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Union Pacific Railroad is planning its first use of the new-era electronically controlled pneumatic

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.The United Transportation Union is delaying a set of inte

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.The move by activist hedge funds to install five minority

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.At its upcoming annual shareholders meeting in June, CSX

Canadian officials have launched a wide-ranging review into rates and service of the country's freig

Eastern U.S. rail giant CSX saw its net profit jump 46 percent to $351 million in the first quarter

TTX, the railroads' jointly owned company that manages a huge pool of railcars, said Chairman, Presi

Genesee & Wyoming said Tuesday that it has completed the acquisition of Rotterdam Rail Feeding f

The Surface Transportation Board set its first cost-of-capital measure using a new formula that is l

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.America''s big railroads are finding ways to cut out mill

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.TCI and 3G Capital Partners, activist hedge funds that ar

The United Transportation Union has delayed a set of internal trials that threaten the jobs of some

Rail traffic shot up significantly in the first week of April. Total volume was estimated at 34.3 bi

The Greenbrier companies earned a net profit of $1.4 million in the three months ending Feb. 28, com

Canada's Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities on Monday launched a wide-ranging stu

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.A fight within the United Transportation Union is escalat

Norfolk Southern reached an agreement with Avondale Mills to settle claims from a 2005 accident in G

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Big U.S. railroads and their shippers are locked in an im

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Citing better tax rules under the new Economic Stimulus A

The Greenbrier Companies acquired substantially all of the operating assets of Roller Bearing Indust

The board of directors of the Intermodal Transportation Institute at the University of Denver electe

TCI, one of two activist hedge funds trying to pry their way into some CSX board seats, charged in a

Canadian aircraft and railcar manufacturer Bombardier earned net income of $218 million in the fourt

Pacer International announced that as of April 1 it began offering expanded intermodal services thro

Both carload and intermodal freight were down on U.S. railroads during March, but the month ended wi

Freight rail delays cost Amtrak $137 million in 2006, according to a report from the U.S. Department

Citing better tax rules under the new Economic Stimulus Act of 2008, Norfolk Southern Railway said i

Union Pacific on Friday announced an agreement to transfer its BulkTainer intermodal service to Chem

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Canadian National Railway''s plan to buy a short line tha

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Surging intermodal exports at the big Southern California

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Don M. Hahs was removed as national president of the Brot

Canadian National Railway is facing opposition to its plan to buy a short line that would circumvent

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.The American Chemistry Council sums up its economic outlo

Short line traffic was down 0.9 percent in the week ending March 15, according to the latest RMI Rai

Freight traffic on U.S. railroads dropped significantly during the week ending March 22, partly due

Leading grain and ethanol shipper Archer Daniels Midland sued the top five U.S. railroads over how t

The Teamsters removed Don M. Hahs as national president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers a

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.After dodging plenty of blows from a hedge fund i

A freight train derailed Sunday morning in a switching yard on the South Side of Chicago, causing a

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.The CenterPoint-KCS Intermodal Center, a facility that tr