Rail News

Union Pacific Railroad is pushing back the opening of its grain transloading facility at Yermo, Calif., to late 2011 or early 2012 amid a declining grain export market.

Intermodal container loads for U.S. railroads slowed down in the week ending Nov.

Construction has begun on a $208 million rail crossing project that will reduce train and vehicle congestion in Colton, Calif., where the convergence of east-west and north-south rail lines creates on

Just as it did this year, the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority probably will need another shortfall payment from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach when a debt payment is due on Oct.

Mark Furman has a list of reasons why the market for building new railcars is strong despite continuing worries about where the economy is headed.

Domestic intermodal traffic spiked upward 6.3 percent in the third quarter, an industry group said

President Obama’s team trying to head off a nationwide rail strike or lockout offered new recommendations on contract terms, triggering a final 30-day countdown toward labor action on Dec.

Intermodal provider Hub Group said its Comtrak Logistics unit acquired assets of intermodal drayage trucker Challenge

North American owners of freight railcars trucked 1,378 more into storage lots and track sidings during October, as traffic slowed some from the peaks set in

Felixstowe’s container rail traffic hit a record 11,019 containers in a single week, as the UK’s largest box port reaps the benefits of a three-year investment in tracks, cranes and termin

The intermodal industry gathers next week in Atlanta for the Intermodal Expo, hosted by the Intermodal Association of North America.

Caught between pressure from captive shippers and strong opposition from railroads, industry regulators chose Friday to delay making any decision on whether to impose more competitive switching rules.

Transportation employment increased more than 2 percent year-over-year in October, with rail employment up 3.8 percent and trucking up 2.9 percent.

Activist hedge fund investor William Ackman’s plan for boosting the value of his stake in Canadian Pacific Railway does not include selling off the second-largest carrier in Canada, Ackman told

Somewhere, somehow, the intermodal market missed the message that the U.S. economy might be stumbling back into recession.

A lawsuit filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council in California may have national implications for all railroads.

The center of intermodal growth is shifting toward the center of the U.S., as U.S. manufacturing creates more shorter-haul, domestic intermodal freight.

As more truckloads are converted to intermodal containerloads, trucking companies aren’t rushing to cut rates to keep that freight on the highway.

The U.S. agency that regulates economic issues between railroads and shippers says Union Pacific Railroad was the only major carrier that pulled in sufficient revenue in 2010.

Intermodal rail traffic is maintaining good momentum this autumn even as the international shipping business moving containers on the water remains in the doldrums.

Propelled by surging rail equipment demand, railcar and barge maker Greenbrier Companies saw profit jump 64 percent to $12.6 million in the fiscal fourth quarter ending Aug. 31.

BNSF Railway foresees a slow economic recovery and doesn’t expect its freight volume to return to pre-recession peaks until about 2013, a top executive said.

Freightcar America said growing demand for railcars more than doubled revenue to $130.1 million, but the equipment manufacturer said the impact of weather and light maintenance dragged the company to

Genesee & Wyoming&rsquo;s net profit jumped 32.6 percent to $32.9 million in the third quarter, as the <

Vladimir Lisin, reputed to be Russia&rsquo;s richest man, won the auction for state-owned Russian Railways cargo arm, Freight One, in a $4.2 billion deal that gives him control over a fifth of the nat

A private equity firm&rsquo;s new minority stake in Canadian Pacific Railway is triggering suggestions of a large reorganization and even a potential outright sale of Canada&rsquo;s second-largest rai

RailAmerica, operator of 43 small railroads in the U.S.

The railroad industry expects to keep hauling more freight in the months ahead, but the profits should remain strong whether the freight demand grows or not.

Intermodal provider Pacer International had a

Norfolk Southern Railway saw third quarter profit jump 24 percent to $554 million, with a solid 3.3 percent growth in volume, and the Eastern railroad said growth is continuing despite widespread conc

Trinity Industries, North America&rsquo;s largest railcar manufacturer and builder of barges, wind towers and steel construction supports, saw third-quarter profit and revenue leap at its railcar buil

The board of directors at Canadian National Railway authorized the company to buy back up to

Canadian National Railway&rsquo;s profit rose 19 percent to $648 million in the third quarter from a year ago

Third-quarter profit fell 5.3 percent at Canadian Pacific Railway to $184 million, as it lost 10.1 percent of intermodal traffic from a year earlier while battling extreme weather disruptions.

Truck manufacturer Paccar reported the highest quarterly revenue in its history as U.S. truck operators raced to replace aging heavy trucks with newer models.

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For months, year-over-year gains in rail freight traffic have countered gloom-and-doom warnings about the U.S. economy heading back into recession.

The two Class 1 railroads serving the ports of Virginia are playing musical chairs. When the music stops, the big winner will be the Virginia Port Authority.