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Kansas City Southern Railway has joined the list of major railroads starting to incorporate the low-emission “genset” switcher locomotives to its fleet, as it refit two engines for its Por

London -- France's state railway, SNCF, on March 11 reported losses at its freight unit widened to a record $430 million in 2008 from $328 million the previous year as core traffic plunged in the fina

Canadian National Railway is starting to move a few trains out of congested downtown Chicago tracks onto a short line route through area suburbs.

Congress passed a huge $409.6 billion omnibus appropriations bill March 10 with a final vote in the Senate of 62-35.

Freight transportation services declined in January for the third consecutive month, pulling the Department of Transportation’s index to its lowest level in more than five years.

Federal regulators cleared the way for Norfolk Southern Railway and northeastern short lines operator Pan Am Railways to launch a New England joint venture railroad.

The U.S. rail economic regulator will consider Union Pacific Railroad’s effort to avoid taking on new long hauls of chlorine.

Nova Scotia decided against pursuing a major gateway project involving the Port of Halifax and Canadian National Railway because of high costs.

Frank J. Walsh, long-time chairman of National Retail Systems, died on Feb. 25 of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 62.

Diesel last week dropped 4.2 cents to an average price of $2.045 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

North America’s short line railroads saw traffic in all categories fall 21.1 percent from a year earlier in the first eight weeks of 2009.

Short line operator Genesee & Wyoming said February freight traffic on railroads it held a year ago fell 6.4 percent, although the company’s new acquisitions lifted total volume.

Con-way is trimming wages, salaries and benefits across its entire employee base to save costs during the deepening recession.

The Teamsters union and several safety advocacy groups are petitioning the Obama administration to tighten its stance on trucking hours of service rules.

Railroads felt left out of the massive stimulus bill that Congress and the Obama administration negotiated.

There’s another stimulus plan under way in Louisiana and Mississippi, where two new federal efforts are trying to help New Orleans and other parts of the Gulf Coast recover from the powerful 200

UPS Freight cut transit times in Michigan and Wisconsin, including next-day service between new direct points linking Chicago, Minneapolis and Milwaukee.

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A leading freight transportation analyst warned March 9 he is cutting his volume and earnings estimates under a “deep recession, no recovery” U.S. forecast for all of 2009.

Teamsters drivers and dock workers returned to work at Oak Harbor Freight last week, days after ending their five-month strike against the Auburn, Wash., less-than-truckload carrier.

For LTL carriers needing cash to bolster operations in a declining economy, the sale and leaseback of truck terminals, even to competitors, could prove beneficial.

It’s taken more than two years, but Debra Pluchino just hit a breakthrough with one of the largest shippers on Long Island, scoring an agreement to run test shipments because they’re not s

VMT or not VMT?

To the extent that weekly rail shipment reports are one of the earliest, up-to-date signs of the health of the economy, the patient is still in a lot of trouble.

Railroads felt left out of the massive stimulus bill that Congress and the Obama administration negotiated.

Teamsters drivers and dock workers returned to work at Oak Harbor Freight last week, days after ending their five-month strike against the Auburn, Wash., less-than-truckload carrier.

Polzug Intermodal launched its unit train project within the Caucasus Mountains connecting to central Asia.

When railroad executives from across North America descended on Capitol Hill recently, they were intent on pressing their case for investment tax credits and warding off pressure from lawmakers and re

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Refrigerated trucking company Frozen Food Express Industries lost $201,000 in the fourth quarter of 2008 compared with a loss of $3.5 million in the same period in 2007, an improvement helped in part

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U.S. Rail freight traffic plumbed new depths in the week ending Feb. 28.

Averitt Express, which specializes in less-than-truckload service, is expanding its truckload coverage in response to increased demand in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and New Jersey.

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill March 5 to repeal limited antitrust exemptions for U.S.

American Railcar Industries saw fourth-quarter revenue rise 25 percent to $203 million from a year earlier, as production was boosted by an Alabama factory expansion, but net income fell 3.7 percent t

North American LTL carrier Estes Express Lines expanded its Mexico service with the launch of a third-party logistics subsidiary, Estes Logística.

The sinking freight market may push manufacturer Greenbrier to pare back a big long-term supply contract with one of its key lease-fleet customers, General Electric Railcar Services.

The United Transportation Union is asking President Obama to elevate Francis P. Mulvey to be chairman of the Surface Transportation Board that regulates railroads, Washington sources said.

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Austin, Texas-based express carrier Lone Star Overnight now has overnight parcel delivery to every ZIP code in Texas.