Rail News

GE Rail Services on Thursday suspended operations at its repair shop in Waterloo, Iowa, due to flood

The Surface Transportation Board has decided to hold a July 22 hearing on railroad liability risks f

The two largest U.S. railroads - Union Pacific and BNSF - warned their second-quarter earnings will

Union Pacific Railroad is lifting freight traffic embargoes it imposed on some mainline routes throu

Freight traffic on U.S. rails fell 3.5 percent in the week ending June 14, according to the Associat

The board of American Railcar Industries unanimously appointed Dale Davies to succeed William P. Ben

Flood damages to Midwest freight operations continued to spread on June 17, even though storms eased

Canada wants CN to take as many as 12,000 wheel sets off its railcars. In an emergency safet

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Watco, the Pittsburg, Kan.-based operator of 17 short lin

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Jack Gerard - a leading shipper voice in taking on railro

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.A category of railcar that keeps rain out of such divers

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Kansas City Southern named David L. Starling to be its ne

Traffic dropped broadly on U.S. railroads in the week ending June 7, according to the Association of

Members of the United Transportation Union ratified a new national rail agreement covering wages, ru

Federal Judge Lewis A. Kaplan gave dissident hedge funds investors a victory over CSX Transportation

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Norfolk Southern took a big step toward a largely untappe

Kansas City Southern Railway named David L. Starling as its new president and chief operating office

Large scale economic factors are driving changes in intermodal volume, according to a national month

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.This year''s soaring commodity prices will leave a perman

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Norfolk Southern Railway is turning to regional short lin

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.When CSX Transportation took delivery of its first low-em

Freight traffic on U.S. railroads slipped in the last week of May. Tonnage was flat as intermodal an

Jack Gerard will be moving from his job as president and CEO of the American Chemistry Council to ta

Watco, the Pittsburg, Kan.-based private operator of short-line railroads and related companies, has

A Norfolk Southern train derailed Tuesday evening in western Illinois, putting 31 cars off the track

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.In a pair of bold marketing moves, Norfolk Southern Railw

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Private equity firm Carlyle Group took a majority stake i

Genesee & Wyoming on Monday completed its acquisition of CAGY Industries The internation

U.S. Development Group on Thursday opened the Dallas Fort Worth Rail Terminal in Arlington, Texas.&n

Norfolk Southern Railway named the 10 New York-based short line railroads that are working with the

Kansas City Railway increased its debt offering announced earlier this week from $250 million to $27

The Surface Transportation Board said that for the first time railroads must disclose up front any p

Freight traffic on U.S. railroads slumped 1.2 percent lower than last year in the week ending May 24

Pacer International is boosting its warehousing operations in Southern California, as its Pacer Dist

CSX Transportation put two ultra-low emission locomotives in operation at its Rougemere Yard in Dear

Kansas City Southern Railway plans to offer $250 million of senior notes due 2015. The railroad said

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Canadian National Railway''s attempts to redraw the rail

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.RailAmerica is officially seeking to abandon a short line

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.A Kansas City power company won a regulatory rate case a

Freight traffic on U.S. railroads edged up in terms of ton-miles last week despite a lower number of