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Union Pacific Railroad has pulled out of its partnership arrangement with Hutchison Port Holdings, c

Amid the continuing shift from trailers to containers, overall domestic intermodal traffic declined

Fortress Investment Group, an asset manager with more than $35 billion in assets, secured an agreeme

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.After a tough first three months for rail freight traffic

This year's freight slowdown has left carriers hurting, but they're not the only ones. Intermodal eq

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.They are much different in size and their first-quarter p

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.While labor disputes have been the biggest news lately co

On Monday BNSF Railway Co. said it deployed liquefied natural gas hostler trucks to move containers

Revenue at Concord, Calif.-based intermodal and logistics provider Pacer International dipped slight

Dallas-based railcar manufacturer Trinity Industries boosted profit and increased its backlog to the

Carload and intermodal freight on U.S. railroads suffered in week 17 and the month of April from wea

Railcar builder Greenbrier, which lost $6.1 million in its second quarter ending Feb. 28, launched a

Union Pacific Railroad and Norfolk Southern Railway on May 21 will launch an expedited service for d

Edward Hamberger, president and CEO of the Association of American Railroads, will be the luncheon s

Canadian National Railway wants to generate new business by serving the growing demand for alternati

Cost controls and a new product mix enhanced profits and sales at Chicago-based FreightCar America,

Short line and regional freight railroad operator Genesee & Wyoming battled declining freight vo

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.In a $2.4 billion deal, private equity funds of the Fortr

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Canada''s government put an end to one railroad strike at

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.A 35 percent first-quarter profit gain at Hub Group - an

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.After a second close-up review by the Federal Railroad Ad

Kathryn McQuade will join Canadian Pacific as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer,

North American railroads took in more money per load in the first quarter, even as they hauled fewer

Railcar provider GATX earned net profit of $34.9 million on revenue of $274.9 million in the first q

Canadian National Railway promoted Jim Vena to senior vice-president, Eastern Region. Vena replaces

April is turning out to be a chilly month for rail freight traffic, as major U.S. carriers reported

Kansas City Southern increased revenue 6 percent to $411.3 million in the first quarter due to stron

Norfolk Southern earned less in the first quarter of 2007 as revenues and volumes of major commoditi

Keeping costs down raised net income at Canadian Pacific from $108.8 million in the first quarter a

A conductors' strike, severe winter weather and natural disasters combined to slice 10 percent off n

Flat volume didn't hold back revenue as yield increased in the first quarter giving Burlington North

Tanker carloads of chlorine and other hazardous materials are becoming something of a hot potato amo

Canadian National Railway on Friday shut down freight operations on its Toronto-Montreal corridor af

Completing a federal rule on intermodal container chassis safety isn't proving as easy as switching

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.A bargaining process that Canadian National Railway''s pr

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Tanker carloads of chlorine and other hazardous materials

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.CSX profits were off track in the first quarter.T

When the cross-country rail system connected at Promontory, Utah, in 1869, the two railroads that ra

Hub Group profits soared 25 percent in the first quarter on the wings of yield enhancement, improved

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