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Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.In what may be early signs that a long intermodal slump c

A group of Iowa short line railroads is still trying to rebuild from devastating June floods, and lo

Wabtec appointed a pair of executives to its freight and transit units. The provider of tech

North America's two largest container ports - the freight docks of Los Angeles and the adjacent Long

Carloads and intermodal freight slumped during the week ending Aug. 9, according to the Association

New England short line Providence and Worcester Railroad said net income from its 545-mile line fell

Union Pacific on Monday shifted a number of senior management personnel in its operating and labor r

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.The board that oversees CSX Transportation now has two di

Some shippers have few illusions about what the nation's freight railroads are after as they seek to

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.The top U.S. railroads expanded freight profits by double

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Canadian National Railway is claiming a victory of sorts

American Railcar Industries' profit shrank $4.8 million or nearly 44 percent to $6.2 million in the

Intermodal container traffic fell off 3.2 percent last week, making progress for U.S. rail traffic d

Canadian National Railway said it will seek "legal relief" to spur a slow-moving Surface Transportat

Despite a lagging economy and a sustained contraction in import volumes, domestic intermodal volume

BNSF Railway said that starting early next year it will replace its longstanding percentage fuel sur

Earnings at third party logistics provider Pacer International overcame serious obstacles in the sec

Kansas City Southern appointed John S. Jacobsen vice president of engineering, effective August 1. H

With three acquisitions contributing and solid price increases on freight, Genesee & Wyoming rev

Genesee & Wyoming, which already runs 52 short line railroads mainly in the United States, plans

FreightCar America lost $900 thousand in the second quarter due to sharp material cost increases.

CSX said all four hedge fund-backed minority directors who won seats in a June 25 board election for

Leading railcar builder Trinity Industries saw net income rise 25 percent to $85.6 million in the Ap

With rail rate hikes and a new Mexican intermodal port cranking up, Kansas City Southern's second-qu

Rail traffic declined in the week ending July 26, the Association of American Railroads reported Thu

A challenge to Union Pacific Railroad's fuel surcharges by the Dairyland Power Cooperative will cont

Canadian National Railway claimed a victory of sorts when the Surface Transportation Board released

CSX Transportation named Mike Smith vice president for network operations, replacing Jim Snyder, who

The board that governs CSX Transportation has officially taken on three new members, as the company

A top debt rating agency, Standard & Poor's, lowered its outlook but did not drop its rating for

The rail freight industry this week will intensify its lobbying efforts for legislation that would s

Norfolk Southern will file a formal petition for reconsideration and modification of a determination

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.CSX Transportation''s summer days have been anything but

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.The two giant rail operations out of Canada, Canadian Nat

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.The Virginia Port Authority is buying low-emission yard l

CSX Transportation and the hedge funds leading a shareholder revolt are still fighting over two of f

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Rail unions started to worry after a joint venture plan b

BNSF Railway's profit fell 19 percent to $350 million in the second quarter. The company said its ea

Double-digit growth in grain shipments and heavy coal volume offset declines in intermodal and most

Union Pacific Railroad was one of the hardest-hit railroads by the June Midwest floods, but that was