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Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.-- Economic uncertainty and still-forming federal stimulu

The good thing about hitting bottom: There's nowhere to go but up. Some rail experts think that migh

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Freight railroads, intermodal companies and shippers that

Those two hedge funds that successfully fought to install four dissidents on the board that oversees

James Brunkenhoefer, the longtime top national legislative director for the railroad conductors' Uni

The Port of Vancouver will purchase 17 acres of railroad land from BNSF as part of a major rail expa

Canadian National Railway ordered 40 new high-horsepower locomotives for delivery from Electro-Motiv

In what appears to be a move to cut costs and streamline command, Kansas City Southern will shift tw

CN reached a mitigation agreement with the ninth community along the path of the Elgin, Joliet &

Rail freight traffic plunged in the week ending Dec. 6, according to numbers released Thursday by th

Leading intermodal marketer Hub Group cut its earnings projections, saying that both its "intermodal

Major U.S. freight railroads installed A. Kenneth Gradia as chairman of the National Railway Labor C

Two freight trains operated by Canadian Pacific collided before dawn Wednesday. Some of the derailed

CN reached voluntary mitigation agreements with the communities of Frankfort and Hoffman Estates, Il

Kansas City Southern upped its new five-year debt offering to $190 million from an initially announc

The State of Indiana is well-positioned to take advantage of intermodal rail development opportuniti

The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay is back before the Surface Transportation Board over that

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.The largest rail unions are celebrating after arbitrators

After a second round of stocks purchases so far this month, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway said

Kansas City Southern warned the economy and currency shifts are slicing into its financial performan

Financial service provider US 1 Industries agreed to acquire a 60-percent interest in intermodal dra

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Two major rail chemical shippers announced new layoffs an

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.It''s beginning to look a lot like Christmas for Canadian

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.The good thing about hitting bottom: There''s nowhere to

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway bought 3.26 million more shares of BNSF Railway's parent corpora

Freight traffic on U.S. railroads during the week ending Dec. 6 plunged almost as low as the record

Hunter Harrison, president and CEO of Canadian National, said the likely future for North American r

CN is moving relentlessly toward establishing community acceptance for its plan to acquire the Elgin

TrinityRail, a division of Dallas-based Trinity Industries, will close its railcar plant in Springfi

Union Pacific Corporation elected Jose H. Villarreal, 55, to the company's board of directors, effec

CN agreed to address municipal concerns of the City of Chicago Heights, Ill., and the Village of Mun

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Even as major U.S. railroads posted a rare, and misleadin

Railcar maker Wabtec completed the acquisition of rail equipment supplier Standard Car Truck for app

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay is getting a cl

Pa. Gov. Edward G. Rendell on Dec. 5 announced his support for creating a state-of-the-art, double-s

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.The Surface Transportation Board reopened proceedings und

The third in a growing string of communities agreed to a mitigation plan proposed by CN as the railr

A conductor on a Union Pacific train died Wednesday evening in a collision with a tractor-trailer ea

Traffic on U.S. railroads fell sharply in November, according to a report from the Association of Am

CN and Amtrak reached an agreement that will allow the passenger line continued access to track near