The Federal Railroad Administration approved a waiver to allow for the expanded use of automatic track inspection technology.
Ports of Indiana-Jeffersonville terminal increases steel and other barge capacity by 40%.
As an historic merger is set to reshape the U.S. supply chain, railroads say data proves they are the engine that powers the domestic economy.
American exporters of soybeans, fertilizer, lumber and other agricultural products are looking to a better year after being caught in a geopolitical squeeze in 2025.
The railroads had expected to file their formal merger application with the Surface Transportation Board this week.
U.S. ports urge strict evaluation by Surface Transportation Board of proposed transcontinental rail merger, cautioning on impact to the supply chain and economy.
Freight on U.S. railroads year-to-date stayed ahead of 2024 levels even as intermodal and carload shipments were weaker in the latest weekly data.
Federal regulators approved the sale of regional line Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway to Fortress Investment Group.
A new partnership will develop mobile carbon capture for the harbor railroad serving the busiest U.S. port complex.
Collaboration has been driving recent success for U.S. railroads, according to BNSF, and controversial plans for a transcontinental merger are unlikely to benefit shippers, or the rail industry.
Shares of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern rise as the railroads count down the days until filing their formal merger application with federal regulators.
A mega-merger of railroads would have to reverse a slow years-long market for freight to produce growth touted by Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, an industry panel said.
The top law enforcement officers from three states urged federal regulators to approve the $85 billion Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern railroad merger.
Republican legislators in a letter to federal regulators warn that the merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern could create a rail colossus and with it raise prices and hinder U.S. competitiveness.
A rail mega-merger was an outlier as transport M&A volume fell in the third quarter while geopolitics hastened a downward trend.
Declining container volumes are aiding port and terminal operations, but trucking issues could impact the supply chain in 2026, a new report finds.
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern took the first official step in their proposed merger as shareholders approved the transcontinental tie-up.
Higher shipments of grain and nonmetallic minerals failed to offset intermodal’s decline, according to the Association of American Railroads.
Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena refutes BNSF’s claim that its merger with Norfolk Southern would lead to the elimination of hundreds of intermodal lanes.
Rail freight is mirroring the uneven U.S. economic outlook, according to the latest analysis from the Association of American Railroads.
Nominees who will help judge the fate of the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger told a Senate hearing they won’t let politics influence their decisions.
Florida East Coast Railway helped owner Grupo Mexico’s transportation division increase third-quarter operating income on higher revenue despite flat freight volumes.
U.S. rail traffic remained below 2024 levels for the third consecutive week and the sixth time in eight weeks, with both carload and intermodal traffic experiencing declines.
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have asked the Surface Transportation Board to expedite the review of their proposed transcontinental merger.
Year-over-year rail volume growth is fading.
Union Pacific has made a donation to help fund President Trump’s White House ballroom, ostensibly to help win regulatory approval of its $85 billion merger with Norfolk Southern.
The Surface Transportation Board has added another executive to its industry advisory council.
Norfolk Southern’s Q3 revenue fell despite efficiency, service and safety gains, as well as increased competition from BNSF and CSX.
Union Pacific third quarter profit beat estimates despite costs related to its proposed merger with Norfolk Southern.
Wabtec reported stronger third quarter earnings with revenue and profit growth across freight and transit segments.
Cleveland-Cliffs will close its idle Steelton, Pa., facility permanently, leaving just two U.S. producers of steel rail for track.
Canadian National named Patrick Whitehead COO and Janet Drysdale CCO, ending a split operations model; former co-leader Derek Taylor departed.
CSX third quarter were dragged down by declining coal shipments that outweighed higher intermodal traffic.
CSX reported third quarter adjusted net earnings of $818 million, or $0.44 per share, beating forecasts of $0.42 for the eastern railroad operator.
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have set a date for shareholders to vote on their historic $85 billion merger proposal.
New Federal Railroad Administration chief is a former Pan Am Railways president and fifth-generation railroader.
A regional railroad wants to redevelop freight and passenger services in an eastern Pennsylvania county.
Rail freight posted its third-biggest drop this year as carload and intermodal shipments declined.
Former Surface Transportation Board member Robert Primus on Wednesday sued President Trump, the rail board and its chairman, challenging his firing by Trump in August.
CSX named Steve Angel as CEO, succeeding former Ford executive Joe Hinrichs as leader of the eastern railroad.
With a new CEO, Ancora Holdings says CSX is now positioned to seek out a merger of its own.
Surface Transportation Board wants longer timeline to review proposed tie-up that would create first transcontinental railroad.
History suggests a trade of job guarantees for union support of a UP-NS merger might not be all it seems.
The biggest rail union backs a transcontinental merger proposal after winning job protections from UP, NS.
A coalition of rail shippers warns regulators that the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger will hurt service and raise costs.
CSX CEO Joe Hinrichs states that railroads’ focus on profit margins over growth has led to stagnant traffic levels.
Union Pacific CEO in Oval Office visit urged President Trump to deploy National Guard troops in Memphis and St. Louis.
CN and CSX advocate cooperation over mergers to shift freight from highway to rail, citing seamless service and efficiency.
