Rail News

Canada and the United States see the role of carriers differently when addressing capacity and compe

PierPass is ditching a gradual rollout of its OffPeak congestion mitigation program and will instead

The Alaska Railroad will receive $24.8 million in grants from the Federal Railroad Administration fo

Weekly rail traffic is growing again after two weeks of declining numbers as a result of derailments

James R. Young is bucking tradition. The president and chief operating officer of Union Pacific Rail

The end of the Cold War wasn't good news for everyone. The demise of Communism in the Soviet Union p

The impact of the Surface Transportation Board's first "small-case" rate complaint may reach shipper

A key shipper group wants to stay out of the debate over legislation that rail shippers say is neede

Here are the top two ways that shippers can get on the good side of their rail carrier -- according

Two separate train derailments occurred over the weekend of May 14-15 in Converse County, Wyo., snar

BNSF Railway wants the Surface Transportation Board to put a damper on shippers infuriated by its pl

Shippers claim a "trailer transition" plan BNSF Railway began enforcing May 18 will severely hinder

In spite of a declining domestic market, a double digit increase in international transport boosted

Members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers ratified Wednesday a four-year collec

The billions of dollars in consumer goods flowing into the United States from overseas are likely to

Short line operator Genesee & Wyoming Inc. is buying Rail Management Corp.'s 14 short line railr

CSX is keeping its fingers crossed that it will be able to flush out congestion at one of its bigges

The rail worker casualty rate dropped 9 percent in 2004, which was the safest year for rail workers

The billions of dollars in consumer goods flowing into the United States from overseas will likely t

The American Iron and Steel Institute reported Monday that for the month of March 2005, U.S. steel m

OffPeak, a program designed to reduce congestion at Southern California ports by encouraging shipper

A railroad victory on hazardous materials shipments routed through the nation's capital isn't sidetr

BNSF Railway is installing video cameras in its locomotives to record grade-crossing and train accid

A bitter fight appears to be brewing between railroad management and labor over one-man crews and th

Tight capacity and high demand are generating more rail rate disputes and more of those disputes are

OTTAWA - A Canada-wide strike on Canadian National Railway was averted Tuesday night, just before 1,

The Powder River Basin is becoming a powder keg in the battle between shippers and railroads over th

OTTAWA -- Canadian National Railway is facing a Wednesday strike deadline by 1,700 unionized locomot

The western railroads are already gearing up for the summer-fall peak-shipping season with operation

Short line traffic volume increased 11.5 percent in the first quarter over last year, an indicat

Surging overall demand is fueling a business boom for rail equipment manufacturers. GE

BNSF Railway began construction Friday of the BNSF Logistics Center-Fontana at the Kaiser Commerce C

Third-party logistics provider Pacer International increased its net income for the quarter ended Ap

A Justice Department investigation launched last summer into the railroads' coal transportation pric

INTRO: Handling the "last mile" of intermodal shipments, drayage companies represent the face of the

The Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. witnessed the beginnings of an infrastructure cris

Strong demand and favorable prices are turning coal in Wyoming's Powder River Basin into black gold

The major railroads posted sizeable profits in the first quarter but keeping that momentum through 2

Freight railroads are staunchly opposed to Amtrak's proposal to privatize, a move by the passenger s

A group of coal shippers is suing Union Pacific Railroad and BNSF Railway for unfair rate-making pra