Rail News

The Los Angeles Harbor Commission certified the final environmental impact report for BNSF’s proposed Southern California International Gateway.

Textainer Group Holdings has named Alvin Chong as vice president and head of the resale division, succeeding Stefan Mackula, and promoted Anthony C. Sowry to senior vice president of operations and acquisitions.

BNSF Railway will begin testing a small number of locomotives using liquefied natural gas as an alternative fuel later this year, said Matthew K. Rose, BNSF chairman and CEO, at the CERAWeek conference today.

Florida East Coast Railway has appointed Melissa “Missy” Westerman as vice president and corporate controller, starting April 2.

Edward R. Hamberger, president and CEO of the Association of American Railroads, today told the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s subcommittee on railroads, pipelines and hazardous materials that...

The Association of American Railroads has rejected the National Industrial Transportation League’s proposal on mandatory switching, saying that it would harm all rail network users.

Etihad Rail has secured a $1.28 billion loan for Stage One of its railway project, which comprises the route from Shah and Habshan to Ruwais in the United Arab Emirates.

BNSF Railway CEO and Chairman Matt Rose said Monday the western railroad expects modest volume growth in 2012 but said the U.S. needs to spend more to prepare for a surge of freight growth expected over the next decade.

In the last six months of 2012, KiwiRail reported its operating revenue rose 4 percent year-over-year to almost $363 million and its operating surplus increased 7.6 percent to nearly $47 million.

Berkshire Hathaway reported that subsidiary BNSF Railway’s net earnings rose 13.5 percent year-over-year from $2.97 billion in 2011 to $3.37 billion in 2012.

Beginning this month, Canadian National will boost shipments of heavy northern Alberta crude oil through LBC Tank Terminals’ expanded facility at Sunshine, in the Gesimar, La., industrial complex.

Growth in refrigerated rail traffic and equipment serves as a strong signal that U.S. railroads are snatching back business some 60 years after the creation of the interstate highway system helped trucking take command of the temperature-controlled market.

Hungary has unveiled plans to build a 70-mile double-track railroad crossing the river Danube to exploit the nation’s geographical location to handle freight moving between eastern and western Europe.

For a second time, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has denied environmental groups’ request to block construction on the Port Mackenzie Rail Extension, a 32-mile rail link connecting the main line of the Alaska Railroad with...

TBG Holdings has acquired Monkey Rock, which will be repositioned to compete in the short line and regional freight railroad industry.

Representatives from major U.S. freight railroads will inform the National Transportation Safety Board today that implementing fully interoperable positive train control across more than 60,000 route miles before the congressionally mandated 2015 deadline is not possible.

Kansas City Southern’s U.S. transportation group has reorganized its management.

Norfolk Southern today will cease regional railcar classification operations at its Roanoke Terminal hump yard in Roanoke, Va.

Titagarh Wagons and FreightCar America have agreed to dissolve their Indian joint venture company.

American Railcar Industries reported profit in the fourth quarter of 2012 was a record $24.4 million, spiking 382 percent from $5.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.

FreightCar America reported a net loss of $1.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2012, compared with a net income of $8.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.

Progressive Transportation’s agent carrier, Christenson Transportation, and Florida East Coast Railway have teamed up to reduce delivery time between the Tennessee and Kentucky border to Florida.

The Port of Mobile is positioning itself to become a gateway for Gulf Coast container traffic to and from the U.S. Midwest and mid-South in the next two years as it starts construction this year on a $36 million intermodal container transfer facility next to its main container terminal.

H&S Container Line will launch rail service between Rotterdam in the Netherlands and the terminal on the Rhine river in Kehl, Germany.

Pacific Imperial Railroad has been engaging partners to upgrade its Desert Line freight operations in San Diego.

Canadian National has appointed Jim Vena as executive vice president and chief operating officer, according to Claude Mongeau, CN’s president and CEO.

Norfolk Southern has elected Martin H. Nesbitt and John R. Thompson as directors, according to Wick Moorman, chairman and CEO.

CAI International reported profit of $64.3 million last year, increasing 27 percent from $50.8 million in 2011.

Canadian National Railway has suspended the feasibility study for the construction of its proposed rail line and terminal handling facility to serve the Quebec/Labrador iron ore range.

Genesee & Wyoming reported net income in the fourth quarter of 2012 was $13.4 million, dropping from $33.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.