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U.S. freight railroads, on average, move 1 ton of freight more than 480 miles per gallon of fuel.

The efforts it takes to ship the great Rockefeller Center Christmas tree; rail is the new hotness in shipping; and why we buy so many presents at Christmas.

Freight Railroads Keep American Moving

Freight railroads will need to report cyber incidents and take steps to improve security under a new Transportation Security Administration directive.

Federal regulators will soon begin analyzing how transportation data sharing can move more containers.

Freight railroads are committed to delivering the best possible service product for customers and consumers

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: The TexAmericas Center looks to expand its rail transload business; Mexico’s exports of commercial trucks fell 11.3% in September; Bridgestone completes a $100 million expansion in Mexico, creating 150 jobs; and a cold storage facility is set for Southern California.

Congestion around the ports and drayage capacity issues are pushing shippers to use trucks more frequently while loaded container volumes dip. But shipping patterns are changing in more ways than just mode conversion.

Federal action addressing matters of concern in the rail industry, particularly regarding safety, seem to be an afterthought.

The world’s 10 longest railway networks

Railroads are a responsible way to mitigate the transportation-related causes of climate change

Truckers may be more likely to be involved in accidents at railroad crossings in the Phoenix area than anywhere else in the country.

See why Freight Railroads are Separated Into Classes

The Kansas City region, with its centralized location, is becoming a prime area for commercial warehouse space, with KC Smartport expecting 15 million square feet to become available in 2021.

Tremelle Sykes allegedly filed false reports covering railyard companies in Dallas, Fort Worth, Garland, Cleburne, Gunter and Saginaw, Texas.

Wabtec is working with railroad customers to transition from diesel power to cut emissions.

U.S. rail operator CSX says it is investigating a “data security incident” after a ransomware gang appears to have leaked personal information of employees and retirees.

What suggestions would you give new Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg? Our reporters share theirs in this FreightWaves roundtable.

Biden’s executive orders address the COVID-19 supply chain and mask mandates among transportation modes.

UBS equity research analyst Tom Wadewitz’s 2021 outlook calls for a continuation of healthy freight activity during the first half of the year with a little more uncertainty in the back half.