Railroad

Surging intermodal volumes and industrial products paced gainers for U.S. railroads in the latest weekly data.

U.S.-based Americold plants a flag in Canada as part of a rail-maritime cold chain integration with CPKC and DP World.

CSX officially opens a $495 million tunnel project in Baltimore to increase container traffic along the I-95 corridor and at the city’s port.

A local city council has approved a massive intermodal project BNSF positioned as a linchpin for the future of rail freight originating at the busiest U.S. container complex.

U.S. railroads notched up freight traffic in the latest week, as total volumes more than doubled growth year-to-date.

Retailers of agricultural products say they’ll be whipsawed by higher freight rates and poorer service if a proposed transcontinental railroad merger is approved.

FreightWaves Today discussed the rail markets surge, transportation management systems automation and FMCSA regulatory vetting during Wednesday’s live show.

Freight on U.S. railroads continues to outpace year-ago traffic in the latest trackside data.

Investigators say organized cargo theft crews continue targeting Arizona rail corridors, with train burglaries occurring up to a dozen times each month across Northern Arizona.

Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena stated the company can afford its $85 billion Norfolk Southern merger without federal investment.

Richard J. Kloster has been sworn in as the newest member of the Surface Transportation Board.  

Opponents of a controversial transcontinental rail merger hailed the House transportation appropriations committee’s backing of a ‘rigorous’ review of the deal by federal regulators.

Truck transportation jobs mostly reversed the strong gains posted a month earlier.

Freight moving on U.S. railroads continued to post solid gains on improved industrial output and higher intermodal traffic.

Five people were killed and two injured in four separate freight train collisions over the past week, including incidents near San Antonio and Ypsilanti, Michigan.

A coalition of retail, business, and supply-chain groups is urging the U.S. Senate to act on a cargo theft bill passed by the House.

The Surface Transportation Board granted conditional acceptance of the revised UP-NS merger application. What does that mean for the proposed transcontinental rail merger?

Norfolk Southern promotes a new operations chief with a deep background in eastern railroading.

The Surface Transportation Board gave conditional approval of the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern revised merger application, but asked for more information.

The Surface Transportation Board accepted the merger application from Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, on the condition that the partners submit more data for evaluation.