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Rail industry equipment supplier FreightCar America said it received an expected notification letter from the Nasdaq stock exchange that it is out of compliance with deadlines for financial filings, a

The city of Temple, Texas, on Aug. 15 granted Patriot Rail an exclusive long-term license to provide rail switching and other rail-related services to customers at Central Pointe Rail Park.

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.

Small North American railroads saw their freight traffic rise in the week ending Aug. 15, with some cargoes pushing to the strongest levels since last winter.

Intermodal firm Pacer International completed the sale of its Pacer Transport flatbed truck unit for about $2 million to Universal Truckload Services. The sale closed Aug. 17, Pacer announced on Aug.

Deutsche Bahn, Germany's state-owned rail company, earned less than half the profit of a year ago due to "massive declines" in rail, ocean and air cargo volume.

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.<

Domestic freight shippers increased the share of rail hauls in the second quarter from three months earlier for goods carried in trailers and containers, taking them away from truckers.

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

With its sales to the freight industry falling, in line with other rail equipment suppliers, Wabtec&rsquo;s new $44 million order to build commuter locomotives for Virginia Railway Express is helping

The short line operator formerly known as Arizona Railroad Group is no more.

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.

If North American intermodal shipping were only a domestic business, there would be plenty of reason to say things are bottoming out.

Federal regulation of freight railroads may be headed for a more shipper-friendly overhaul, but Congress broke for its long recess with a reform bill still to be written and after a key regulatory app

Overall rail traffic declined from a week earlier at North American short lines tracked in the RMI RailConnect index, but small railroads recorded some of the strongest loadings in months for several

Stimulus money is rolling out of the Department of Transportation at ever-increasing amounts to pay for initial infrastructure projects, as DOT spending jumped by $347 million in the latest week.

Daniel R. Elliott was sworn in as chairman of the Surface Transportation Board that regulates rail-shipper economic issues, the agency has confirmed.

One of the top North American short line companies is branching out to offer freight shippers a range of specialty services to handle their yard operations on a contract basis, from railcar switching

Large U.S.

Kansas City Southern, operator of the smallest U.S. Class I railroad and a rail unit in Mexico about the same size, said Scott E.

Norfolk Southern Railway added Greencastle, Pa., to its expanding list of planned intermodal terminals along a major interstate rail corridor it wants to develop, with actual construction in most case

Freight transportation in the United States stayed stuck in the doldrums in June, stalled at its lowest level since 1997, according to a report from the U.S.

Rail industry supplier National Railway Equipment booked 14 orders for new N-ViroMotive genset locomotives, with much of that business fueled by federal stimulus money and state aid.

Shipments of rail-truck intermodal cargoes across the United States and Canada are showing more signs of life, but are swamped by continued sharp declines for international shipments that are mainly o

In offering to sell $300 million in stock and become a public company again for the first time in over two years, short line holding company RailAmerica said it is making money despite a sharp drop in

Daniel R. Elliott is expected to take his oath this week to join the three-person Surface Transportation Board and become its chairman, industry and Washington sources said.

The Mississippi Export Railroad will use its $740,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture loan to add a 40,000-square-foot bulk storage warehouse to its Moss Point facility.

Canadian National Railway is still grappling with mechanical breakdowns and operational snags on its short line tracks outside Chicago, as it tries to sort out the problems causing its trains to block

2009 hasn&rsquo;t worked OUT quite like Walter Schulze-Freyberg envisioned.

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Union Pacific Railroad will pay civil penalties of $800,000 and is restoring some Nevada stream areas at an estimated cost of $31 million, the Department of Justice said, to settle alleged Clean Water

Eastern-U.S.

The Senate approved Daniel R. Elliott to lead the Surface Transportation Board, Susan L.

North American short lines surveyed for the RMI RailConnect index had their strongest traffic week in more than four months, in the week ending Aug. 1.

Operation Lifesaver&rsquo;s public awareness campaigns will get $1.015 million from the federal government, to help reduce the hundreds of deaths yearly from automobile drivers and pedestrians getting

A traffic recovery for large U.S. railroads picked up steam in the week ending Aug. 1, adding to signs that freight demand may be on a sustained climb from recession lows.

Canadian Pacific Railway will shed ownership but not its offices in the historic Windsor Station building in Montreal, selling it and some other real estate for $80 million to Cadillac Fairview.

The head of the United Transportation Union sent a quick apology to key senators after members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee erupted in anger over a union claim of influ