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Genesee & Wyoming earned net income in the first quarter of $10.4 million, down 27 percent compa

BNSF profit jumped 30 percent in the first quarter based on volume growth in the agricultural produc

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.More than a year after the Surface Transportation Board o

The intermodal industry entered 2008 with low expectations, and first-quarter traffic numbers have p

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.E. Hunter Harrison, Canadian National Railway''s presiden

Wabtec, a global provider of technology-based products and services for the rail industry, boosted e

Federal rail regulators, in a stinging report on safety practices at CSX Transportation, say the off

Stable demand for general service tank cars combined with a large tax benefit pushed GATX profits up

Solid revenue growth in all three business segments pushed Hub Group net income up 15 percent in the

The United States Department of Justice filed suit against Norfolk Southern Railway seeking relief r

Kansas City Southern nearly doubled earnings in the first quarter with strong pricing and volume gro

A strong pricing environment gave Union Pacific enough room to raise prices even though volume was f

Carload freight volume edged up 1.5 percent on U.S. railroads in the week ending April 19. But inter

Norfolk Southern Corp. on Tuesday reported first-quarter earnings of $291 million, up 2 percent from

Canadian Pacific Railway's net income fell 29 percent to $90 million in the first quarter, despite a

OTTAWA -- Canadian National Railway on Monday reported first-quarter profit of $310 million, down 4

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.TTX, the railroads'' jointly owned railcar pool managemen

Union Pacific Railroad is planning its first use of the new-era electronically controlled pneumatic

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.The move by activist hedge funds to install five minority

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.The United Transportation Union is delaying a set of inte

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.At its upcoming annual shareholders meeting in June, CSX

Canadian officials have launched a wide-ranging review into rates and service of the country's freig

Eastern U.S. rail giant CSX saw its net profit jump 46 percent to $351 million in the first quarter

The Surface Transportation Board set its first cost-of-capital measure using a new formula that is l

TTX, the railroads' jointly owned company that manages a huge pool of railcars, said Chairman, Presi

Genesee & Wyoming said Tuesday that it has completed the acquisition of Rotterdam Rail Feeding f

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.America''s big railroads are finding ways to cut out mill

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.TCI and 3G Capital Partners, activist hedge funds that ar

The United Transportation Union has delayed a set of internal trials that threaten the jobs of some

Rail traffic shot up significantly in the first week of April. Total volume was estimated at 34.3 bi

The Greenbrier companies earned a net profit of $1.4 million in the three months ending Feb. 28, com

Canada's Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities on Monday launched a wide-ranging stu

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Big U.S. railroads and their shippers are locked in an im

The Greenbrier Companies acquired substantially all of the operating assets of Roller Bearing Indust

Norfolk Southern reached an agreement with Avondale Mills to settle claims from a 2005 accident in G

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.A fight within the United Transportation Union is escalat

Copyright 2008, Traffic World, Inc.Citing better tax rules under the new Economic Stimulus A

TCI, one of two activist hedge funds trying to pry their way into some CSX board seats, charged in a

The board of directors of the Intermodal Transportation Institute at the University of Denver electe

Both carload and intermodal freight were down on U.S. railroads during March, but the month ended wi