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Canadian National Railway said it will seek "legal relief" to spur a slow-moving Surface Transportat

Kansas City Southern appointed John S. Jacobsen vice president of engineering, effective August 1. H

With three acquisitions contributing and solid price increases on freight, Genesee & Wyoming rev

Genesee & Wyoming, which already runs 52 short line railroads mainly in the United States, plans

FreightCar America lost $900 thousand in the second quarter due to sharp material cost increases.

CSX said all four hedge fund-backed minority directors who won seats in a June 25 board election for

Leading railcar builder Trinity Industries saw net income rise 25 percent to $85.6 million in the Ap

With rail rate hikes and a new Mexican intermodal port cranking up, Kansas City Southern's second-qu

Rail traffic declined in the week ending July 26, the Association of American Railroads reported Thu

CSX Transportation named Mike Smith vice president for network operations, replacing Jim Snyder, who

A challenge to Union Pacific Railroad's fuel surcharges by the Dairyland Power Cooperative will cont

Canadian National Railway claimed a victory of sorts when the Surface Transportation Board released

The board that governs CSX Transportation has officially taken on three new members, as the company

A top debt rating agency, Standard & Poor's, lowered its outlook but did not drop its rating for

The rail freight industry this week will intensify its lobbying efforts for legislation that would s

Norfolk Southern will file a formal petition for reconsideration and modification of a determination

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.CSX Transportation''s summer days have been anything but

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.The two giant rail operations out of Canada, Canadian Nat

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.The Virginia Port Authority is buying low-emission yard l

CSX Transportation and the hedge funds leading a shareholder revolt are still fighting over two of f

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Rail unions started to worry after a joint venture plan b

BNSF Railway's profit fell 19 percent to $350 million in the second quarter. The company said its ea

Double-digit growth in grain shipments and heavy coal volume offset declines in intermodal and most

Union Pacific Railroad was one of the hardest-hit railroads by the June Midwest floods, but that was

Logistics provider and intermodal marketing company C.H. Robinson saw second-quarter net income grow

The heads of the two hedge funds that successfully fought to elect minority directors to the CSX boa

Norfolk Southern Railway posted a 15 percent rise in net income to a record $453 million for the Apr

Rail carrier Union Pacific will pay a record $102 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. go

Canadian Pacific Railway Limited struggled through a difficult quarter to earn $155 million on reven

Wabtec boosted earnings in the second quarter and raised its outlook for the rest of the year. <

Revenue gains at CN failed to keep pace with surging fuel costs in the second quarter. The r

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.A broad swath of damage from last month''s severe Midwest

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.CSX Transportation confirmed activist investors won four

Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway on Friday announced an agreement allowing the

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.A pair of Iowa U.S. representatives want to tap a little

Traffic on U.S. railroads rebounded in the week ending July 12 as freight delayed by flooding got th

CSX Transportation has taken the Surface Transportation Board to court over the agency's recent ruli

CSX Transportation confirmed that activist investors won four of five seats they sought in the June

Despite a soft economy, CSX generated record $2.9 billion in revenue in the second quarter, a 15 per

ExpressRail Staten Island, the ship-to-rail facility serving New York Container Terminal, handled mo