Rail News

Flying Tigers Starts Express Cargo ServiceMIAMI BEACH, Fla. - The Flying Tiger Line Inc. thi

Arkansas Best Studies Proposed Tender OfferFORT SMITH, Ark. - Arkansas Best Corp. said it wa

THE FALLOUT HAS LANDED from the National Industrial Transportation League's vote to support changes

International Animal Transportation Conference, May 8-11, 1988, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Contact:

The switching error that caused a speeding passenger train to slam into a track-maintenance machine

The Burlington Northern Railroad Co.'s auctioning of future grain car movements has been a major top

European Piggyback Climbed 5.7 percent in 1987FRANKFURT, West Germany - Road/rail traffic in

Twenty years after it was established with a bang as the biggest and one of the most prestigious bus

In an effort to dispel the myth that piggyback intermodalism is damage-prone, a railroad company rep

Plans for a north Europe high-speed train network linking Eurotunnel to Britain and the continent mu

Railroad industry and shipping officials gathered in Kansas City, Mo., over the weekend for the star

For the week ended April 16 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

MORE NEGOTIATIONS ARE ON TAP this week between a coalition of shippers on a joint proposal for legis

Industry Group Pushes Rail Regulation ReformThe National Industrial Transportation League sa

Canadian National Railway has introduced weekly non-stop container servicefrom Vancouver tha

Railroad freight carloadings were up in March over the same month of 1987 for the 14th consecutive m

The Supreme Court affirmed a lower court ruling that a rail employee belonging to one union but repr

A letter sent to the Interstate Commerce Commission requesting directed service on Guilford Transpor

The Federal Railroad Administration said Wednesday that the fatal accident at a Springfield Terminal

CNW Drops Interest In Buy-out ProposalCNW Corp. has decided not to follow through on the pla

Paced by a sharp increase in coal revenue, Norfolk Southern Corp. turned in its best first quarter e

Govs. Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts and and Madeleine Kunin of Vermont said they will send the In

Appeals Court Extends Stay on BN OperationThe 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has extended

GATX Corp. reported first quarter earnings of $9.3 million, or $1.01 a share, on revenue of $120.7 m

CSX/Sea-Land Intermodal Co. will have to make some changes at its Bedford Park intermodal yard, espe

United Transportation Union President Fred A. Hardin struck a conciliatory tone in response to a riv

Rail labor has been dealt a powerful tool at the hands of the courts for negotiations during branch

For the week ended April 9 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 10

Railroads may have to reduce rates - and profitability - in order to make intermodal transportation

MidSouth Rail Corp. has announced it will begin a major track rehabilitation program on the former G

John W. Snow, 48, lawyer and one-time academic economist, was named president and chief operating of

HUDDLING CONTINUES between grain shippers and the Burlington Northern Railroad as the carrier endeav

Norfolk Southern Doubles ServiceNORFOLK, Va. - Norfolk Southern Corp. has doubled its Triple

Arkansas Best Income Increased in QuarterFORT SMITH, Ark. - Arkansas Best Corp. reported fir

Southeastern Warehousemen & Movers' Assoc./American Warehousemen's Association, front line supervisi

Conrail Reports Fall In 1st Quarter IncomeConrail reported first quarter income of $48 milli

Thrall Ships Orders Of Double-Stack CarsCHICAGO - Thrall Car Manufacturing Co. said it shipp

Officials of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad have decided to appeal a recent labor rights ruling

It was inevitable that with carless transportation technology poised on the verge of a boon, competi

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has extended its stay preventing the Burlington Northern Railr