A key on-dock rail hub at the busiest U.S. port has effectively doubled the terminal’s capacity.
Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena said his railroad will have capacity to manage growth from the proposed merger with Norfolk Southern, since UP has slashed the number of trains it operates on its system by 24% since 2019.
Amtrak has rejected a proposed private transcontinental passenger train that would have also carried vehicles.
BNSF Railway revenue and profits saw sequential gains for the third quarter and nine months.
A heavy-duty truck hauling rocks collided with an Amtrak passenger train carrying 129 people near San Antonio on Tuesday.
New CSX chief Steve Angel has named new leadership of the railroad’s finance and commercial units.
Norfolk Southern Corp. said third quarter income fell on revenue that was slightly higher than the 2024 period.
President Donald Trump said that the proposed merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern forming the first U.S. transcontinental railroad “sounds good to me.”
Utah’s first new short line railroad in more than a century opened Wednesday west of Salt Lake City.
President Trump has nominated longtime rail industry consultant Richard Kloster to the Surface Transportation Board.
The proposed acquisition creates the first transcontinental freight railroad.
Union Pacific has retained investment bank Morgan Stanley to explore a potential acquisition of a Class I railroad, according to a report.
CSX has eliminated 125 mostly management positions, including dozens at its headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla.
A CPKC union is polling members about a possible strike, claiming the railroad took advantage of a service crisis to make workplace job changes on the troubled Kansas City Southern network.
CPKC foresees July return to normal service after a botched computer system cutover on former Kansas City Southern.
A letter from the STB chairman says customers continue to report problems in southern US, requests details of ‘concrete steps’ to recover.
Chicago, Il. — The Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger has gone smoothly over the past two years — until a long-planned computer system cutover last month in former Kansas City Southern territory in the U.S. CPKC Chief Operating Officer Mark Redd says the cutover — during which CP’s operations system replaced the old KCS system […]
CSX’s on-time performance in May, measured by trip plan compliance for intermodal and carload shipments, returned to December levels.
Union Pacific and partner ZTR said they have completed testing of a hybrid battery-electric locomotive.
Short line railroads and their stakeholders took their legislative wishlist to Washington for the annual Congressional lobby event.
Talk of mergers is making the rounds of Class I railroads as a way to kick-start growth and take advantage of a business-friendly Trump administration.
BNSF has laid off a number of workers as it restructures its technology operations.
The Association of American Railroads is asking the Trump administration to repeal a Biden-era rule requiring two-person train crews.
Volumes by carload at Grupo Mexico’s transportation division fell 6.1% in the first quarter, including declines of 21% in automotive traffic and 20% in minerals traffic.
Pricing gains and volume growth spurred BNSF Railway to modestly higher first-quarter profits.
Carload volumes for North American railroads are still running ahead of year-ago levels.
Most major railroads maintained their 2025 outlooks even amid worries about trade and the economy.
The latest heritage unit to join Union Pacific’s fleet honors Abraham Lincoln, who enabled the building of the transcontinental railroad.
New legislation would upgrade a federal tax credit short line railroads depend on for infrastructure spending.
Supply chain businesses ranging from rail to trucking to warehousing saw layoffs and bankruptcies throughout April, as tariffs and other economic factors slam freight markets.
With Chinese imports tanking and fewer calls expected at West Coast ports, many empty containers won’t have a way back to Asia.
Falling fuel surcharge revenue offset record freight revenue for Class I railroad Union Pacific in the first quarter.
Flat revenue and a “vicious winter” didn’t keep Norfolk Southern from posting improved first-quarter profits.
Norfolk Southern shook off severe winter weather in the first three months of the year to post improved operating income in the first quarter.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a CSX appeal regarding an antitrust suit over access to Norfolk International Terminals.
Parallel Systems says its autonomous electric railcars will begin testing on two Georgia railroads this month.
A bipartisan bill in Congress would tackle the burgeoning problem of rail cargo theft.
Shortline railroads are precisely the business partners that major railroads need to stanch a decline in the carload business, a consultant says.
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Fallout from Ohio train derailment calls to mind disasters from years past.
An economic study commissioned by three rail supply trade groups has determined that the U.S. rail supply industry’s impact to the nation’s GDP exceeded $75 billion in 2020.
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Freight trains can carry a multitude of cargo, with car variations to serve each type.
Global law firm HFW and Southeastern Freight Lines announce promotions.
The Eastern U.S. railroad moves its leaders to new positions as the railroad continues to roll out its operating model based on precision scheduled railroading.
2019’s $1.2 billion in investments spans consumer, agricultural, industrial products industries
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When responding to requests for proposals in the contract bidding process, rail and intermodal service providers should tout not only their competitive pricing but why shippers should diversify their modal options.
The federal agency issues the order following a fiery derailment of a Canadian Pacific crude train.
January was a record month for grain volumes for CP.
The railroad is reducing its capital expenditures budget for this year, but it will allocate more funding toward replacing and upgrading network infrastructure.
The drop comes as the Class I railroads look to the second half of 2020 for volume growth.
The railway cited the labor strike and weak freight demand in lower fourth-quarter profits.
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Year-to-date U.S. rail traffic is 7.8% lower compared with the same period in 2019.
Service improvements will help grow rail volumes and revenue, the company said during its fourth-quarter earnings call Friday.
Coal declines and a still sluggish industrial economy could put pressure on revenue this year. Still, CSX sees upside potential for intermodal and merchandise volumes.
Net profit for Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) slipped in the fourth quarter of 2019 compared to the prior year, but revenues were 5% higher amid increases for chemicals and petroleum and industrial and consumer products. Fourth-quarter net income was $127.2 million, or $1.30 diluted earnings per share, compared with $161.1 million, or $1.59 diluted […]
Net earnings fell 8.5% in the fourth quarter of 2019 compared with the same period a year ago.
U.S. carloads and intermodal units are down year to date from the same period in 2019.
Improving rail volumes and service are among the crucial issues to look out for as the railroads reveal their 2020 guidance in the coming days.
Technology will have a key role, but how will shippers and labor benefit from the railroads’ high-tech initiatives, panel asks.
The Denver-based short line operator promotes from within for the new roles.
Two Norfolk Southern-owned or -operated rail facilities in West Virginia and Virginia have been impacted by closure and layoffs.
The railway will work with NorFalco Sales, a division of Glencore Canada, to handle sulfuric acid volumes at facilities in Ontario and Quebec.
Association of American Railroads reports volumes continue to run lower than a year ago.
A U.S. judicial panel will hold a hearing in late January that will take up defendant Class I railroads’ request to move legal proceedings on fuel surcharge price fixing to one court.
New hopper cars and a high-efficiency train model at some elevators help boost volumes.
