Railroad

Cylus raised $30 million in a recent funding round, bringing the company’s total funding to over $57 million.

An initiative to transport a type of heavy Canadian crude oil to the Gulf Coast via Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern has begun operations.

The three companies have signed a memorandum of understanding to pursue the demonstration project to test the feasibility of hydrogen-powered locomotives.

The eastern U.S. railroad is aggressively courting new employees as well as seeking to retain current ones to improve traffic flow and reduce delays.

Freight costs reach a record, according to November data from Cass Information Systems.

Canadian Pacific has formally completed its acquisition of Kansas City Southern, and now both companies are waiting for the Surface Transportation Board to approve the merger.

November volumes rose nearly 4% year-over-year, although on a sequential basis, volumes fell nearly 9% from October.

Two bills in the Michigan Legislature are calling for freight train crews to consist of at least two people.

The Port of Savannah handled 6.7% more containers in November compared to a year ago, according to the Georgia Ports Authority.

Canadian Pacific says it will work to get passenger rail service going between Baton Rouge and New Orleans should its merger with Kansas City Southern pull through.

The three companies have partnered to produce a more sustainable gondola car in anticipation of the eventual retirement of the existing fleet.

A Tuesday federal court ruling puts on hold the requirement that federal contractors be vaccinated against COVID-19 — and that ruling extends to Union Pacific, BNSF and Norfolk Southern.

GATX President and CEO Brian Kenney is retiring, and EVP Bob Lyons will succeed him.

South Carolina Ports experienced an all-time high for the number of containers handled in November amid higher import volumes.

CN and CSX received recognition for their action on climate change. UP has upped its targets and released a plan to reach them.

Two unions representing railroad employees want the federal court to make BNSF negotiate with the unions over implementing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

CNGmotive’s solution for fueling locomotives provides potential to decarbonize rail using renewable natural gas.

CN begins moving trains on the Kamloops-Vancouver corridor three weeks after flooding and landslides in British Columbia knocked out its main Port of Vancouver rail link.

The terminal says it has “abundant space” at the Millennium Marine Rail facility in New Jersey, as well as competitive import dwell time.

Freight railroads will need to report cyber incidents and take steps to improve security under a new Transportation Security Administration directive.