Rail News

From Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico, electric utilities are developing coal transportation strategie

SPT PLANS TO EXPAND KANSAS YARD IN MERGERKANSAS CITY, Kan. - Southern Pacific Transportation

LONDON SUBWAY CHIEF TENDERS RESIGNATIONThe head of London's subway system resigned last week

For the week ended Oct. 29, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

Maine Gov. John R. McKernan Jr. has asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to prepare contingency

As part of a major restructuring effort, CSX/Sea-Land Intermodal Inc. will end direct intermodal tra

The total length of railway in northwest China has increased from 7,000 kilometers to more than 9,00

As a century's worth of soot and cobwebs are wiped from millions of stored- away records, a preserva

The railroad industry expects to face few changes under the Bush administration , and assumes the po

The test runs are over and the reviewing has begun. Amtrak and the High Speed Rail Task Forc

HIGH COURT TO CONSIDER SHORT-LINE RAIL GROWTHThe Supreme Court is expected to consider wheth

Canadian Pacific Ltd. asked a U.S. court to set aside an Interstate CommerceCommission order

The Interstate Commerce Commission has rejected a rail labor appeal asking it to reconsider an exemp

A Luxembourg-to-Paris express train struck a maintenance wagon Monday in a small village station in

For the week ended Oct. 22, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

Block train service for international intermodal containers soon will begin regular service between

A colossal tunneling machine is boring beneath the English Channel from the white cliffs of Dover, p

TRAIN DERAILS CARRYING HAZARDOUS CHEMICALSNEWCASTLE, Calif. - A Southern Pacific train carry

The state railroad SNCF will spend 4.1 billion francs ($683 billion) over the next five years to bol

A presidential panel has recommended that the Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp. and the Brotherhood

ICC SLATES CONFERENCE ON GUILFORD REQUESTThe Interstate Commerce Commission will hold a publ

Efforts to upgrade China's sprawling rail network should see a total of 3,800 miles electrified by y

Financially troubled Venango River Corp. may already be sorry it stirred up a hornet's nest by forci

Railroad executives and state utility commissioners clashed Monday over the issue of state regulatio

DISTRESSED WORKER SEEKS AID FROM FELAThe Supreme Court Monday asked the federal government t

The Interstate Commerce Commission rejected an attempt by the Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railr

The British government is exploring a number of options for privatization of the country's railway n

Last week's trading of freight futures contracts on the Baltic International Freight Futures Exchang

The United Transportation Union has reached a tentative agreement with the Burlington Northern Railr

For the week ended Oct. 15, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

100,000 RAIL WORKERS FACE TESTING FOR DRUGSSALT LAKE CITY - The Federal Railroad Administrat

Despite a sharp slowing in the rate of growth, railroad freight traffic continued at record levels i

With barely concealed pride, Arnold B. McKinnon, chairman, president, and chief executive of Norfolk

CSX Transportation and the railroad's labor union were honored Wednesday by federal officials for th

NEW LAW WAIVES TAX ON LIRR PENSIONSTax rules have been waived that would have caused a crisi

CONRAIL TO CONSOLIDATE OPERATIONAL STRUCTUREIn a move to streamline operations, Conrail will

The Erie-Lackawanna doesn't run from Marion to Urbana, Ohio, anymore and now the 40 miles of railroa

NWA INC.'S EARNINGS RECORD SHARP INCREASEST. PAUL, Minn. - NWA Inc., parent of Northwest Air

Trailer Train Co. warned the Interstate Commerce Commission Tuesday that a refusal to grant its requ

Canadian Pacific Ltd. is looking for a possible outside buyer for its 56 percent stake in Soo Line C