Rail News

Union Pacific Railroad posted record revenue and operating income in the third quarter of $4 billion

Two new agreements this week will give Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway expanded intermodal capa

General Electric named veteran fuel engineer and manager Jay Wileman as president and CEO of GE Equi

Commercial and consumer finance company CIT Rail acquired Bombardier's rail car leasing business ass

CSX profits surged 36 percent in the third quarter compared with the same period a year ago on stron

If the Surface Transportation Board's response to one report taking a critical look at rail competit

Intermodal carriers want the Surface Transportation Board to withdraw a proposal that would make new

In its second major recent acquisition, transportation equipment supplier Greenbrier will buy Meridi

Freight traffic carried by North American railroads grew 5.2 percent in the week ending Oct. 7, but

BNSF Railway and CSX are starting a new intermodal service to better serve the growing intermodal ma

North American railroads are speeding up their operations, according to new service measures showing

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen accomplished in California what rail unions aro

Railway services and equipment company Global Railway Industries said Lewis Griffith is resigning as

The Surface Transportation Board is striking out in its attempt to collect fuel surcharge informatio

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Short line railroads warn the Surface Transportation Boar

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen acco

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.A recent agreement setting aside public and private mone

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Intermodal carriers want the Surface Transportation Board

A recent agreement setting aside public and private money for the first phase of the Chicago R

Short line railroads warn the Surface Transportation Board's backing of a mileage-based fuel surchar

Carload and intermodal freight jumped in September, boosted by gains in coal, grain and metals, the

Transportation management company RMI upgraded its service to include a train performance report tha

A representative from MeadWestvaco, a paper and chemicals manufacturer, became the first shipper to

Norfolk Southern amended its corporate governance guidelines to include majority voting for board me

Canadian Pacific Railway named Michael Lambert chief financial officer, the railroad said Wednesday.

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Union Pacific Railroad is tripling intermodal capacity in

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.A massive landslide on Sept. 21 outside Pittsburgh along

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.The state of Washington is adding a new train to its flee

Train conductors and engineers accustomed to fighting over technology that promises to increase rail

The board of directors for Norfolk Southern amended the company's corporate governance guidelines to

Intermodal trailer volume fell 5.7 percent in the week ending Sept. 23 in a new sign of slipping dem

American Railcar Industries entered into a pair of agreements to manufacture and sell a total of 2,4

For the week ending Sept. 16, U.S. railroads originated 257,526 trailers and containers, topping the

Intermodal and clerical workers represented by the United Steelworkers on Friday ratified a collecti

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.The Mayo Clinic contends the Federal Railroad Administrat

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Union Pacific Railroad is trolling the newly stocked labo

With concerns over railroads' ability to handle peak season freight demand waning, rail shippers app

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Boise Cascade and Watco Companies canceled the sale of Bo

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Greenbrier Companies is pushing more deeply into maintena

Union Pacific Railroad opened a major intermodal terminal in Salt Lake City. At a cost of $83 millio