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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.