Rail News

OIL COMPANY OFFICIAL MIGHT GET ICC POSTAn oil company executive with no known transportation

Two small and financially ailing railroads are continuing to attract much more attention as bankrupt

Itel Rail Corp. is going south of the border. The San Francisco-based railcar lessor entered

RAIL COST ADJUSTMENT FACTOR SET BY ICCThe Interstate Commerce Commission has set the new rai

Cheering rail deregulation as "a free market triumph," a top official ofCSX Transportation I

The White House has threatened to veto a House-passed bill increasing the federal subsidy to Amtrak

CSL Intermodal, a unit of CSX Corp., is adding 100 spine cars, capable of carrying intermodal traile

CONRAIL POST CREATED TO PROMOTE SERVICEConrail has named the veteran manager of its railcar

The Interstate Commerce Commission has suffered another humiliating courtroom defeat for its recent

The French railroad company SNCF will soon introduce a series of new services for cargoes of between

For the week ended Sept. 16, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

Railroads must expand customized services if they hope to gain market share at the expense of trucke

BURLINGTON NORTHERN SUED IN LAKE FUEL SPILLMISSOULA, Mont. - A lawsuit has been filed agains

LABOR CHIEF TO DISCUSS UNION CONSOLIDATIONRichard I. Kilroy, president of the Railway Labor

The Port of Halifax needs a double-stack container train service to remain competitive with other Ea

The Southern Pacific Transportation Co. lost $27.5 million during the first six months of 1989, acco

PREHEARING SCHEDULED ON INTER-UNION BATTLEThe National Mediation Board has decided it must h

The Interstate Commerce Commission has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals here to reconsider two recent

For the week ended Sept. 9, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 9

The U.S. appeals court here has become the new boxing ring for the continuing battle between Guilfor

Railroad traffic dipped 1.1 percent in August for the third consecutive monthly decline. The

EMONS HOLDINGS NET ROSE IN FOURTH QUARTERYORK, Pa. - Emons Holdings Inc., owner of Maryland

The White House reportedly has agreed to nominate a replacement for outgoing Interstate Commerce Com

A key Senate transportation leader is considering legislation that would bar members of the Intersta

An independent study of Britain's railway operations concluded that it would be more beneficial to p

CSX CORP. (Richmond, Va.) - Diane S. Liebman was named vice president, legislative and media relatio

A coalition of consumer groups Wednesday urged Congress to reject an effort to limit Amtrak's liabil

Canada's postal union has threatened to hold a national strike in the near future unless the federal

The Bush administration Tuesday threatened to veto the fiscal 1990 transportation appropriations bil

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has remanded a well-traveled case, involving the abortive sale

A House bill that would impose drug testing on rail workers could be folded into legislation coverin

It sounded like a good idea when it was conceived a couple of years ago. Why not run a nice little p

WHAT'S A RAILROAD'S REAL VALUE? Several analysts and railroad executives question how much of the re

CAROLINA FREIGHT CARRIERS CORP. (Cherryville, N.C.) - Richard Turney was promoted to senior director

For the week ended Sept. 2, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

The United Transportation Union has made a blistering response to a Federal Railroad Administration

William Loftus will be named president of the American Short Line Railroad Association. Mr. Loftus'

(Second of Two Articles) With breathing room at least until next April before any would-be r

(First of Two Articles) Three years ago this summer, Conrail won an arduous struggle to cont

Superfreighters are succeeding in helping Australian railroads win back freight business lost to the