Rail News

Canada Reroutes Grain Away from Struck PortWINNIPEG, Manitoba - The Canadian Wheat Board has

Three transportation companies have reached an agreement regarding intermodal freight traffic in the

Olympia & York Developments Ltd. is fast becoming the major figure in the shadows as the drama invol

The Interstate Commerce Commission rejected a request from railroad labor that it void its approval

Cuomo Recommends Rail ReappropriationALBANY, N.Y. - Gov. Mario M. Cuomo has recommended reap

Shippers' claims that the Staggers Act needs to be revised to permit competitive access are simply a

Shippers must redouble efforts to help railroads stem a rising tide of legislatively mandated operat

Burlington Northern Inc. earned $99 million, or $1.31 a share on revenue of $1.71 billion during the

Federal investigators plan to focus on the status of automatic train controls installed on the engin

GM Reverses Denials On Closure of PlantMcCOOK, Ill. - Despite earlier denials that it planne

Railroad freight traffic ended the year with a figurative flood of carloads as the resurgent manufac

Rio Grande Industries Inc. has warned Kansas City Southern Industries Inc. that its continuing attem

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has begun final construction phase of an erosion control sy

SFSP Plans Staff Cuts In Restructuring EffortSanta Fe Southern Pacific Corp. will reduce dra

It's the year 2008, and a four-car crewless train, powered by a radar- equipped locomotive the size

The Supreme Court Monday refused to help referee a $10 billion antitrust lawsuit against five wester

A U.S. appeals court in Philadelphia has promised to render a speedy decision in a landmark short-li

Long Island Rail Road Sets On-time RecordJAMAICA, N.Y. - The Long Island Rail Road set a 91.

A new overnight "sprint" train service out of Portland is proving popular with shippers, according t

As officials of Rio Grande Industries Inc. prepare their plans for operating the Southern Pacific Tr

CSX Transportation is moving 1.8 million tons of iron ore from the port of Baltimore to Pittsburgh f

Union Workers Pan SEPTA ManagementPHILADELPHIA - Transport Workers Union Local 234 held a pr

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia is scheduled to hear today an appeal of a land

Kansas City Southern Industries Inc. Thursday vowed to pursue its quest for the Southern Pacific Tra

The stalemate at the Springfield Terminal Railway continues, as a strike by its 1,200 union workers

Transit agencies are taking in stride a federal judge's decision ordering them to provide services f

APC Initiates New Stack Train ServicesOAKLAND, Calif. - American President Cos. has started

ICC Refuses to Revoke Exemption for SaleThe Interstate Commerce Commission declined to revok

The strike against the Galveston Wharves dockside switching railroad has fizzled, and the new owners

The Interstate Commerce Commission is working on a plan to move the $1.8 billion sale of the Souther

CP Rail set a record for handling bulk commodities in 1987. Grain was the star performer and

Metrorail Joint Project Continues in CapitalPHILADELPHIA - The joint venture of Day & Zimmer

CSX Corp. earned $129 million, or 82 cents a share, in the fourth quarter of 1987, compared with $13

Despite healthy traffic gains in the third quarter of 1987, revenue and earnings for major railroads

Rail shipper groups are pleased Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. decided to sell the Southern Pacific

Amtrak trains rocketing through this town at 120 mph still stir nightmarishmemories of a cra

The Commerce Department predicted that 1988 will be an unspectacular year for the nation's railroad

For the week ended Dec. 19 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 10

Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. Thursday filed its plan of divestiture with the Interstate Commerce

UTU Says it Will Seek Expedited ArbitrationThe United Transportation Union will not seek uni