Wes

The rail freight economy is improving, the head of CSX Transportation said, and key customer sectors such as manufacturing point toward more growth despite persistent concerns about the broad directio

Second quarter profit at CSX Transportation jumped 22 percent to $506 million on just a 3 percent rise in freight traffic from a year earlier, highlighting the eastern U.S.

Corsa Coal began sending trainloads of high-heat metallurgical coal out of its new Somerset, Pa., coal wash plant, generating export shipments for CSX Transportation.

CSX Transportation is increasing its capital spending plan for this year to $2.2 billion, up from an initial $2 billion, as it locks in more orders for new railcars to haul export coal.

Kansas City Southern is receiving a $56 million insurance payment for lost profits and property damage last year from Hurricane Alex, which hit the railroad hard when it blew into Mexico.

As freight traffic began to recover from a spring slowdown, owners of parked railcars across North America pulled 2,847 units out of storage in June, nearly reversing the number of units they idled du

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Major railroads are warning customers that shipment delays, detours and track outages from the flooding Missouri River could last weeks longer, suggesting the river will have disrupted

Greenbrier Companies, one of North America&rsquo;s major builders of freight railcars plus some barges, saw revenue soar 153 percent in its fiscal third quarter that ended May 31, mainly on the streng

CSX Transportation and Kansas City Southern, two of the seven largest freight railroads in North America, announced several executive staff changes taking place this week.

After blocking Southern California port expansion projects for seven years and forcing ports to address air emissions health risks, the Natural Resources Defense Council is turning its attention to Ca

Railroads are expanding their share of the North American freight market in non-traditional areas, with Canadian railroads becoming increasingly competitive in the U.S., eastern railroads returning to

Ocean carriers are offering a menu of new services to improve the supply chain efficiency and reduce the cost of delivering cargo from Asia to U.S.

Shipments of automobiles and other vehicles on North American railroads jumped to their highest point since mid-April in the week ending June 18, in a sign the auto industry is overcoming supply chain