Rail News

A $34 million agreement to sell the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad to a Chicago firm an

General Electric Co., General Motors Corp. and a West German consortium of Thyssen Hanschel and Krup

Officials at the Delaware River Port Authority are taking heart from an offer by Conrail to let the

ECONOMIC GURUS OUGHT TO TALK to railroad traffic officers. Assessments of the state of the n

William Loftus will be named president of the American Short Line Railroad Association, reliable sou

China's railways are struggling to cope with steadily increasing demand for movement of goods and pe

When Conrail's strategic planners determined earlier this year that it should invest some of its $65

For the week ended Aug. 26, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

FRENCH RAILCAR FIRM SEEKS US PARTNERSPRINCETON, N.J. - French railcar builder Cadoux Interna

The Interstate Commerce Commission has ruled that both the seller and the purchaser of a short-line

The Supreme Court will decide during its next term whether railroad workers while loading coal from

LANDSTAR SYSTEM INC. (Stamford, Conn.) - Donald A. Lucchesi was named group vice president, planning

More than 150 Teamsters officials earned over $100,000 in salary and expenses last year, with convic

IT'S AUGUST; TIME TO PLAY with the plastic overlay maps again. With Congress away (the Repub

For the week ended Aug. 19, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

Double-stack railroad service has had an unanticipated role in boosting the amount of agricultural p

A NEW YORK WINEMAKER, eyeing cheaper transport costs, looks to the rails for comfort. Taylor

CSX Transportation Inc., which was operating a train loaded with flammable butane when it derailed i

The National Mediation Board is preparing to rule on several administrative questions that are cruci

The state-run railroad system in Malaysia is adding rolling stock and upgrading some lines as freigh

CONRAIL SPONSORS TRAIN WITH SAFETY MESSAGEConsolidated Rail Corp. will deliver its grade cro

Gilbert E. Carmichael, the new head of the Federal Railroad Administration, said his priorities are

LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS WILL DISCUSS SAFETYHERSHEY, Pa. - About 150 members of the Brotherhood

The Massachusetts railroad industry blasted the administration of Gov. Michael S. Dukakis Friday for

A proposal by Massachusetts highway planners to barge millions of tons of dirt from a highway-tunnel

Local officials and sports enthusiasts hope to create a 14.6-mile public trail and bikeway in Lincol

SANTE FE TEXAS LINES TO REDUCE TRAIN CREWSAtchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and the Unit

BUMPING CONGRESSMEN IS NOTHING NEW. The recent incident in which USAir bumped Rep. Cass Ballenger, R

CENTRAL OF GEORGIA ALLOWED TO CUT CREWSNORFOLK, Va. - The Central of Georgia Railroad Co. an

For the week ended Aug. 12, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

A bridge that railroad baron James J. Hill built over the Mississippi River more than a century ago

DELAWARE OTSEGO POSTS QUARTERLY EARNINGS RISECOOPERSTOWN, N.Y. - Delaware Otsego Corp., the

Nat Welch, chairman of the International Intermodal Expo, will receive the Intermodal Transportation

BRAKEMAN IN ACCIDENT REPORTEDLY USED DRUGThe brakeman of a train that derailed in Freeland,

The Spanish government's decision to link Madrid and Seville by high-speed train by 1992 has become

The Interstate Commerce Commission says it will examine the obligations of a connecting railroad to

The United Transportation Union has rejoined the AFL-CIO, but faces a representation fight on the Sp

The rising death count from Mexico's train disaster - up to 112 Thursday - is throwing a harsh spot

Rescue workers searched through twisted metal and swirling waters Thursday for survivors who may be

For the week ended Aug. 5, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 11