railroads

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.