railroads

CSX rolled out its U.S. 250th commemorative locomotives in Washington where it claims the title as the sole Class I freight railroad.

The world’s second-biggest ocean container line makes a major rail shift for boxes moving inland out of Southern California.    

U.S. railroads notched up freight traffic in the latest week, as total volumes more than doubled growth year-to-date.

Freight on U.S. railroads continues to outpace year-ago traffic in the latest trackside data.

Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena stated the company can afford its $85 billion Norfolk Southern merger without federal investment.

Richard J. Kloster has been sworn in as the newest member of the Surface Transportation Board.  

Opponents of a controversial transcontinental rail merger hailed the House transportation appropriations committee’s backing of a ‘rigorous’ review of the deal by federal regulators.

Freight moving on U.S. railroads continued to post solid gains on improved industrial output and higher intermodal traffic.

Five people were killed and two injured in four separate freight train collisions over the past week, including incidents near San Antonio and Ypsilanti, Michigan.

A coalition of retail, business, and supply-chain groups is urging the U.S. Senate to act on a cargo theft bill passed by the House.

Norfolk Southern promotes a new operations chief with a deep background in eastern railroading.

The Surface Transportation Board gave conditional approval of the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern revised merger application, but asked for more information.

The Surface Transportation Board accepted the merger application from Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, on the condition that the partners submit more data for evaluation. 

Surging intermodal helps lift U.S. rail freight traffic to another strong week.

Union Pacific refuted claims by the top law enforcement officials of six states that it omitted key data in its revised merger application with Norfolk Southern. 

A group of Attorneys General are again urging federal regulators to reject the application for the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern transcontinental rail merger.  

An industry trade group says the new surface transportation legislation offers some rail-positive provisions, but expressed disappointment at inclusions favoring heavier trucks and expensive safety mandates.   

The Railway Safety Act opposed by railroads rode Trump’s backing to be included in surface transportation funding legislation.

The CEO of Union Pacific said he is confident the revised UP-Norfolk Southern merger application will be accepted by the Surface Transportation Board.

OmniTRAX appoints VP of transload to lead its network-wide expansion.