Railroad

American Train Dispatchers Association members have approved the new labor contract with freight railroads by a 64% majority vote.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services said Monday it has expanded its transloading capabilities to include Seattle and Laredo, Texas.

Trinity Rail Group will supply a mix of 15,000 tank and freight railcars to GATX over a span of six years.

The ports of Halifax and Saint John in Atlantic Canada seek opportunities to bolster volumes and greening efforts.

BNSF is planning to invest more than $1.5 billion to develop a Southern California facility aimed at easing congestion at the West Coast ports.

Norfolk Southern names new leaders to transportation and network operations team. BNSF and California passenger rail explore green technologies to power trains.

Rail companies can save on labor by eliminating the conductor role. But workers believe it would make their jobs more dangerous.

Rail workers with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers have voted to ratify the union’s labor agreement with U.S. Class I railroads.

Patriot Rail Company announced it is acquiring fellow short-line operator Delta Southern Railroad.

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin has introduced the Reliable Rail Service Act in response to calls from shippers’ groups and the unions to help restore the nation’s rail network capacity.

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) District 19 has reached a new agreement with the U.S. Class railroads, one that modifies an agreement initially rejected by the group.

A Canadian whistleblower wants STB to press CP on how it plans to operate its private police force in the U.S. after its merger with Kansas City Southern.

Watco and Telegraph are collaborating in an effort to provide rail shippers with more information on where their railcars might be located on Watco’s network.

The hurricane could hit central Florida later this week, causing Tampa-area port facilities to brace for Ian’s impact.

AskWaves looks at what carbon calculators are and why potential and existing customers of freight rail might benefit from them.

Union Pacific and the Railway Supply Institute are among those forming partnerships, while the CREATE Program gets a $70 million federal grant.

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One additional paid day off and three medical leave periods are provided in the tentative rail agreement, but there are limitations.

FreightWaves founder and CEO Craig Fuller outlines how FreightWaves SONAR pointed to the global freight recession months ago.

Just because a labor agreement is in sight between the railroads and the unions, that doesn’t mean rail service will instantly improve, shippers told FreightWaves.