Rail News

Greenbrier Companies, one of North America’s major builders of freight railcars plus some barges, saw revenue soar 153 percent in its fiscal third quarter that ended May 31, mainly on the streng

The regulator of economic disputes between railroads and their freight shippers has slashed its filing fee structure, meaning rail customers can file a major challenge to freight rates for $350 instea

CMA CGM has started providing intermodal rail service between the Belgian port of Zeebrugge and the tri-modal hub in Duisburg, Germany.

CSX Transportation and Kansas City Southern, two of the seven largest freight railroads in North America, announced several executive staff changes taking place this week.

Those large blue boxes with the familiar APL logo that started appearing on U.S. highways and railroads in May aren’t ocean containers, though it’s tough to tell the difference.

After blocking Southern California port expansion projects for seven years and forcing ports to address air emissions health risks, the Natural Resources Defense Council is turning its attention to Ca

When you’re already battling historic floods on several rivers at once, any new rain surely pours.

Railroads are expanding their share of the North American freight market in non-traditional areas, with Canadian railroads becoming increasingly competitive in the U.S., eastern railroads returning to

APL IndiaLinx, which has been running container rail service in the country since 2007, double-stacked 90 40-foot boxes on a train from Mundra Port to an inland container rail terminal at Kishangarh,

Ocean carriers are offering a menu of new services to improve the supply chain efficiency and reduce the cost of delivering cargo from Asia to U.S.

Kombiverkehr, Europe’s biggest intermodal operator, reported traffic and revenue rose to near record levels in 2010 but warned infrastructure bottlenecks will slow growth this year.

Small railroads at mid-June posted their highest load volumes of 2011 for intermodal containers or trailers, stone aggregate used in construction and ores needed for metal production.

It may take federal investigators more than a year to determine why a truck driver smashed into an Amtrak train in Nevada Friday, killing at least six people.

There have been plenty of words, warnings and venting as freight shippers and railroads vie to win over rail regulators who could overhaul decades of federal policies.

Shipments of automobiles and other vehicles on North American railroads jumped to their highest point since mid-April in the week ending June 18, in a sign the auto industry is overcoming supply chain

A new agreement between Norfolk Southern Railway and the Illinois Department of Transportation will allow work to start on a Chicago rail project at what industry officials call one of the nation&rsqu

Activity in the industrial real estate sector is building after being in the doldrums for more than two years.

Intermodal infrastructure development in the United States is at a juncture that could lead to the development of a third generation of intermodal systems and services.

Front Royal, Va., is one of those little towns along the Shenandoah River known for its Civil War history, gorgeous scenery at the northern end of the Skyline Drive and quaint traditions, such as an a

European Union trust busters launched an investigation into whether a $322 million rescue of French shipping company SeaFrance by state-owned railway SNCF breached state aid rules.

Sen.

After a strong first quarter, intermodal activity slowed in recent months in line with a “tentative” economic recovery and consumers hit by weakness in jobs and home values, Schneider Nati

Environmental advocates this week served the Union Pacific and BNSF railroads notice to implement pollution-reduction measures within 90 days at their yards throughout California or they will be sued

Payouts to states by the Department of Transportation for construction projects under the 2009 stimulus law totaled just below $29 billion as of June 10, the Obama administration said on its Recovery.

When Warren Buffett announced late in 2009 his Berkshire Hathaway investment firm would buy up BNSF Railway, he said he’d always wanted to own a railroad.

A tough weather year that started with blizzards is only getting worse for major North American railroads and their customers, as Missouri River flooding that only looks to spread shuts off Midwestern

Warren Buffett’s purchase of BNSF triggered a regulatory rate battle that could set a precedent for future railroad mergers or acquisitions.

Even before Berkshire Hathaway offered in November 2009 to buy the 77.4 percent of BNSF Railway the investment giant didn’t own, speculation at times centered on how long the railroad’s to

Major North American railroads, shaking off the doldrums that slowed freight traffic during the spring, had their largest intermodal volume this year during the week ending June 11.

Despite a slowed freight sector and a weakened economy this spring, the largest freight railroads added 745 workers to their U.S.

Canadian National Railway will sell “substantially all of the assets” of Illinois Central RailMarine Terminal near New Orleans to Raven Energy.

APL Logistics, looking for greater efficiency matching international and U.S. domestic transport, will deploy its own fleet of 53-foot containers in the North American domestic intermodal market.

The Broward County Board of County Commissioners Tuesday authorized Port Everglades’ staff to begin talks with the Florida East Coast Railway toward development of an intermodal rail transfer fa

CSX Transportation believes its new Northwest Ohio hub will give it a new edge over over-the-road trucking by lowering the cost of transportation for shippers moving goods into the Midwest.

Just when new monthly reports on U.S.

The flooding Missouri River is cutting off rail lines, yards and shippers for several major North American carriers, and the range of outages will expand in the next week.

Shipment volume for small railroads grew 10 percent in the week ending June 4 from the same week last year, the strongest gain in more than a month and a sign the bulk freight industry appears to be s

President Obama is keeping open the option of drawing oil out of the U.S.

Coal and coke mining firm Oxbow Mining is suing the two largest U.S.

Freight volume carried by for-hire transportation companies in April fell 1 percent from the previous month but was up 3.7 percent from April 2010, the Transportation Department reported.