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern argue rival interline alliances prove their proposed merger enhances railroad competition.
The Port of Long Beach has released a draft environmental report for its transformative Pier B on-dock rail expansion project.
Freight moving by rail in the U.S. turned in modest improvement in the latest weekly data.
The Surface Transportation Board has approved the acquisition of 420-mile regional Great Lakes Central Railroad by Watco.
President Trump on Tuesday fired Surface Transportation Board member Robert E. Primus, the board’s lone member to oppose the CP-KCS merger in 2023.
Weaker intermodal traffic offset narrow gains in carload freight in the latest Association of American Railroads data.
Canadian Pacific Kansas City CEO Keith Creel again said his company would pursue alliances rather than near-term consolidation.
BNSF Railway and CSX said they will partner on seamless coast-to-coast rail service, just weeks after Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern proposed their own transcontinental merger.
Weekly rail freight finished short of 2024 levels in the latest week, according to the Association of American Railroads.
R.J. Corman Railroad Group has named Justin Broyles as president and chief executive.
Ancora wants CSX to focus on maximizing shareholder value at a critical moment.
Truck and rail dwell and capacity remained stable at the ports of LA-Long Beach despite a record surge in container volumes.
Leading policy and technology experts will deliver keynotes.
FTAI Infrastructure is acquiring the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway, the largest independent regional railroad in the U.S.
Freightcar America said orders for new railcars improved in the second quarter following market uncertainties earlier in the year.
BNSF saw earnings improve in the second quarter and first half of this year as lower costs outweighed weaker revenue per car.
Goldman Sachs is reportedly advising CSX on merger options after Union Pacific said that it would acquire Norfolk Southern.
Ancora built its position in Norfolk Southern in 2023 and 2024.
Intermodal, coal, and grain helped Canadian Pacific Kansas City to improved profits in the second quarter.
Eliminating interchange should make rail a more attractive option for shippers in nation’s midsection, George and Vena tell analysts
Shippers wary of higher rates, service issues with one entity controlling 52,000 miles of track.
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger that will create the first transcontinental railroad with an enterprise value of more than $250 billion.
Norfolk Southern, which announced an historic merger with Union Pacific, said earnings rose 5% in Q2 as volume grew by 3%.
Union Pacific reported higher profits on improved freight volumes and a one-time tax gain.
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern on Thursday confirmed that they are in advanced discussions regarding a merger.
Profits at CSX fell in the second quarter as weaker merchandise traffic outweighed improvement in intermodal volumes.
CSX said weaker coal, merchandise traffic hit second quarter profit despite higher pricing and intermodal volume.
Union Pacific has agreed to an interim pay raise for 6,000 members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen while full contract talks continue. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) have reached tentative agreement on an interim 3% raise for union members while bargaining for a full contract […]
Intermodal would be approximately 53% of a combined entity’s volume.
Goldman Sachs is advising BNSF Railway on a possible merger, according to a published report, just days after news broke of talks between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern.
In a business as tightly coupled to its past as railroading, there is much at stake for several individuals in the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger.
Jaguar Transport Holdings is seeking to buy two railroads in Washington state, the company said in filings.
Carload rail freight edged down in the latest week but stayed ahead of year-to-date levels.
A panoply of socioeconomic factors are weighing on rail freight, as the economy wrestles with signs of strength and uncertainty, a new analysis finds.
A proposed private passenger train will make the Los Angeles to New York City trip in less than 72 hours – and carry tractor-trailers and their drivers.
That light at the end of the rail merger tunnel is becoming an oncoming investment express.
Surface Transportation Board moves to expedite delayed cases, some of which have languished for years.
Shippers can book, track and trace, and get improved freight car visibility through a new tech partnership.
Republicans and Democrats split over automated track inspection systems and Federal Railroad Administration safety regulations
Agri-business giant Louis Dreyfus has been selected to operate the multimodal grain terminal at Indiana’s Lake Michigan port.
Duration Capital Partners said it has invested $600 million in short line railroad operator Watco Cos.
BNSF and CSX hauled a trainload of tanks and other military equipment to Washington for the Army’s 250th birthday parade.
The Reading & Northern Railroad has promoted executive Jim Raffa to vice president, marketing and sales.
The largest U.S. railroad is taking a customer-focused approach as it deploys technology across it 32,000-mile system.
Shortline operator Regional Rail expanded its network with the acquisition of Minnesota Commercial Railway.
A California startup wants to repurpose a lightly used freight route for a luxury overnight train connecting Los Angeles and San Francisco.
BNSF Railway introduced the First Mile/Last Mile team dedicated to development of single-carload traffic.
The Surface Transportation Board has opened a formal review of Watco’s acquisition of Michigan rail short line Great Lakes Central.
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling, clearing the way for a rail line that would move Utah crude oil to the national rail network.
The Greenbrier Cos. has added Ted Baun as senior vice president of its North American commercial team.
Railroad executives told an investors conference that future mergers face likely insurmountable regulatory hurdles.
Surface Transportation Board Chairman Patrick Fuchs has added a team of public-private advisers as he reforms the federal freight rail regulator.
