railroads

Will joined gas conglomerate CF Industries in 2007 and had served as CEO since 2014

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern win the backing of Congressmen from Deep South states where they operate for their controversial transcontinental rail merger.

Union Pacific has set a specific date to submit its application to federal regulators for its merger with Norfolk Southern.

CSX’s new CEO won’t be flying the company jet.

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.