North-American rail

The Surface Transportation Board said railroads saw their capital costs rise to 11.75 percent in 2008 from 11.33 percent the year before, raising the amount carriers could recover in freight rates.

Rail freight traffic at North American short lines grew moderately in the middle week of September after the previous week saw a slowdown for Labor Day.

Bouncing back from a shortened week that included Labor Day, major U.S. rail operations had their strongest intermodal performance of 2009 in the week ending Sept.

Canadian National Railway reached agreement with a Chicago-area suburb that opposed CN’s acquisition of the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway, which runs through several suburban communities tha

The Sept. 24 story “Canadian Pacific Seeking to Lure U.S.

Canadian Pacific Railway, looking to capitalize on the regulatory stability and supply chain collaboration Canada has developed, intends to help the Port of Vancouver increase its share of the lucrati

Norfolk Southern Railway got two major rail routes back in service after days of flood closures this week around Atlanta, but it will be a while before traffic is back to normal.

Train traffic is rising on the Chicago-area short line that Canadian National Railway absorbed this year, but CN told regulators it further reduced long train-caused delays at roadway crossings in Aug

The seven largest railroads operating in the United States boosted their overall train and engine crews from mid-July to mid-August, but job cuts elsewhere took employment down from a month earlier.

Freight industry officials now confirm what the statistics already show: The worst freight downturn in decades apparently bottomed out months ago. But there’s not a lot of celebrating over that.

The House Judiciary Committee passed an antitrust bill that railroads oppose, as it would put them under the same antitrust provisions faced by other industries, but any similar measure in the Senate

With Labor Day removing the first normal shipment day from the schedule of major U.S. railroads, railcar loadings and intermodal units last week were their lowest since early July.

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Railroad freight volumes are probably the single most important indicator of the economy’s health to billionaire investor Warren Buffett.

A growing number of Washington insiders say the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee is close to introducing the first reform of rail economic regulation in 30 years, but indicate all

Famed U.S. investor Warren Buffett thinks the economy has “plateaued” along a bottom after a sharp decline, with little sign of recovery.

Distribution centers and manufacturing plants in the Ohio Valley will soon have two new intermodal options for moving their cargo to and from Asia.

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Canadian National Railway opened a $14 million automobile unloading facility at its MacMillan Yard in Toronto that more than doubles the railcar spots available.

The chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee is expected soon to introduce legislation that could toughen rail competition rules for the first time since railroads were de

At major U.S. railroads, even a minor decline in weekly traffic can look pretty good.

B.H.I.T, a Boca Raton, Fla. investment firm that has been looking to buy railroad service operations, said it acquired the stock of St.

Large U.S. railroads have waited all year for a week like this one.

Veolia Transport sold its Cargo division, including 20 European subsidiaries, to two rail freight operators, SNCF and Eurotunnel.

The new chairman of the Surface Transportation Board opted out of a regulatory ruling this week for what would have been his first controversial case, under a policy of recusal from issues involving h

The Port of Long Beach is seeking ideas from transportation planners for developing zero-emission systems to shuttle containers between marine terminals and near-dock rail yards.

The Port of Long Beach on Wednesday is hosting a public meeting to solicit community input on plans to expand a staging area for double-stack trains.

The Surface Transportation Board cleared the way for Canadian National Railway to knit its various Chicago-area rail units more tightly together through a new batch of immediate trackage rights, rebuf

Two ports along Oregon's Columbia River are putting together multi-million projects aimed at helping shippers gain easier access to the Puget Sound ports of Seattle and Tacoma, according to a report i

What’s in a name? Union Pacific Railroad thinks a more direct branding plan can help it boost revenue by putting more used cars on its trains.

A rise in railcar loads of coal, plus metal industry inputs of scrap and metallic ores, pushed bulk carloadings up by 2,990 units for major U.S. railroads in the week ending Aug.

Illinois will ask Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to award $300 million to a multi-year project to untangle its congested freight and passenger rail lines, under a $1.5 billion discretionary fundi

The state of Illinois is seeking about $550 million in federal passenger rail grants under the Recovery Act, with most of the money aimed at projects that tie into freight rail corridors as well.

Kansas City Southern, smallest of the top tier or Class I North American railroads, unveiled a second set of management changes following the departure Aug. 7 of Scott E.

The first state applications for “shovel-ready” passenger rail projects are due into the Federal Railroad Administration on Aug.

The nation’s top railroads increased employment slightly from mid-June to mid-July.

Major U.S. railroads enjoyed the highest bulk carloadings in five months during the week ending Aug.

The Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency Program -- a massive construction plan to untangle clogged freight rail, commuter lines and roadway traffic -- is culling its game plan.<

Short line operator Watco Transportation Services got its new Alabama Warrior Railway in operation this month in and around Birmingham, Ala.

CSX Transportation and state officials broke ground for an intermodal terminal at North Baltimore, Ohio, A spokesman said it will be the &ldquo;centerpiece&rdquo; facility for the big eastern-U.S.