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Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.Norfolk Southern Railway and short line operator Watco ha

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.The railcar manufacturing industry is starting 2009 in tr

Across the rail freight industry, the only business piling up is debris from a worsening economic cr

BNSF Railway is offering an express international container service from the ports of Seattle and Ta

The Surface Transportation Board issued a decision Jan. 16 denying petitions to stay its decision ap

The freight railroad industry praised the Department of Transportation for adopting standards develo

Major U.S. rail operations shed nearly 3,000 workers in November from the same point in 2007, contin

As 2009 gets under way, major railroads across North America see traffic still plunging, continuing

Production cuts by some top paper and cardboard companies, and the possible bankruptcy of one, is fu

Genesee & Wyoming bought four short lines during 2008 and pumped up its traffic figures at the e

BNSF Railway sent maintenance crews last week to replace rail, ties and ballast in Alabama and Texas

CSX told investors it will report fourth-quarter earnings lower than Wall Street expected, largely f

Pacer International appointed James K. Commiskey vice president, business development-automotive, fo

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.Now that Canadian National Railway has the approval it ha

Just days ago, CSX announced that it was launching a strategic review of The Greenbrier -- its aging

Rail freight is starting 2009 with momentum in the wrong direction.Railcars loaded with bulk

Railroad operator CSX moved closer to collecting $11 million from two hedge funds that successfully

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.Kansas City Southern is pushing toward a new crossborder

Union Pacific will furlough approximately 230 people in North Platte, Neb. Workers got word

Rapidly shrinking freight demand pushed railcar manufacturer Greenbrier into a loss of $3.3 million

A sharp downturn in the final week, month and quarter brought an end to the worst year for U.S. rail

Major coal producer Peabody Energy is cutting its production targets for coal both in the United Sta

Two big rail freight shippers, aluminum maker Alcoa and Dow Chemical, unveiled new cuts or said they

Effective Jan. 1, Donald C. Orris stepped down from his role as interim president, intermodal segmen

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.The economy is starting to hit railroads and intermodal m

Supply chain technology firm CaseStack named industry veteran Frank R. Kline to its board of directo

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.The worst thing about the negative rail freight numbers b

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.Even as rail freight traffic is shrinking at ever-increas

Copyright 2009, Traffic World, Inc.The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay is back before

CSX, best known for running one of the two largest freight railroads in the eastern United Sta

Conceding that its current system for computing railroad costs may be obscuring how much carriers ac

Kansas City Southern filed an application Dec. 30 at the State Department for a presidential permit

Greg Stefflre, the CEO of intermodal trucking firm Rail Delivery Services, was elected 2009 chairman

Kent P. Shoemaker, 74, died on Dec. 21 of Parkinson's disease at the Breck Homes, Bloomington, Minn.

Train robbers attacked a freight train operated by Kansas City Southern in Mexico. According

The bottom fell out of U.S. rail freight volume in the week ending Dec. 20. Lack of a Christmas peak

Canadian National Railway can go ahead and finish its purchase of the Chicago-area short line Elgin

Today CSX Intermodal announced that it is further expanding its services in Florida with a wider arr

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