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The railroad industry is asking the Surface Transportation Board to put off its scheduled May 3 hearing on whether regulators should order freight railroads to give their shippers greater access to co

Chicago, the continent's biggest rail hub area and host to numerous intermodal terminals, was just starting on Feb.

The Montreal Port Authority and the two companies that operate the port's three key container terminals on Thursday announced two level-of-service agreements that are intended to produce supply chain

The Department of Transportation has sent the Surface Transportation Board a strong endorsement of intermodal service at major railroads, appearing to weigh in against a possible expansion of STB regu

Major freight carriers are warning customers to expect service delays and shipment rerouting this week across a broad swath of the U.S.

Caterpillar-owned locomotive builder Electro-Motive Diesel locked in orders to sell 44 freight power units to Ferrocarril Mexicano, and five more to Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway.

It’s not quite 2008 again, but heads up: After two years of relative stability, transportation fuel prices are creeping back up, raising costs across the supply chain and concerns that the heavi

When Union Pacific executives consider how to build on big 2010 gains, they increasingly talk about the “value proposition” North America’s biggest freight railroad offers shippers.

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica and several other key members of that panel from both political parties are warning the Surface Transportation Board against taking

A solid 19 percent revenue gain in its principal intermodal business and a 38 percent leap for its logistics unit helped push Hub Group's fourth quarter profit up 26 percent from a year earlier to $13

Key senators who tried to push rail regulatory legislation in the last Congress re-introduced those measures this week, with one trying to toughen broad oversight powers while the other would strip ra

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica took Amtrak to task in a field hearing Thursday in New York City, saying the passenger rail agency "will never be capable

A strong surge in intermodal traffic pushed Kansas City Southern’s net profit up 60 percent to $52 million in the fourth quarter, extending a strong string of profit reports from North American

Congressional leaders are moving a new six-year surface transportation bill higher on their priority lists after President Obama’s call for infrastructure investment in his State of the Union ad

Canadian Pacific Railway’s fourth quarter net income spiked 27 percent from a year earlier to $187 million (C$186 million), outpacing a 13 percent rise in revenue to $1.3 billion.

Transportation trade groups are praising President Obama's call to rebuild the nation’s efforts infrastructure but some members of Congress say the administration will have to put more details b

Norfolk Southern earned a net profit of $402 million in the fourth quarter, a 31 percent gain compared with a year earlier, as revenue grew 14 percent to $2.4 billion, the railroad said Tuesday.

The seven largest freight railroads trimmed 642 positions from their combined U.S.

Canadian National Railway saw its fourth quarter operating income rise 18.5 percent from a year earlier to $774 million while revenue rose 12.5 percent to $2.1 billion.

CSX Transportation’s net profit rose 42 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier to $430 million, with a revenue gain of 21 percent to $2.82 billion, the railroad announced Monday.

Canadian National Railway and the Canadian Auto Workers union reached a tentative contract agreement early Jan. 24 that heads off a potential strike that was less than a day away.

National retailers and importers call the idea of spreading use of major North American gateways around the continent a four-corners strategy of supply chain management. That puts U.S.

When supply chain logisticians explain why the Pacific Northwest is a key option in their four-corners strategy in North America, they sum up their argument in two words: intermodal rail.

For railroads and shippers monitoring the Surface Transportation Board’s heavy slate this year, add this to your watch list: The board is likely to have a new look.

Faced with the risk that the Obama administration could reject its effort to borrow $553 million from a little-used, low-cost federal rail credit program, the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority

When the Surface Transportation Board in December slapped Canadian National Railway with an unprecedented $250,000 fine over how it reported roadway blockages, it set off the first flare in what is sh

The House Republican Study Committee wants to zero out President Obama's grants program that gives states seed money to develop inter-city passenger rail service and to wipe out annual subsidies as we

Trucking companies are telling Union Pacific Railroad are indicating they want to push a greater share of their freight onto trains for long-haul transport, says James R.

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Union Pacific Railroad, capping what it called the most profitable year in the railroad’s history, reported a $775 million net profit in the fourth quarter on Thursday that was 41 percent better than

Rick Gabrielson of Target and George Schember, vice president, corporate transportation and logistics at Cargill, will receive the first Connie awards to be presented at an event in the Midwest by the

The Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority is slashing its request for a federal rail program loan to $83.7 million from an earlier $553 million, in a bid to lock in the federal credit to help rest

House Republicans are wasting no time asserting their new majority on transportation programs.

The penchant of environmental regulators to set goals calling for the use of technology not fully developed is raising alarms for the transportation industry.

Across North America’s railroads, intermodal traffic is running strong.

Members of four union groups at the two major Canadian railways voted to strike if negotiations fail by deadlines late this month and early next month.

Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corporation acquired Optimodal, the largest intermodal chemical sector service provider in the United States.

Traffic surged at major North American railroads in the first full week of January, compared with the same point in 2010, as bulk carload shipments jumped 16.1 percent and intermodal moves increased 7

The new chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, signaling domestic transport goals similar to those of the Obama administration, says he wants to advance several initiatives

Canadian Pacific Railway will spend between $964 million to $1.065 billion this year for capital projects, saying the money will help it meet rising demand for rail freight service while cutting costs