The Trump administration is reshaping global trade, and the effects are being felt in the ocean and air freight sectors.

The Los Angeles-to-Chicago train carried mixed freight when a container caught fire during a burglary. Riverside and Colton firefighters extinguished the blaze before BNSF Police took over the investigation.

Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena is critical of rival railroads’ plans to request trackage rights over a combined UP-Norfolk Southern system. “The idea to give up tracks of your railroad for no reason at all just goes against the fundamental principle of how … business should work,” Vena told an investor conference. Last week BNSF […]

Freight on U.S. railroads saw a rare down week but still maintained a healthy lead ahead of 2025 volumes. 

Norfolk Southern says intermodal’s next growth phase will depend on making rail as simple, predictable and accountable as trucking through stronger terminal performance and a coast-to-coast merger.

BNSF, CPKC and CSX want broad operating rights over a merged UP-NS network.

Freight on U.S. railroads staged a late summer surge led by grain and metallic ores.

More than 100 House Democrats urged the Surface Transportation Board to prioritize rail jobs in its review of the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger.

Intermodal traffic improved by more than double the percentage of carload shipments in the latest AAR data.

Amid explosive development of data centers, a new plan by the Department of Transportation would leverage existing rail and road infrastructure to route power, water and other utilities.

The Greenbrier Companies will transition to new executive leadership in January, with Chief Executive and President Lorie Tekorius set to retire following the company’s 2027 annual shareholders meeting.  Brian Comstock, Greenbrier’s executive vice president and president of The Americas, will immediately become president and CEO. The Lake Oswego, Ore.-based railcar manufacturer and freight-transportation services provider […]