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A Burlington Northern Railroad Co. plan to test use of locomotives drawing natural gas from tankers

WASHINGTON - For the week ended Oct. 21, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railr

Norfolk Southern Corp. Wednesday reported its first earnings decline in the last six quarters.

SNCF, the French national railroad, will set up a combined transport service for liquid bulk chemica

U.S. acceptance is vital to the success of a global electronic freight forwarding network that has b

MILLIONS HELD NEEDED TO REPAIR NJ BRIDGESTRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey's deteriorating bridges,

Guilford Transportation Industries indicated Tuesday it does not share the goal of a grass roots cam

Dispatcher Mike Hadley was sitting around with a bunch of drivers in the office at J.T. Trucking Co.

Ryder System Inc. lost $27.6 million in the third quarter compared with net earnings of $55.3 millio

Service will fuel the competitive fires and result in more consolidation of long-haul truckers in th

Norfolk Southern Corp. Tuesday said its board authorized the purchase of up to 45 million shares of

Canada's two major railways, Canadian National Railways and CP Rail, a subsidiary of Canadian Pacifi

LAMBOLEY TO SPEAK TRANSPORT TABLEInterstate Commerce Commissioner Paul Lamboley will speak a

Robert L. Cross, recently named president of American President Distribution Services, expects doubl

Federal transportation officials will send California $100 million to begin repairing earthquake-dam

CON-WAY MAKES PLANS FOR MAJOR EXPANSIONNEW YORK - Con-Way Transportation Services, a subsidi

The Interstate Commerce Commission has agreed to begin a rule-making to aid the implementation of th

After nearly three years of takeover fights, complex maneuverings and realignments, XTRA Corp. is no

Cummins Engine Co., lost $39.7 million on sales of $807.6 million in the 1989 third quarter. In the

MAKE YANKEE EXPORTS MORE EXPENSIVE; that will keep the balance of payments strong for Japan.

Burlington Northern Railroad, happy with its joint marketing agreement with Atchison, Topeka and San

More than 2,800 transportation executives from all over the world are expected to converge here this

CANADIAN NATIONAL INKS SALE PACT WITH CONRAILConsolidated Rail Corp. and Canadian National R

TWO FIRMS TO BUILD ARTICULATED RAILCARSCHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. - Thrall Car Manufacturing Co.

Canadian Pacific Ltd. Thursday offered to buy the 44 percent of Soo Line Railroad Co. it doesn't alr

CANADA'S LACK OF GRAIN SALES to the Soviet Union has granted Canadian grain shippers a reprieve from

For the week ended Oct. 14, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

National Frozen Food Association, convention and exhibition, Oct. 22-24. Contact: NFFA, (717) 534-16

The Department of Transportation seems ready to take some "common-sense" steps to improve its implem

CONRAIL EARNINGS UP 5 PERCENT IN QUARTERConsolidated Rail Corp. earned $87 million, or $1.27

An electronic tariff filing system developed by the Interstate CommerceCommission and rail c

UPS ASSISTS POLICE IN MARIJUANA ARRESTSBRIDGEPORT, Conn. - When a United Parcel Service Inc.

The three major railroads that serve the Bay Area - the Southern Pacific, Union Pacific and Atchison

CSX TRANSPORTATION INC. (Jacksonville, Fla.) - David W. Hemphill was named assistant vice president,

A lack of grain sales to the Soviet Union this year has left Canadian railroads with a surplus of ra

Thomas M. Fiorentino was named chief of staff of the Federal Railroad Administration, reporting to A

James A. Hagen became president, chairman and chief executive officer of Consolidated Rail Corp. jus

Thomas M. Fiorentino has been named chief of staff of the Federal Railroad Administration. A

ROADWAY EXPRESS SETS JANUARY RATE INCREASERoadway Express Inc., Akron, Ohio, has confirmed t

Trailer Train Co. launched a thorough survey of the nation's rail traffic and found that Chicago han