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Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.As the conductors'' union entered at least a monthlong h

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.There were plenty of clouds but not much of a silver lini

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Genesee & Wyoming on Jan. 1 completed its acquisition of

Railcar and locomotive leasing company GATX became sole supplier and part owner of a New England sho

U.S. railroads drove into a steep hole to start 2008 with carload traffic down 3.2 percent and inter

Citizens in the Barrington suburb of Chicago met Wednesday with a representative of Canadian Nationa

MONTEREY PARK, Calif. -- Intermodal volumes declined in 2007, but that did not deter railroads from

The Greenbrier Companies improved profits 37 percent in the most recent quarter, chiefly on the stre

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Rail equipment maker FreightCar America will close what i

The head of North America's largest railroad sent the Surface Transportation Board a clear warning:

The struggle between CSX Transportation's management and an activist hedge fund is shifting into a t

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.The two largest U.S. rail labor groups - the conductors''

The Federal Railroad Administration fined railroad operator CSX $349,265 after a series of inspectio

Freight traffic for North American railroads fell 2.3 percent in 2007, halting a strong expansion in

In partnership with three shippers who depend on the rail link, Canadian National Railway will acqui

Genesee & Wyoming on Jan. 1 completed its acquisition of 87.4 percent of Maryland Midland Railwa

Rail traffic in the third week of December fell 2.6 percent compared with the same week a year ago,

The Surface Transportation Board on Dec. 27 accepted for consideration an application from the Canad

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.In a year that saw rail traffic near record levels, train

Freight traffic on U.S. railroads fell dramatically during the week ending December 15 in comparison

TCI, the London-based activist hedge fund that has battled CSX Transportation's management this year

Union Pacific, the largest North American railroad, said a combination of soaring fuel costs with we

FreightCar America will close its manufacturing facility in Johnstown, Pa., the company said Wednesd

The State Transportation Commission of Pennsylvania last week approved $20 million in grants for rai

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Representatives of major North American railroads and the

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.It took major railroads several days to get tracks restor

Union Pacific Railroad is planning to build a rail yard in Arizona and to double-track a line from E

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.In a ruling that left rail executives stunned, the Surfac

Weak intermodal traffic was offset by solid improvement in commodity loadings in the first week of D

Norfolk Southern decried the regulatory decision rejecting the railroad's short line venture in Mich

Canadian Pacific Railway said weather disruptions to rail service and a slow catch-up to spiraling f

To the nation's railroads, it will take more than winter snows to make it seem like Christmas this y

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Don M. Hahs, president of the Teamsters'' Brotherhood of

In a ruling that left rail executives stunned, the Surface Transportation Board rejected a plan unde

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.President Bush will nominate Francis P. Mulvey to another

Rail customers are looking for freight rates to rise more slowly in coming months, but many are disa

GATX Corporation signed a purchase agreement to acquire 2,000 newly-manufactured tank cars from Trin

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.The story "Fast Track for CN''s Buy" (Traffic World, Dec.

In a step toward resolving long-standing labor issues, engineers and conductors represented by the T

Canada's national rail lines are reporting delays from snowslides, rockfalls and other problems caus