Rail News

Two With Suitor Firm Named to SFSP BoardSanta Fe Southern Pacific Corp. has appointed two ne

In what would be an unprecedented degree of cooperation, a major rail labor organization and CSX Cor

Guilford Transportation Industries will not go along with a United Transportation Union push for med

RAIL INSIDERS HAVE BEEN WAITING, and waiting some more, for the Interstate Commerce Commission to is

PLM Cos. Inc. plans to expand its international operations with the spinoff of its equipment leasing

The union that represents railroad track maintenance workers said Friday's Amtrak derailment in Ches

Gross Earnings Rise For Largest US RailsGross earnings of the nation's largest railroads ros

The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad's sales agreement with the Chicago West Pullman Transportation C

Sabotage Ruled Out In Mass. Train ProbeSPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The FBI has found no evidence of

Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. management told financial analysts here Thursdaythat financing arran

The death of another Springfield Terminal Railway employee in a switching accident refueled the driv

Norfolk Southern Corp. earned $173.7 million, or 92 cents a share, in the fourth quarter, compared w

Traffic Club of Newark, scholarship awards night, Feb. 2. Town & Campus, 1049 Morris Ave., Union, N.

Conrail Opens New Lumber CenterConrail has a new lumber transportation and distribution cent

Millions of dollars in overcharges by railroad companies for shipping Army tanks and equipment went

An Australian company has become the largest private railcar operator in Europe. When the la

Kansas City Southern Industries Inc. has, as expected, asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to r

GE Railcar Services expanded at a rapid pace last year and it won't slow down all that much in 1988.

The Interstate Commerce Commission has granted a protective order that willallow the Souther

Oak Industries' Unit Now Called NordcoOak Industries Inc. has taken a new name, Nordco Inc.,

CP Rail has awarded a contract for the laying of more than 10 miles of concrete slab track in the Se

Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. decided to sell its Southern Pacific Transportation Co. subsidiary t

A United Transportation Union official says he'll urge that the union try to shut down major trunk l

Millions of Acres Freed In BN Bond SettlementMillions of acres in the Pacific Northwest are

Nine different jurisdictions in Washington's Snohomish County have signed an agreement guaranteeing

Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. reported earnings of $113.7 million, or 72 cents a share, in the fou

For the week ended Dec. 26 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 8

An investor group, led by New York real estate developer Howard Kaskel, asked for government approva

Union Cites Possibility Of Trolley Brake LossTransport Workers Union Local No. 234 is compla

The National Transportation Safety Board has concluded that a Conrail engineer, under the influence

The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad, in the middle of a legal muddle that has prevented its sale and

A national citizens' interest group contends that a passenger on an intercity train is four times mo

Key players in the Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp.'s planned divestiture of the Southern Pacific Tra

SFSP Finalizes Sale Of Bankers to CiticorpCiticorp and Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. have

The British government disclosed Wednesday that it is planning record spending on improvements to tr

Donahue to Head Winona BridgeBURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD and WINONA BRIDGE RAILWAY (Fort Wo

Grain Shipments Hit Record Levels in '87U.S. railroads hauled a record volume of 5.108 billi

GUESSING IS BEGINNING over who will be Conrail's next chief executive. A board search commit

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority spent $960,000 on services for the handicapped in f

Federal Railroad Administrator John H. Riley called for tightened safety standards in response to th