Rail News

Global paper and packaging company International Paper will close a pulp mill in Bastrop, La.

Several rail cargoes that are important both to the industry and for their signals about the rest of

A federal court gave final approval to settlement of a class-action suit between FreightCar America

The Surface Transportation Board on Nov. 20 established a purchase price for the Central Oregon &amp

An increasingly steep drop for rail freight volumes just got steeper. Major U.S. railroads s

CN secured the cooperation of the City of Crest Hill, Ill., in its progress toward acquisition of th

The Intermodal Association of North America elected two new board members and reelected two more.

The ITI Board of Directors elected two transportation industry leaders to membership. Michael J. Bru

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.The short line railroad industry has sent Congress a list

While railcar builders are receiving payments now from deliveries they made in the third quarter, a

Since October, CSX has been running an intermodal route directly to Avon, Ind., from the West Coast.

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.A major transportation research firm cut back its outlook

Canadian Pacific plans capital investment in 2009 between $680 million and $697 million, the company

With no floods, no hurricanes and no labor disputes, freight volume on U.S. railroads plummeted stee

In a month of widespread declines in rail traffic, coal loadings kept growing. BNSF contribu

A federal appeals court denied a Canadian National Railway request to expedite an STB ruling on the

Rail carrier CSX has opened dedicated intermodal train service on the Staten Island Railroad to and

While intermodal traffic figures have been falling all year long, a bright spot has begun to appear

New declines in some intermodal figures, plus the worsening economy, point toward a deepening slump

Earnings from railcar manufacturer Greenbrier's core business turned into losses in the company's fo

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.A yearlong study of rail competition urges the Surface Tr

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.RailAmerica''s Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad will hav

A federal court has cleared the way for an anti-trust complaint to proceed against the nation's top

The short line railroad industry has sent Congress a list of more than $500 million in rail construc

Rail freight traffic on U.S. railroads was down during October in comparison with the same month las

A major transportation research firm cut back its outlook for rail equipment purchases for the comin

American Railcar Industries increased profits through a strategic product shift in the third quarter

In a tough economy and amid shrinking rail volumes, leading railcar builder Trinity Industries poste

RailAmerica must sell an Oregon short line they sought to abandon to the Port of Coos Bay, under a S

Despite the global economic slowdown, recent acquisitions and higher rates produced solid gains for

California and Union Pacific Railroad are undertaking an innovative deal in which the state will hel

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Despite widespread alarm in stock markets and amid what m

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Regardless of what the eyes may see in railroad earnings

CN acquired the three principal railway subsidiaries of the Quebec Railway Corp. and a QRC rail-frei

The Surface Transportation Board will hold a public field hearing on the U.S. Department of Energy's

Canadian Pacific Railway and recently acquired Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad operated as

Both intermodal and carload freight volume on the nation's railroads took a major tumble in the week

As Canadian National Railway tries to get a federal appeals court to force the Surface Transportatio

FreightCar America earnings dropped 15 percent in the third quarter despite a marked increase in sal

Kansas City Southern's railroad, the smallest of the top-tier carriers, got hit hard in the third qu