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The Greenbrier Companies will transition to new executive leadership in January, with Chief Executive and President Lorie Tekorius set to retire following the company’s 2027 annual shareholders meeting.  Brian Comstock, Greenbrier’s executive vice president and president of The Americas, will immediately become president and CEO. The Lake Oswego, Ore.-based railcar manufacturer and freight-transportation services provider […]

Would-be participants have until the end of September to make a formal filing in the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger review.

Vice President Vance calls for probe into Biden handling of Ohio derailment.

Rail freight posts another solid week led by crude by rail, met ore 

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern insist their merger application meets regulatory thresholds and urge the STB to proceed with the review.

Norfolk Southern and Wabtec to modernize propulsion systems for dozens of older locomotives.

Deputies traveling toward Ludlow found two abandoned vehicles matching descriptions from the rail investigation. BNSF police confirmed boxes inside came from a boxcar.

Barstow deputies stopped a westbound vehicle on Interstate 40 after reports of people entering railroad boxcars. The driver fled on foot before officers took him into custody, according to the sheriff’s department.

A proposed freight rail merger could help birth a dramatic expansion of passenger rail service in the sprawling Atlanta metropolis, and benefit trucking, too.

State-owned Palmetto Railways is turning to a familiar face to head its corporate team.

Seven migrants died inside a sealed container moved on a Union Pacific train. Garcia surrendered Sunday at a Del Rio port of entry after a federal indictment named her in the case.

Minerals typically used in steelmaking led gainers in another solid week for freight on U.S. railroads.

The Surface Transportation Board resumed its review of the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger after lifting a prior delay.

Cold chain warehouse giant Americold is leveraging Canada partnerships to create a North American network.

BNSF offers six-days-per-week between southwest hubs.

The BNSF train continued northbound as deputies searched rail cars from the ground and air. The investigation soon moved beyond the tracks.

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern turn to former federal anti-trust officials to refute claims by red state Attorneys General opposing their transcontinental rail merger. 

Rail freight on U.S. railroads posted solid weekly gains as intermodal outpaced overall traffic. 

Officials confirmed someone took merchandise, but investigators still do not know the haul’s size or how many people participated.

Seven GOP Attorneys General are again urging federal regulators to reject the Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern rail merger.