Rail News

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

The Allen Group announced that it has signed an agreement granting BNSF Railway the right to purchas

OTTAWA -- Rail operations at the Port of Vancouver were returning to normal Thursday as Canadian Nat

Union Pacific increased net profit 24 percent in the first quarter, based on record improvements in

New York City officially reactivated the Staten Island Railroad, a $75-million project restoring the

Canada's lawmakers on Tuesday passed legislation ordering striking Canadian National Railway employe

While revenue grew 4 percent, profits dipped two percent in the first quarter at eastern railroad CS

Two and a half weeks after talks ended without an agreement, Canadian Pacific and maintenance worker

The United Transportation Union representing conductors and yard workers at Canadian National Railwa

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Labor issues are continuing to loom threateningly for sev

U.S. intermodal railyards soon may resemble marine terminals in Europe, with high-speed electric cra

The freight slump that began in the housing and automotive sectors has now clearly hit the strongest

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.America''s best-known investor, Warren Buffett, has moved

Canadian National Railway and the United Transportation Union ended the week in a bitter dispute ove

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.U.S. railroads saw both their carload and intermodal volu

Negotiators from Canadian National Railway and striking members in Canada of the United Transportati

Freight traffic on U.S. railroads was down from last year during the week ended April 7, the Associa

UPS called this week for the creation of a federal Railroad Trust Fund to pay for needed capacity ex

OTTAWA -- Canadian National Railway on Wednesday faced new strikes by conductors and yard workers wh

A union vote count that will be released at the close of the business day on April 10 could allow a

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.In a major disruption to one of the nation''s principal r

Pacer International, the non-asset based North America third-party logistics and freight transportat

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.After battling severe weather disruptions, working throug

Berkshire Hathaway, the investment firm controlled by Warren Buffett, substantially added to its inv

At a time when the U.S. coal market has cooled and prices are falling rapidly, Western carrier Union

Canadian National Railway launched a logistics unit April 9 to increase its rail business through ma

Maersk Line earned $1.3 billion in 2005 and lost $568 million last year. The world's largest contain

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Illustrating the close ties between freight railroads and

Illustrating the close ties between freight railroads and industrial shippers, Norfolk Southern said

Both carload and intermodal numbers were down on U.S. railroads last month, the Association of Ameri

Norfolk Southern, the fourth-largest U.S. railroad, joined a growing list of freight companies to wa

The Greenbrier Companies, railcar manufacturer based in Lake Oswego, Ore., lost money in its most re

Intermodal transportation giant Pacer International is reducing expectations for the first quarter b

In a major disruption to one of the nation's principal rail cargoes, a series of powerful winter sto

For the year ended Dec. 31, 2006, Canadian Pacific earned C$796.3 million (US$689 million) on revenu

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.A "focused inspection" of CSX Transportation''s system in

Shippers and carriers acknowledge that U.S. port and intermodal transportation infrastructure is in

Lance Dvorak had a problem. As purchasing manager for BSI Door Hardware, he was worried about gettin

For the princely sum of C$20 million (US$17.3 million), Canadian National Railway is building a tran

NTSB Report:? Synopsis of the Report from NTSB? Video of Board MeetingThe 2005 head-