Rail News

Rail carloadings fell 2.5 percent in October from the year-earlier month. It was the fourth

House Commerce Committee Chairman John D. Dingell, D-Mich., saidfaulty federal oversight of hazardou

One of the railroad industry's star witnesses in its drive to get Congress to scrap the compensation

Federal transportation officials are doing a poor job of protecting the public against possible haza

Chicago & North Western Transportation Co. opened its second intermodal terminal here last week, ful

Britain's express parcel delivery companies are seriously concerned the announcement Friday of a yea

MAY I HAVE THIS DANCE, please? The Kabuki dance between rail labor and management goes on. L

For the week ended Oct. 28, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

The board of British Rail is expected to announce today it is delaying for a year a decision on buil

CSX TRANSPORTATION INC. (Jacksonville, Fla.) - Edward H. Latchford has been named vice president-fin

Last-minute negotiations averted a shutdown of bankrupt Chicago, Missouri and Western Railway Co. an

Members of the House of Representatives took their first look in 50 years at the Federal Employers'

Prospects seem to be brightening for a proposed New England double-stack train operation to serve sm

MATTHEWS TO DISCUSS RAILCAR BUILDING BOOMRobert A. Matthews, president of the Railway Progre

Six small railroads are urging the Interstate Commerce Commission to rule railroads must continue to

There is "a lot" that's right with the Interstate Commerce Commission, according to Commissioner Pau

The Supreme Court has agreed to decide if the Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp., which operates comm

High barge freight rates are causing some grain shipments to be shifted from barge to rail, but the

A skittish junk bond market forced buyers of CNW Corp. to make significant last-minute changes in th

The Southern Pacific Transportation Co. today is starting up a round-the-bay shuttle service for con

Although this is a major intermodal market, some local transportation leaders say the area needs mor

Amtrak has agreed to add a stop in Yonkers on its Empire Corridor route starting April 1. Yonkers is

ARE WE WITNESSING ANOTHER KABUKI PERFORMANCE? Jim Kennedy, executive secretary of the Rail Labor Exe

A Burlington Northern Railroad Co. plan to test use of locomotives drawing natural gas from tankers

A tentative final accord on the sale of bankrupt Chicago, Missouri & Western Railway to two differen

WASHINGTON - For the week ended Oct. 21, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railr

SNCF, the French national railroad, will set up a combined transport service for liquid bulk chemica

Norfolk Southern Corp. Wednesday reported its first earnings decline in the last six quarters.

LAMBOLEY TO SPEAK TRANSPORT TABLEInterstate Commerce Commissioner Paul Lamboley will speak a

Canada's two major railways, Canadian National Railways and CP Rail, a subsidiary of Canadian Pacifi

Norfolk Southern Corp. Tuesday said its board authorized the purchase of up to 45 million shares of

Guilford Transportation Industries indicated Tuesday it does not share the goal of a grass roots cam

The Interstate Commerce Commission has agreed to begin a rule-making to aid the implementation of th

Robert L. Cross, recently named president of American President Distribution Services, expects doubl

CANADIAN NATIONAL INKS SALE PACT WITH CONRAILConsolidated Rail Corp. and Canadian National R

MAKE YANKEE EXPORTS MORE EXPENSIVE; that will keep the balance of payments strong for Japan.

Burlington Northern Railroad, happy with its joint marketing agreement with Atchison, Topeka and San

For the week ended Oct. 14, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

Canadian Pacific Ltd. Thursday offered to buy the 44 percent of Soo Line Railroad Co. it doesn't alr

TWO FIRMS TO BUILD ARTICULATED RAILCARSCHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. - Thrall Car Manufacturing Co.