Union Pacific and Wabtec have signed what they are calling the largest locomotive modernization agreement in the history of the rail industry.
Norfolk Southern said its customers advanced dozens of industrial projects representing $7.7 billion worth of investment in new or expanded rail-served facilities in 2025.
A competing rail alliance drew off Norfolk Southern intermodal volumes in the fourth quarter, leaving freight volumes downward.
Norfolk Southern revenue, earnings fell in the fourth quarter on weaker freight volumes.
Union Pacific plans to file a revised merger application for its consolidation with Norfolk Southern.
Union Pacific today reported record financial and operational results for 2025 despite a drop in fourth-quarter operating income.
Pricing improved despite lower carload freight for UP, which is planning to merge with Norfolk Southern.
Container ports and railroads along the upper Atlantic seaboard are taking safety measures ahead of the storm that could bring heavy snow to key logistics corridors.
Norfolk Southern has acquired 40 new diesel-electric locomotives from Wabtec, its first such purchase since 2022, as it modernizes its fleet.
As you are aware, a major winter storm is forecast to impact the south-central and eastern U.S. late this week – regions that are generally less equipped to handle severe winter weather. As the National Weather Service describes it, “an expansive winter storm will start Friday in the Southern Rockies/Plains and Mid-South.” The resulting ice, […]
The Port of Long Beach, half of the busiest U.S. container gateway, is laying plans to double throughput to 20 million containers by 2050.
The Surface Transportation Board rejected as incomplete the merger application by Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern to create the first transcontinental railroad.
Union Pacific’s chief executive fired back at rivals who oppose the merger to create the first transcontinental railroad.
BNSF Railway and Canadian National tell U.S. regulators that Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are withholding crucial documents needed to properly evaluate their proposed transcontinental merger.
Activist investment firm Ancora Alternatives has led five separate change campaigns in the transportation industry and sees further opportunity to shake up the space.
CSX has laid off about 5% of its non-union employees and furloughed dozens of train crewmen.
The Surface Transportation Board proposed changes to make it easier for shippers to get freight services from a railroad that doesn’t directly serve their locations.
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern urged federal regulators to reject what they claim are efforts by rival railroads to delay the merger process.
Skepticism over claimed benefits marked reactions to the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger filing.
The Surface Transportation Board is asking comments on the completeness of the 7,000-page merger application from Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern.
