Rail News

TIGER INTERNATIONAL, FLYING TIGERS GAINLOS ANGELES - Tiger International Inc. earned $19.1 m

TEAMSTERS TO VOTE ON CAR TRANSPORT PACTBIRMINGHAM, Mich. - Teamsters who handle new car ship

RLC CORP. EARNINGS RISE TO $4.9 MILLIONWILMINGTON, Del. - RLC Corp.'s earnings for its third

GRAND TRUNK, UNIONS REACH AGREEMENTTwo major units of the United Transportation Union ratifi

Transporting Dangerous Goods By Air, four-day seminar, July 19-22. Holiday Inn, San Francisco Intern

The National Transportation Safety Board said failure to detect an open switch combined with too hig

Rail carloadings increased in June for the 17th-consecutive monthly increase over the same month of

CONSOLIDATED REPORTS NET INCOME INCREASEMENLO PARK, Calif. - Consolidated Freightways Inc. r

BN BOXCAR BACKHAULS OFFERED FOR SHIPMENTSFORTH WORTH, Texas - Burlington Northern Railroad i

Despite foreboding, bus czar Fred G. Currey and his investor groups sank millions last year into reb

PULLMAN TO SELL ASSETS TO HELP REPAY DEBTPRINCETON, N.J. - Some Pullman Co. assets will have

For the week ended July 2 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 116

Burlington Northern Railroad is continuing its efforts to penetrate Pacific Rim markets with U.S. co

CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATES INC. (Boston) - Michael A. Kemp was promoted to vice president, transportat

BARGE TRAFFIC MOVING SMOOTHLY ON US RIVERSKANSAS CITY - Barge traffic on U.S. rivers is movi

British Rail announced plans for massive investment in a high speed train link between London and th

The Interstate Commerce Commission said California officials do not have the jurisdiction to impose

WORK TO CLOSE 2 LANES ON MAJOR TRUCK ROUTETwo of the four lanes on the Outerbridge Crossing

Senate and House negotiators must square the differences between the fiscal 1989 transportation appr

The Interstate Commerce Commission scheduled a hearing on July 21 as part of its expanded investigat

CSX Transportation restructured in late 1985 and early 1986, at which time several thousand manageri

ASSOCIATES COMMERCIAL CORP. (Chicago) - Thomas A. Segee was elected senior vice president and appoin

Mid-West Shippers Advisory Board, 191st regular meeting, July 13-15. Pioneer Inn, Oshkosh, Wis. Cont

EIGHTY HURT IN CRASH OF TRAINS IN BRAZILSAO PAULO, Brazil - A train carrying about 300 passe

Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp.'s new chairman, Robert D. Krebs, has some definite ideas about redir

Karen B. Phillips' nomination to the Interstate Commerce Commission has been frozen by Sen. Robert T

For the week ended June 25 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 11

CONRAIL PLANS PURCHASE OF 1,000 NEW RAILCARSConrail is paying $34.3 million for 1,000 fully

The second quarter charge taken by CSX Corp. was $778 million. The amount was to cover a labor separ

The Democratic front runner for president met with Port of Tacoma executives and Puyallup Indian lea

Coal, petrochemical and fuel oil shipping costs on the Mississippi River are expected to double as t

COULD WISHFUL THINKING have prompted the recent suggestion that W. Graham Claytor was about to resig

SAI AND BRITISH RAIL LAUNCH OVER-50 CLUBCHERRY HILL, N.J. - SAI Group Inc. has signed an agr

Two years from now, Minnesota can boast that it saved 700 miles of track. Since 1978 Minneso

LEASEWAY TRANSPORTATION CORP. (Cleveland) - Gerald C. McDonough, chairman and chief executive office

STRIKE CONTINGENCY PLANS are the order of the day for Midwest area rail shippers facing possible ser

The U.S. Coast Guard reopened a Mississippi River channel Wednesday afternoon at Greenville, Miss.,

The unions that won a major arbitration award against Guilford Transportation Industries Inc. last m

UNION PACIFIC EXTENDS BULKTAINER TO ATLANTAOMAHA, Neb. - Union Pacific Railroad is now offer

Understanding Telecommunications Technologies for Non-Engineers, two-day seminar, July 7-8. Madison