Rail News

Citicorp to Acquire SFSP Leasing UnitCHICAGO - Citicorp and Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp.

NYC Line Drops Plan For Stadium StationMetro-North commuter railroad officials have dropped

Budget Director James Miller's attack on a railroad retirement fund assistance measure drew sharp re

A House subcommittee Thursday morning quickly and unanimously passed a new railroad safety bill that

For the week ended Nov. 28 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 84

Railroads are using sweet words and financial sugar to encourage their customers to use electronic d

In 1985-86, China, as a place to invest and do business, received a bad press. Stories of American M

Federal Railroad Administration safety inspectors Wednesday began an evaluation of the strike-bound

Joint Venture to Design Taiwan Subway SystemA joint venture of De Leuw Cather International

Already reeling from the closing of a key bridge, Canadian National Railway braces for further delay

John Crosbie, Canada's transport minister, believes that rail passenger service is going to have to

Hearings to Discuss Bay Area Rail ProjectsOAKLAND - Projects totaling between $2.3 billion a

The Federal Railroad Administration Tuesday said it has found deficiencies in the Springfield Termin

RAILROADS ARE WATCHING the Teamster reaffiliation with the AFL-CIO closely. In recent months

Rail shippers could face delays in the Canadian Northwest due to the closure of the New Westminster

Rail freight traffic continued to exceed year-earlier levels in November, virtually assuring a recor

Fla. Rail Project Hires Boston Firm for StudyDEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. - A Boston company specia

Officials of the Federal Railroad Administration and Guilford Transportation Industries Inc. Friday

Metro-North commuters accustomed to standing-room-only are getting some relief this month, as 54 new

Superfreighters are helping Australian railroads retard the drift of freight to the trucking industr

LIRR to Test Electrified RailJAMAICA, N.Y. - For the first time, the Long Island Rail Road w

Plans to extend South America's oldest subway system have been approved by Argentina's President Rau

CNW Corp. said the Iowa Department of Transportation has acted incompetently in releasing statements

Santa Fe Railway To Begin RestructuringThe Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway will begin

Northeastern and southern railroads dominate many of Amstar Corp.'s sugar transportation markets, al

Federal Railroad Administrator John H. Riley Thursday called officials of strike-bound Springfield T

For the week ended Nov. 21 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 10

The strike by 85 union employees of the Galveston Wharves terminal railroad is expected to continue

MidSouth Corp. confirmed it will purchase the financially troubled Gulf & Mississippi Corp. for $1.2

A Guilford Transportation Industries executive predicts labor problems on its New England railroad w

The Interstate Commerce Commission has approved a request by the Montana Public Service Commission t

Children Learn Lesson From Conrail GameConrail has created a board game called Railsafe, to

IC Industries, which is withdrawing from transportation with the spinoff of its Illinois Central Gul

CP, CN Rails Lease Grain Cars From USCanadian National Railways and Canadian Pacific Railway

The Interstate Commerce Commission Tuesday heard both industry and government opposition to the Unio

Mazda Motor Corp. may have started something new two years ago when it selected Grand Trunk Railroad

DSI*Rail Changes Name, OwnershipDSI*Rail has changed its name, become the property of 12 U.S

UNION PACIFIC CORP.'S NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE Drew Lewis, gave indication that the railroad and natural

A federal judge here approved a $35.5 million proposal by the Burlington Northern Railroad Co. to fr

The Supreme Court Monday agreed to decide whether a railroad employee can be denied assistance from