Rail News

After a tough year of service, capacity and operating struggles, Union Pacific Railroad service may

The Association of American Railroads says statistics show that rail is the safest method of shippin

The Federal Railroad Administration issued new standards governing positive train control (PTC) that

With the cleanup from a leaking hazardous materials rail car nearly complete, state and local offici

Ocean carriers and railroads are lining up in support of federal legislation that would set new unif

The biggest challenge for Canadian National Railway and rival Canadian Pacific Railway this year may

The biggest challenge for Canadian National Railway and rival Canadian Pacific Railway this year may

Canadian National and the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission signed a two-year haulage agre

The Surface Transportation Board rejected calls from Pennsylvania to extend its oversight of the Con

A federal investigation into Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway's coal pricing policies threatens

Erratic rail service makes it difficult enough for shippers to predict when a shipment will reach it

Grain shippers in North Dakota griping about railroad fuel surcharge sticker shock are getting sympa

Canadian National Railway and the United Transportation Union signed a tentative labor agreement cov

The Surface Transportation Board approved Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway's right to use 15.6 m

CSX is calling on the railroad industry's own regulators to step in against the District of Columbia

Hub Group, one of the largest intermodal marketing companies, is beginning to hit its stride after s

The Port of Los Angeles selected Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway over rival Union Pacific Railr

Eight years ago, Union Pacific Railroad opened an Inter-modal Container Transfer Facility to transfe

Canadian Pacific Railway is nearing the end of a complete overhaul of its doublestack intermodal equ

The Department of Justice is investigating Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway's pricing practices

Unforeseen technical issues prompted a delay in the launch of PierPass, a program designed to reduce

The Port of Los Angeles selected Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway over rival Union Pacific Railr

Pacer International's Stacktrain division was the force behind a strong earnings quarter at the $1.8

New contracts, intermodal gains, purchases could give KCS Railway a revenue boost in 2005A n

Resurrected line in West Texas could serve as model for future government investment The sta

Union Pacific Railroad Vice Chairman Ike Evans will retire from the railroad Feb. 28. Evans,

Intermodal volume grew a record 8.6 percent in fourth quarter 2004 as a result of one of the stronge

The record amounts of freight and significant shortfalls in capacity that rocked railroads last year

The Surface Transportation Board has been fielding a growing number of calls regarding the common ca

Union Pacific Railroad is moving fast to increase prices and turn away business so it can better man

CSX and the rail industry will likely challenge the nation's first ban on shipping hazardous materia

Rail unions say a proposal by the National Mediation Board to raise filing fees for grievances would

Railroads are maximizing the contribution of every transportation slot to their bottom line through

Canadian National Railway and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway soon will begin rerouting carload

Grain shippers waiting for empty equipment to load may soon find some relief despite higher overall

Railroads are using aggressive yield-management and pricing programs to maximize the contribution of

Canadian Pacific Railway and Elk Valley Coal agreed to a mediation process beginning Jan. 20 to sett

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway and Canadian National Railway registered significant increases

Scott Witt, transportation manager for Oregon Steel Mills in Portland, Ore., recently tallied the ef

Union Pacific Railroad is scrambling to repair damage to large sections of track in Southern Califor