With Chinese imports tanking and fewer calls expected at West Coast ports, many empty containers won’t have a way back to Asia.
Union Pacific has brought a rare trackage rights dispute with BNSF to the Surface Transportation Board.
Falling fuel surcharge revenue offset record freight revenue for Class I railroad Union Pacific in the first quarter.
Union Pacific said first-quarter earnings were flat as the railroad’s volume gains were offset by the mix of freight on its network.
Shortline railroads are precisely the business partners that major railroads need to stanch a decline in the carload business, a consultant says.
Genesee & Wyoming short line Central Oregon & Pacific can take over local operations from Union Pacific in Eugene, Oregon, as early as Saturday, federal regulators say.
The chief executive of Union Pacific says his railroad will work through trade uncertainties the same way it worked through the tech bubble and the pandemic.
Railroad stocks dropped after President Trump’s announcement Wednesday of tariffs on U.S. trading partners.
With an international intermodal surge winding down, analyst Larry Gross pins his hopes on domestic intermodal share gains.
Class 1 railroads saw mixed results in Q4 of 2024, but consultant Oliver Wyman sees a steadier year ahead.
Union Pacific is partnering with Jaguar Transport Holdings to establish a new shortline railroad in Kansas City, Missouri’s West Bottoms industrial district.
The early-year supply chain lull swept rail freight in the latest carload data from the Association of American Railroads.
Railroads are weighing the uncertainty of President Trump’s proposed tariffs and foresee a moderate cross-border impact, executives told an investor conference.
Union Pacific announced plans on Presidents Day to honor Abraham Lincoln with a commemorative locomotive.
Union Pacific might be running the smoothest rail network.
U.S. rail traffic has risen for the fifth time in the first six weeks of 2025.
While the global supply chain seemed whipsawed on a daily basis in 2024, one thing remained constant: a veritable tsunami of ocean containers moving through the Port of Los Angeles. The busiest U.S. maritime trade hub moved 10.3 million container units in 2024, a record 1.7 million TEUs or nearly 20% higher than a year […]
U.S. rail traffic showed a massive jump for the week ending Jan. 18, 2025, with both carload and intermodal traffic up more than 25% from the same week a year earlier. Statistics from the Association of American Railroads show overall traffic for the week was 500,160 carloads and intermodal units, a 25.9% increase. That included […]
Union Pacific reported profit 7% higher from a year ago, as rail freight volumes gained and operating margin improved.
At MARS meeting, the biggest U.S. Class 1 railroad also talks shipment security, Mexico business, and growth.
