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Short line and regional freight railroad operator Genesee & Wyoming battled declining freight vo

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.In a $2.4 billion deal, private equity funds of the Fortr

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Canada''s government put an end to one railroad strike at

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.A 35 percent first-quarter profit gain at Hub Group - an

Kathryn McQuade will join Canadian Pacific as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer,

North American railroads took in more money per load in the first quarter, even as they hauled fewer

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.After a second close-up review by the Federal Railroad Ad

Railcar provider GATX earned net profit of $34.9 million on revenue of $274.9 million in the first q

Canadian National Railway promoted Jim Vena to senior vice-president, Eastern Region. Vena replaces

April is turning out to be a chilly month for rail freight traffic, as major U.S. carriers reported

Kansas City Southern increased revenue 6 percent to $411.3 million in the first quarter due to stron

Norfolk Southern earned less in the first quarter of 2007 as revenues and volumes of major commoditi

A conductors' strike, severe winter weather and natural disasters combined to slice 10 percent off n

Flat volume didn't hold back revenue as yield increased in the first quarter giving Burlington North

Keeping costs down raised net income at Canadian Pacific from $108.8 million in the first quarter a

Canadian National Railway on Friday shut down freight operations on its Toronto-Montreal corridor af

Completing a federal rule on intermodal container chassis safety isn't proving as easy as switching

When the cross-country rail system connected at Promontory, Utah, in 1869, the two railroads that ra

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.A bargaining process that Canadian National Railway''s pr

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.CSX profits were off track in the first quarter.T

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Tanker carloads of chlorine and other hazardous materials

Tanker carloads of chlorine and other hazardous materials are becoming something of a hot potato amo

Traffic World and Booz Allen Hamilton are partnering to bring you the Rail Capacity Survey.T

Rail traffic continued its declining trend in the week ended April 14, the 15th week of the year. Ev

Hub Group profits soared 25 percent in the first quarter on the wings of yield enhancement, improved

The Allen Group announced that it has signed an agreement granting BNSF Railway the right to purchas

OTTAWA -- Rail operations at the Port of Vancouver were returning to normal Thursday as Canadian Nat

New York City officially reactivated the Staten Island Railroad, a $75-million project restoring the

Union Pacific increased net profit 24 percent in the first quarter, based on record improvements in

Canada's lawmakers on Tuesday passed legislation ordering striking Canadian National Railway employe

While revenue grew 4 percent, profits dipped two percent in the first quarter at eastern railroad CS

Two and a half weeks after talks ended without an agreement, Canadian Pacific and maintenance worker

The United Transportation Union representing conductors and yard workers at Canadian National Railwa

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Labor issues are continuing to loom threateningly for sev

U.S. intermodal railyards soon may resemble marine terminals in Europe, with high-speed electric cra

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.America''s best-known investor, Warren Buffett, has moved

The freight slump that began in the housing and automotive sectors has now clearly hit the strongest

Canadian National Railway and the United Transportation Union ended the week in a bitter dispute ove

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.U.S. railroads saw both their carload and intermodal volu

Negotiators from Canadian National Railway and striking members in Canada of the United Transportati