Railroad

CSX EVP and COO Cory is retiring after leading the railroad’s operations since 2023. 

Louisiana will close a funding gap and provide $1 million for a new port rail line.

Metals, petroleum, and forest products helped U.S. railroads to more weekly freight gains, alongside notable intermodal improvement.

Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena expects regulators to approve the $85 billion Norfolk Southern merger, saying it would speed freight service and improve competition with trucking.

A major chemical producer boosted the UP-NS merger, saying the proposed transcon will help it reach eastern markets.

Commodity tonnage and intermodal goods kept traffic on U.S. railroads surging in the latest week’s data. 

National Farmers Union cites higher costs, less reliability of past rail mergers.

The Surface Transportation Board strengthened its bench, adding two longtime railroad executives to its ranks. 

Union Pacific is the latest railroad to test diesel-alternative power in one of the busiest U.S. rail hubs.

Freight on U.S. railroads stayed comfortably ahead of year-ago levels in the latest weekly AAR data.

Parallel Systems has begun an expanded, second test phase of autonomous, battery-electric container railcars.

Greenbrier booked thousands of new railcar orders in its fiscal fourth quarter.

Alabama’s $100 million Montgomery inland container terminal will link central Alabama shippers to the Port of Mobile via CSX rail.

The Surface Transportation Board rejected opponents’ attempts to quickly halt the proposed Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern merger.

The Los Angeles-to-Chicago train carried mixed freight when a container caught fire during a burglary. Riverside and Colton firefighters extinguished the blaze before BNSF Police took over the investigation.

Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena is critical of rival railroads’ plans to request trackage rights over a combined UP-Norfolk Southern system. “The idea to give up tracks of your railroad for no reason at all just goes against the fundamental principle of how … business should work,” Vena told an investor conference. Last week BNSF […]

Freight on U.S. railroads saw a rare down week but still maintained a healthy lead ahead of 2025 volumes. 

Norfolk Southern says intermodal’s next growth phase will depend on making rail as simple, predictable and accountable as trucking through stronger terminal performance and a coast-to-coast merger.

Growing delays for rail-bound boxes reflect continuing pressure on intermodal capacity.

BNSF, CPKC and CSX want broad operating rights over a merged UP-NS network.