Railroad

Kristy Knichel keeps a level head while growing the business her father started.

Now Goldman thinks that ISM data won’t turn positive until Q2 2020.

Reports have been surfacing that the Alberta government could grant more crude-by-rail contracts.

What’s next at FMCSA after Ray Martinez departs? Tune in to FW Radio.

With U.S. rail volumes slumping in the third quarter, can PSR soften that blow to the rail’s bottom line?

Carloads on the railroads remained under water in the first week of the fourth quarter 2019. Intermodal weakness will be in the spotlight as third quarter earnings season approaches.

The Chinese city of Yiwu has announced a new freight train route to Belgium’s Liege, with trains expected to finish the journey in about 20 days.

Excerpt: The companies promote and assign new roles to longstanding employees.

Awarded projects could benefit freight rail indirectly.

Jim Blaze writes about the competitiveness of railroads vs. trucks and the railroads’ lack of interoperability.

The railroads say the union refuses to negotiate on train crew size as both sides prepare for a new collective bargaining agreement.

The U.S. imports corn from Brazil ahead of the harvest season.

The proposed actions address major rail shipper complaints voiced to the Board earlier this year.

For decades, the European freight rail system has had no major upgrades with regard to axle load capacity, train length or car vertical height.

File this one under the category of “be careful what you wish for.” In a letter to the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration (PHMSA) filed as part of a long series of comments by many made to the federal agency, Phillips 66, a leading refiner, brings up the impact on IMO 2020 if a […]

The new executives contributed greatly to CSX as the railroad made operational changes, the company said.

Companies file a flurry of lawsuits against the big four U.S. Class I railroads, alleging their fuel surcharge programs violated antitrust laws.

Heading into earnings season, the railroads clearly have a revenue headwind as carloads declined again in the latest week.

The rulemakings address cost of capital calculations and rail performance data for chemicals and plastics traffic; shippers also press Board to act on fuel surcharges.

Groups say existing federal laws trump Illinois’ mandate on train crew size.