Railroad

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has scrapped its controversial rule that would have required the use of zero-emissions locomotives in the state beginning in 2030. The board informed the Environmental Protection Agency this week that it was withdrawing its requests to enforce zero-emissions rules covering trucks and locomotives. The move comes a week before […]

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — The question of the day, on the first day of the Midwest Association of Rail Shippers Winter Meeting, is probably one being asked in one form or another at every business in the United States — or that does business with the U.S. What about tariffs? The consensus Wednesday was, not surprisingly, […]

Canadian National has gotten the go-ahead on its planned acquisition of Iowa Northern Railway.

While U.S. businesses look forward to 2025, the Association of American Railroads says policy and economic uncertainty tempers the year-ahead outlook.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a slight decline in truck transportation employment in December, wrapping up a down year in the sector.

At the Transportation Research Board annual meeting, intermodalists advise and dissent over developments in the freight sector.

Weekly U.S. rail traffic showed a slight uptick over 2024 in the first report from the Association of American Railroads for 2025. Overall volume for the week ending Jan. 4 was 421,410 carloads and intermodal units, a 1% increase over the first week a year ago. That included 198,500 carloads, down 4.6%, and 222,910 containers […]

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is proposing a rule requiring railroads to provide more timely information to the agency for all export cargo to crack down on high-risk illegal shipments.

Stakeholders at the Transportation Research Board annual meeting gathered to evaluate port performance, a complicated conversation within the supply chain.

At TRB, educators and rail executives urge a strategic rethinking of how the industry attracts new talent, upskills current workers.

Firecrown acquires EnterTRAINment Junction, plans massive motion museum in Chattanooga.

A panel of public and private decision-makers highlighted steps taken to fortify the global supply chain against disruptive events, but said more needs to be done.

U.S. weekly rail traffic remained ahead of year-earlier levels for the final week of 2024, the Association of American Railroads reported Friday.

U.S. weekly rail traffic remains ahead of 2023 levels for the week ending Dec. 21, 2024.

Chassis provider Trac Intermodal saw its debt rating affirmed by Moody’s, but its outlook is now negative.

Canadian union Unifor said its members ratified new four-year agreements with Canadian National Railway.

David Fink, former Pan Am Railways president, has been tabbed by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Federal Railroad Administration.

Norfolk Southern has tabbed investment banker Michael Barr as vice president of investor relations and treasurer.

In a security upgrade, the Federal Railroad Administration has issued a final rule that limits railcars and parts made in China.

CSX in a filing listed September 2025 for completions of emergency repairs following hurricane damage to the former Clinchfield Railroad route through Tennessee and North Carolina.