Rail News

Western Fuels Sets Coal Shipment PactWestern Fuels Association has reached an agreement in p

The two railroads involved in the transfer of 900 miles of track in southern Montana got their chanc

The railroad industry has set its sights on getting the House Energy and Commerce Committee to derai

Eurotunnel, the consortium that is building the rail tunnel under the English Channel, announced it

Senators spurred by the nation's worst Amtrak accident unanimously passed legislation calling for $1

CSX Sells Rail Line To New Railtex UnitCSX Transportation has sold a 54-mile rail line to ne

For the week ended Oct. 25 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 10

New BART System Passes Major TestA new report says BART's troubled $39 million automatic tra

A bill to modify the Staggers Rail Act appeared headed to victory before the House transportation su

The Nov. 5 edition printed an incorrect report from Knight-Ridder Newspapers that documents destroye

The Napa Valley Wine Train, which is hoping to start-up operations later this month, will first have

Court Nominee Admits Document DestructionSupreme Court nominee Douglas H. Ginsburg acknowled

State-owned CN Rail may resume double-tracking its mainline to Vancouver in 1989 after a four-year h

Behind-the-scenes battles were continuing up to the 11th hour Wednesday, as a House subcommittee pre

Officials of the Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp., its suitors and federal regulators, are spending m

Appeals Court Rules Against Illinois CentralST. LOUIS - Over 400 black job applicants were w

The Supreme Court Tuesday heard arguments in two cases that will determine whether the Department of

Groundbreaking ceremonies were held Wednesday for PATH's new car maintenance facility here, one half

Prospects of a bidding war for the Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. emerged Tuesday when a giant Cana

A New York lawmaker, enraged over Conrail's decision against increasing passenger train speeds, is c

Rail company guards were posted Sunday around three locomotives that were demolished after saboteurs

Norfolk Southern Train Involved in AccidentDUNKIRK, N.Y. - A Norfolk Southern freight train

Three foreign companies, one from Canada, have approached Malaysia about buying its debt-laden state

A 22-mile Union Pacific Railroad spur line will be handed over to a group of Oregon investors today

The transportation appropriations bill passed by the Senate includes substantially more money for ra

Things are rolling along rather smoothly for the Long Island Rail Road these days. Since the

Bethlehem Steel Says 500 Railcars OrderedTrailer Train Co. ordered 500 platform railcars fro

Officials of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad continued meeting Thursday with the line's lawyers

For the week ended Oct. 17 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 10

Rep. Thomas A. Luken, D-Ohio, postponed Thursday's scheduled subcommittee consideration of a bill to

Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp.'s massive restructuring efforts took another complicated turn Wednes

Freight Car Orders Continue to IncreaseOrders for new and rebuilt rail freight cars during t

Rhetoric was heating up and battle lines were being drawn here Wednesday on the eve of what is sure

The railroad industry's unions, fresh from what may turn out to be a major victory in a federal appe

With rail freight traffic running well above earlier forecasts, many railroad industry officials and

Management to Buy Youngstown FacilityThe Lamson & Sessions Co. said a letter of intent has b

The Federal Railroad Administration and industry spokesmen have challenged a report by a private gro

Outside news events kept the 375 participants in the convention on short-line and regional railroads

European Ministers Confirm Rail NetworkBRUSSELS, Belgium - Five European transport ministers

Double stack container trains are arriving in this city in ever-increasing numbers - each bringing i