Rail News

An intermodal container can now be moved from Yokohama, Japan, to New York in 14 days, with the rail

CONRAIL COAL CAR HITS PASSENGER TRAIN IN PA.PHILADELPHIA - A runaway Conrail car loaded with

A squabble between two railroad engineers over who was in charge preceded the derailment and explosi

The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered an investigation into the sale of the Illinois Central Ra

Canadian National Railways announced it will cut 1,500 jobs in October due to increased mechanizatio

CNW Corp.'s directors have decided to take no position on a tender offer by Japonica Partners LP to

The Massachusetts Port Authority is selling time savings and service in a campaign to attract Midwes

When Jimmy Carter proposed moving the nation's nuclear missiles out of in- ground silos where they a

CNW Corp. said Tuesday that its seven nominees were elected to the railroad company's board of direc

ABF FREIGHT SYSTEM INC. (Fort Smith, Ark.) - Roy Slagle was named regional vice president for sales

CONRAIL (Philadelphia) - Timothy T. O'Toole was elected vice president and general counsel. He was s

AMTRAK INAUGURATES ATLANTIC CITY SERVICEATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Amtrak inaugurated service to

The trip was six miles and 50 years one way. Passengers aboard the Big South Fork Scenic Rai

ANOTHER SIGN OF THE CHANGING TIMES in railroading comes perhaps at the wrong time. The board

CSX RAIL PRESIDENT GETS ADDITIONAL POSTRICHMOND, Va. - A.R. "Pete" Carpenter, president of C

For the week ended May 13, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 11

Net operating income for America's railroads increased 22 percent during 1988 on a 6 percent growth

FAULTY BRAKES BLAMED FOR CALIF. DERAILMENTSAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - Federal investigators hav

Traffic on the Trans-Siberian Railway, an alternative carrier between Europe and the Far East, incre

Railroad labor "expressed great concern" over the financing method Japonica Partners LP has proposed

CONRAIL INTRODUCES SERVICE FROM BOSTONConsolidated Rail Corp. is offering westbound containe

THE TRUSTEE OF THE FINANCIALLY AILING Delaware & Hudson Railway has decided a sale is in thebest int

Conrail is investing $3 million in a cogeneration partnership that is sponsoring over $2 billion wor

Two lawmakers have introduced legislation to formally extend the Interstate Commerce Commission's ju

The third annual Conrail stockholders meeting completed its scheduled business in just 10 minutes We

While U.S. and Soviet arms negotiators work to reduce the number of nuclear warheads in Europe, the

The engineer and brakeman of a runaway Southern Pacific Transportation Co. freight train that killed

A 90-year concession for a new railroad designed to speed exports from Brazil's leading soybean regi

The Interstate Commerce Commission seems unable to decide just how much regulatory jurisdiction it w

US CLASS I RAILROADS REPORT INCOME BOOSTWASHINGTON - The nation's Class I railroads reported

Union Pacific Corp. has taken an option to buy the Iowa Interstate Railroad. The story correctly rep

The failure to enforce train operating rules, by the Iowa Interstate Railroad and the Federal Railro

The Supreme Court refused to hear Nebraska's appeal of a case that prohibited it from taxing equipme

Rail freight carloadings inched up 1.6 percent in April, the second consecutive monthly gain over th

Union Pacific Corp.'s option to buy Iowa Interstate Railroad Ltd. is being viewed as a smart move de

Japonica Partners LP said it will initiate a tender offer for CNW Corp. after its failure to reach a

AFRAID OF FAILURE? Not us . . . During the recent security analyst visit to Norfolk Southern

J.P. FISHWICK RETIRES FROM NS BOARDROANOKE, Va. - John P. Fishwick, retired chairman of Norf

A federal appeals court has enjoined Japonica Partners LP from soliciting proxies for Tuesday's elec

For the week ended May 6, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 113