Rail News

A ruling Friday by the Surface Transportation Board brought a rail line to carry spent nuclear fuel

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Cross-country trains are moving again in most of the Midw

A freight train struck and killed a woman who was using a walker in a Chicago suburb on Sunday after

In a key ruling, the Surface Transportation Board said CSX Transportation is charging "unreasonably

Floods across the Midwest are causing substantial delays, said BNSF in a letter to customers. The ra

Thomas H. Kenna will take on the role of president and director general of the Panama Canal Railway

A federal judge this week issued a preliminary injunction barring a planned merger between the Unite

Swirling Midwest floods decimated traffic figures in the week ending June 21. Carloads were down 5.7

Dissident investors say they won at least two seats on the CSX board of directors, but the railroad

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- The Joint Powers Authority that manages the Intermodal Container Transfer Faci

The railroad industry's first interline shipment of motor vehicles took place April 30, when Union P

Intermodal specialty firm Pacer International revamped how it structures a key part of its business,

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.When a federal regulator calls for a mid-summer hearing o

A federal appeals court denied a request by eastern-U.S. railroad CSX Transportation to block activi

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.A proxy fight that could determine the future direction

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.The Midwest storms were so furious, and their flood damag

GE Rail Services on Thursday suspended operations at its repair shop in Waterloo, Iowa, due to flood

Union Pacific Railroad is lifting freight traffic embargoes it imposed on some mainline routes throu

The two largest U.S. railroads - Union Pacific and BNSF - warned their second-quarter earnings will

Freight traffic on U.S. rails fell 3.5 percent in the week ending June 14, according to the Associat

The Surface Transportation Board has decided to hold a July 22 hearing on railroad liability risks f

The board of American Railcar Industries unanimously appointed Dale Davies to succeed William P. Ben

Flood damages to Midwest freight operations continued to spread on June 17, even though storms eased

Canada wants CN to take as many as 12,000 wheel sets off its railcars. In an emergency safet

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.A category of railcar that keeps rain out of such divers

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Watco, the Pittsburg, Kan.-based operator of 17 short lin

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Kansas City Southern named David L. Starling to be its ne

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Jack Gerard - a leading shipper voice in taking on railro

Traffic dropped broadly on U.S. railroads in the week ending June 7, according to the Association of

Members of the United Transportation Union ratified a new national rail agreement covering wages, ru

Federal Judge Lewis A. Kaplan gave dissident hedge funds investors a victory over CSX Transportation

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Norfolk Southern took a big step toward a largely untappe

Kansas City Southern Railway named David L. Starling as its new president and chief operating office

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Norfolk Southern Railway is turning to regional short lin

Large scale economic factors are driving changes in intermodal volume, according to a national month

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.This year''s soaring commodity prices will leave a perman

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.When CSX Transportation took delivery of its first low-em

Freight traffic on U.S. railroads slipped in the last week of May. Tonnage was flat as intermodal an

Jack Gerard will be moving from his job as president and CEO of the American Chemistry Council to ta

Watco, the Pittsburg, Kan.-based private operator of short-line railroads and related companies, has