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Private equity firm Carlyle Group took a majority stake in intermodal facilities operator ITS Techno

Norfolk Southern took a big step toward a largely untapped market for U.S. railroads, by getting som

Canadian National Railway's attempts to redraw the rail freight maps around Chicago, and to speed up

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.If the entire North American intermodal industry keyed of

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.BNSF Railway has warned in a filing with the Securities a

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.It took nearly four months, but Union Pacific Railroad sa

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.American Railcar Industries saw its profit shrivel by 25

Intermodal traffic fell 2.4 percent through the first quarter, the fourth straight quarter of declin

Sharp increases in loadings of coal, grain, and metallic ores were largely responsible for an overal

In a signal of potential thawing relations between the railroad and trucking industries, BNSF chief

SEATTLE -- The Port of Seattle is set to enter the railroad business later this year under an agreem

RailAmerica is officially seeking to abandon a short line in Oregon that it closed last year for fea

Canadian National Railway says its plan to buy the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern line around Chicago c

The number of train accidents in the United States decreased by 23.3 percent in the past three years

The National Transportation Safety Board determined May 13 that inadequate inspection and maintenanc

Genesee & Wyoming saw more traffic in its continuing operations in April. The increase w

Commercial real estate developer The Allen Group sold 198 acres at the Dallas Logistics Hub to BNSF

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.A slowdown in rail traffic isn''t slowing down financial

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.A tenacious group of dissident CSX investors launched a n

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Even though the Surface Transportation Board adopted a ma

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Giant railcar leasing operations by CIT and GE may both b

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Like many industries facing hard times, builders of railr

BNSF Railway warned in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it may need to set

An arbitrator ruled that railcar manufacturer FreightCar America will have to provide back pay and b

Profits at American Railcar Industries fell 25 percent in the first quarter as hopper car shipments

The decline in intermodal traffic deepened in the week ending May 3, as grain, coal and chemicals sa

Pacer International's net income soared 83 percent in the first quarter, as its mainstay intermodal

Two CSX trains collided near Pittsburgh on Sunday causing a 22-car pileup. No injuries were reported

Three of the seven Class I railroads serving the United States are revenue adequate, according to a

The Surface Transportation Board hearing provided a forum for loud complaints by members of Congress

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Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Cheerleading rail analysts like to call it a renaissance,

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.The fight for control of the largest U.S. rail labor grou

Railroad operator CSX Corp. officially launched the National Gateway, a $700 million public-private

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Even as it prepares for new challenges from activist hedg

The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Norfolk Southern Railway over environmental damages stemming

Even though the Surface Transportation Board adopted a major change earlier this year in how it calc

Trinity Industries managed to keep its league-leading railcar manufacturing revenue nearly even with

FreightCar America, one of the nation's railcar builders suffering through a slump in demand, saw pr

Sharp gains in loadings of coal and grain were large enough to offset drops in metallic ores, automo