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GE Equipment Services, Rail Services on Tuesday launched its TMHZ trailer management program, which

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Although weak containerized imports helped cut North Amer

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.The Surface Transportation Board proposed a formula chang

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Norfolk Southern Railway may be seeing coal shipments dec

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.What rail analysts have dubbed the 2007 "freight recessio

The Surface Transportation Board proposed a formula change that could help shippers trying to curb r

Walter G. Rich, a former short line railroad executive who as chairman for the American Short Line a

The United Transportation Union, which represents conductors and some other workers and is already t

U.S. railroads loaded significantly fewer railcars and intermodal containers in the week ended Aug.

American Railcar Industries bounced back from a low point a year ago to a record second quarter this

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Pulling out the stops to renew a well-used tax credit, th

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Canadian National Railway and train conductors in the Uni

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.The slowdown in track work by North American railroads go

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Pacer International reconstructed its management team as

Traffic at short line and regional freight railroad operator Genesee & Wyoming fell 4.5 percent

Canadian National Railway and train conductors in the United Transportation Union finally reached an

The long list of rail labor union acronyms is about to get longer.More than 71 percent of Un

Traffic picked up last week on U.S. railroads after a long dry spell. Coal and other major c

Improved intermodal volumes increased Pacer International's revenue but couldn't add to operating in

Norfolk Southern Railway Co. and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen on Tuesday ann

Freight traffic on U.S. railroads, both railcars and intermodal, was off again during July, the Asso

Profits for railcar maker and lessor Trinity Industries fell 20 percent in the second quarter as the

Pacer International made some major changes in upper management in an effort to streamline operation

There was nothing Genesee & Wyoming could do this year to bring its net income into a range comp

The slowdown in track work by North American railroads got slower in June, as a big monthly drop in

During the railroad boom of the 19th century, cattlemen and farmers on the Great Plains looked to Ka

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Even in the face of declining freight volumes, flooding a

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.The private equity world''s attention to the railroad ind

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Railcar builder National Steel Car is looking beyond this

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.The U.S. rail regulator Surface Transportation Board saw

Related Story:Taking the SurveyThis is an exciting time for rail freight shippers, who s

Rail Traffic fell 2.7 percent in the week ended July 21. With some improvements in grain, chemicals

Pennsylvania state prosecutors on Thursday filed misdemeanor charges against Norfolk Southern in con

The nation's Class I railroads say strong cooperation among carriers has helped bring coal inventori

A combination of firm pricing and cost-cutting allowed Norfolk Southern to enjoy a 5 percent earning

Sales plummeted for FreightCar America, the Chicago-based manufacturer of railroad freight cars. Rev

Kansas City Southern improved its operating ratio and its bottom line with strong pricing in the sec

Canadian National on Monday reported modest profits in the first half of the year, and cut by half i

Canadian Pacific Railway had a strong second quarter with increases in revenue and volume unmatched

Higher yields pulled revenue up in the second quarter for BNSF, but soaring fuel costs cut deeply in