Rail News

Ron Widdows is on a mission, one he hopes is not impossible. The chief executive of APL Ltd. is tryi

Intermodal loads for U.S. railroads during the week ending Nov. 12 rose 6.4 percent year-on-year to

Canadian Pacific Railway's recent line sale to Indiana Rail Road may have been one of the last piece

Food and agriculture products company Cargill took the railroads and the transportation industry to

Norfolk Southern's strong operating and financial performance earned an upgrade from a major credit

James R. Young will take over as Union Pacific CEO, chairman and president on Jan. 1, 2006, followin

The Federal Railroad Administration and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway are testing new technol

Increased traffic volume will help Canadian Pacific Railway post a spike in revenue next year, the c

Canadian National Railway and the United Transportation Union reached an eight-year tentative labor

Until a couple weeks ago, the intermodal shipping industry was convinced that it would make it throu

Kevin Schieffer is gambling that a $2.5 billion federal loan will break a financial bottleneck and a

Relative quiet at Western ports may be masking service problems at inland intermodal terminals, with

Intermodal Association of North America President Joni Casey says insufficient freight funding in th

Freight traffic on Class 1 railroads grew 3.4 percent last week on renewed growth in coal and grain

Amtrak fired its president, David Gunn, Nov. 9, saying the passenger rail service needed to intensif

Trailer Bridge more than doubled operating income in the third quarter. In spite of rising fuel cost

Railcar builder Greenbrier said net earning reached $10.6 million in its fourth quarter, a 33 percen

Canadian Pacific Railway has appointed Fred Green as president, succeeding Rob Ritchie. Ritc

New results from the nation's Class 1 railroads suggest that the howls of shipper protests over rail

The Dakota Minnesota & Eastern Railroad has applied for a $2.5 billion federal loan that DM&

Kansas City Southern posted a profit in the third quarter following the impact of a tax settlement w

Intermodal growth in North America accelerated in the third quarter, increasing 5.6 percent over las

Economically sensitive traffic depressed overall U.S rail traffic for the week ending Oct. 29, accor

Rail equipment manufacturer Wabtec said third quarter per-share earnings increased 55 percent compar

RailAmerica earned $7.7 million in profits in the third quarter of 2005 compared to a loss of $30.6

Pacer International increased profits by 29 percent in the third quarter as a result of growth in bo

North America's Class 1 railroads say they are not recovering the full costs of rising diesel prices

Most transportation stakeholders agree that deregulation saved a railroad industry drowning in a sea

North America's Class 1 railroads say they are not recovering the full costs of rising diesel prices

Hurricane Wilma shut down the Rail Industry Safety & Operations Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl

Union Pacific Railroad increased profits by 83 percent in the third quarter despite the effects of t

Rail freight volumes increased 3.5 percent year-over-year for the week ending Oct. 22 driven by inte

Norfolk Southern generated a record $301 million in profits in the third quarter while moving a reco

CSX generated profits of $164 million on revenues of $2.1 billion in the third quarter due to contin

BNSF Railway reported record quarterly profits of $414 million in the third quarter as demand for ra

Canadian National Railway is opting out of the Association of American Railroads' new standardized p

U.S. railroads will have 30 days to fix misaligned track switches, which have been blamed for severa

Hub Group reported Thursday record net income for the quarter ended September 30 of $9.6 million, a

Canadian National Railway profits surged 19 percent in the third quarter despite derailment setbacks

A recent rail car chemical leak will cost one of the nation's largest short line operators millions