Rail News

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

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

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

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

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

Amtrak won't begin rehabilitation work on the 50-mile segment of track in New England it has been gi

The Interstate Commerce Commission has given Guilford Transportation Industries Inc. until July 25 t

British Rail, which achieved bumper profits in 1987-88, is planning a further restructuring of its l

ITALIAN FIRM BUYING UNION SWITCH & SIGNALUnion Switch & Signal Co., is being sold to an Ital

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

Southern Pacific Transportation Co. said it is loaning several engines to the Denver & Rio Grande We

The round of layoffs announced over the weekend by CSX Corp. means the transportation giant has thro

STOPPED TOW, DREDGING BLOCK BARGE TRAFFICMEMPHIS, Tenn. - Barge traffic on the drought-lower

Railroad labor has decided to keep the peace on the Delaware & Hudson Railway's lines while the New

Union Pacific Railroad is closing repair shops in Omaha and moving these operations to newer shops i

The push for on-dock rail transfer facilities in Southern California gained added momentum last week

For the week ended June 18 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 11

FEW SHIPPERS WERE SURPRISED when markup of the compromise proposal to revise the Staggers Act was po

NY RAILS OPEN-MINDED ABOUT DRUG TESTINGThe U.S. Department of Transportation proposal for ma

The Supreme Court Thursday invited the federal government to file briefs on whether it should review

SENATE PANEL APPROVES APPOINTMENT TO ICCThe Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Comm

Officials of the unions that represent workers on the bankrupt Delaware & Hudson Railway and of the

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

The 3,500 striking shop-craft workers of CP Rail could be back on their jobs this weekend as a resul

Conrail will acquire 1,000 fully enclosed multi-level railcars valued at $34.3 million, to meet the

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a District Court judge's refusal to grant railr

DEATH TOLL SOARS TO 59 IN PARIS TRAIN CRASHPARIS - The death toll in France's worst-ever sub

ICC RULES THAT UPS MUST HAUL FIREWORKSThe Interstate Commerce Commission reversed its earlie

CSX Transportation Corp. was expected to restore service to its west Kentucky mainline over the week

LOS ANGELES ACTIVISTS FIGHT DRAINING OF LAKEA plan to drain a lake during Metro Rail constru

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

Amtrak's chairman and rail union presidents hotly debated the government- owned passenger line's bid

At the height of last fall's bumper harvest, the LaPorte County (Ind.) Farm Bureau Co-Op in Union Mi

Texas Association to Improve Distribution, summer meeting, June 23-24. Marriott Riverwalk Hotel, San

NEW GROUP TO FOSTER AEROSPACE INTERESTSWASHINGTON - The National Industrial Transportation L

COMMISSION ORDERS CUTS IN FREIGHT RATESThe Interstate Commerce Commission has decided that r

Lessors of railroad flatcars are cautiously optimistic about prospects for flatcar leasing over the

The U.S. government agency in charge of civil works and dredging projects is optimistic about its ab

BUILDERS TRANSPORT INC. (Camden, S.C.) - Charles C. Gay, Jr. was elected president and chief operati

For most of the 32 years since Trailer Train Co. was founded, the railcar leasing company operated i