North-American rail

A Canadian government plan to legislate new freight rail rules triggered complaints by the country’s two major railroads, while shippers hailed the results of a federal review of rail service.

The seven largest freight railroads added a combined 1,198 workers to their U.S.

New Mexico’s legislature could be poised to exempt Union Pacific Railroad from a locomotive sales tax, to entice UP to build a major intermodal and multi-purpose rail facility just inside the state bo

U.S. freight rail lines in 2010 completed their safest year on record by several measures, said the Association of American Railroads based on preliminary government data.

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Railcar manufacturer Trinity Industries and equipment leasing firm GATX agreed on terms for Trinity to supply GATX with 12,500 railroad tank cars and other freight car types over five years.

CSX Transportation set new export coal rates as of April 1 that are higher than expected, said an industry research firm, in a short-term tariff that could permit more rate hikes in the third quarter.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is making available $2.4 billion in passenger rail grant money rejected by Florida Gov. Rick Scott so that other states can submit applications for new projects.

Container volumes moving through the Panama Canal will certainly increase when the canal is enlarged in 2014, but that does not necessarily mean West Coast ports will lose market share simply because

Ann Begeman, President Obama's choice to join the Surface Transportation Board, told senators at her nomination hearing she will work toward making sure shippers as well as railroads can approach the

The largest U.S. railroads will spend an estimated $12 billion on capital improvements this year, easily outpacing the record capital expenditures of $10.7 billion they made in 2010.

The Federal Railroad Administration, in a legal settlement with the Association of American Railroads, agreed to issue new regulations that could scale back the amount of Class I rail track that must

Petroleum provides only a little more than 6 percent of the carload traffic for Canada’s two Class I railroads, but the carriers say energy may offer a bright future.

The future of Canada’s Class I railroads is tied inextricably to trade with the Asia-Pacific region, and the freight moving to and from the U.S.

Kansas City Southern, operator of the smallest of North America’s Class I railroads, is redesigning a federal loan request with an eye to the Obama administration’s focus on making rail lo

The Surface Transportation Board says NSF Railway’s method for limiting a shipper’s coal dust dispersion on its tracks is “not reasonable” but is leaving the door open for rail

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 14-1 to approve the Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act, the latest effort by Sen.

A new agreement signed by the Washington State Department of Transportation, BNSF Railway and Amtrak clears the way to spend $590 million of a federal grant to upgrade freight tracks for expanded pass

Canadian Pacific and the Montreal Port Authority on Friday signed a collaborative agreement that sets standards for performance and productivity across their joint supply chains.

President Obama this week named BNSF Railways' Chairman and CEO Matthew K.

In a 7-2 ruling that could affect how states levy taxes on inland transportation carriers, the U.S.

CSX Transportation began operating its large, new intermodal terminal at North Baltimore, Ohio, which will be the western anchor of its National Gateway doublestack corridor.

Norfolk Southern Railway is ordering 1,500 high-capacity coal hauling railcars from FreightCar America, in an order valued at more than $100 million.

The seven major freight railroads reduced employment on their U.S. lines by 1,096 workers from mid-December to mid-January, the second straight cut after trimming 642 jobs the month before.

Port Metro Vancouver and Canadian Pacific Railway unveiled a "collaboration agreement" they say should improve productivity and reliability in moving goods through that major Canadian trade flow gatew

North American railcar owners scrapped a net 3 to 4 percent of cars they operated or held in storage during the recession, sending about 57,000 aging units to recyclers since they began drawing down t

FreightCar America narrowed its fourth-quarter net loss to $3.5 million from a $5.5 million loss in the 2009 period and said orders to build new cars are starting to grow.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe named Raymond B. Greer the first president of its subsidiary BNSF Logistics, effective Feb. 15.

The Federal Rail Administration approved an $83.7 million loan for the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority that should delay until late 2012 the need for assistance from the ports of Los Angeles

What is being billed as a “common sense” bill to reduce regulatory burdens would remove a congressionally-imposed December 2015 deadline for railroads to deploy positive train control technology on ro

If anyone thought President Obama would tuck his embattled intercity passenger rail program into a bureaucratic corner and see it dry up, the president has a far different message.

Let the legislative games begin: Even before federal rail regulators start what is likely to be a long, hard slog to tighten oversight of railroads, all sides are maneuvering to control the debate in

The Surface Transportation Board is delaying until June 22 from May 3 a public hearing on "the current state of competition in the railroad industry," acting on

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.

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

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.