Railroad

Rail freight turned in solid gains for the holiday week ending July.

A federal appeals court has thrown out a rule that gave shippers with poor rail service access to a second railroad.

BNSF asks Surface Transportation Board for emergency order to start southern California-Salt Lake City service over Union Pacific tracks.

Intermodal helped make CPKC the fastest-growing railroad in the second quarter.

Carload rail freight edged down in the latest week but stayed ahead of year-to-date levels.

The monthly jobs report showed small changes in truck transportation employment, more of the overall trend of stability.

A panoply of socioeconomic factors are weighing on rail freight, as the economy wrestles with signs of strength and uncertainty, a new analysis finds.

Border agents recently seized $31 million worth of narcotics from commercial shipments in Texas, Michigan, Ontario, and Quebec.

A proposed private passenger train will make the Los Angeles to New York City trip in less than 72 hours – and carry tractor-trailers and their drivers. 

That light at the end of the rail merger tunnel is becoming an oncoming investment express.

Surface Transportation Board moves to expedite delayed cases, some of which have languished for years.

The Port of Los Angeles expects to boost exports from a rail-served logistics park in California’s Central Valley.

Bipartisan legislation would limit the number of hours for employees supervising traffic flow in railroad yards.

Rail traffic was flat in the latest week data as softening demand for China imports likely hit intermodal volumes.

Shippers can book, track and trace, and get improved freight car visibility through a new tech partnership.

Republicans and Democrats split over automated track inspection systems and Federal Railroad Administration safety regulations

The Trump administration’s proposed new regulatory enforcement policy could make railroads less accountable, unions assert.

Agri-business giant Louis Dreyfus has been selected to operate the multimodal grain terminal at Indiana’s Lake Michigan port.

CPKC foresees July return to normal service after a botched computer system cutover on former Kansas City Southern.

The National Institutes of Health plans the first comprehensive research project to study the long-term health effects of the 2023 rail disaster in East Palestine, Ohio.