Rail News

Given an easy comparison with the week of Chinese New Year, freight traffic on U.S. railroads increa

A Hub Group subsidiary, Hub City Terminals, last week purchased 2,000 fifty-three-foot containers fr

Canadian National and Canadian Pacific rail lines have been hit by rockslides, mudslides and floodin

At approximately 7:12 a.m. on the morning of March 12, several freight cars carrying propane explode

In the battle over diesel pollution from trains and trucks, rail switching yards have become the fla

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing strict new rules to reduce air pollution from locom

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.The Bush administration wants the railroad and waterway i

U.S. railroads say the first major accord in the current round of talks with labor groups, a tentati

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Striking conductors and rail yard workers from the United

Snow covered much of the nation's railroad network at the end of February, leaving a fair explanatio

Accidents involving regular railroad operations fell in 2006, but the number of deaths involving tre

A senior operations executive is retiring at Canadian Pacific. Neal Foot, executive vice president,

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Intermodal rail rates will continue to increase as railroads seek to generate

In the wake of crossing collisions that have taken six lives in recent weeks, railroad industry exec

Trinity Industries, a Dallas-based investment company with railcar and barge interests, elected John

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Ongoing weakness in freight activity for major North Amer

United Transportation Union train conductors and rail yard workers may be back on the job at Canadia

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.United Transportation Union train conductors and rail yar

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Short line railroad operator RailAmerica named John Giles

Grupo TMM, a Mexican multi-modal transportation and logistics company, had a tough year in 2006 as i

A flat week is better than nothing for U.S. railroads. With year-to-date traffic figures down 3.9 pe

U.S. railroads reached a tentative labor agreement with seven rail unions, the first such deal in th

Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph H. Boardman on Feb. 26 denied the application from the Dakota,

Striking conductors and yard workers returned to their jobs on Canadian National Railway, after the

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.After launching new rail security and safety proposals la

There seemed little chance when United Transportation Union conductors and yard workers first launch

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.Rail workers and safety groups have long complained the n

Canada's effort to provide a better route for Asian imports to the U.S. is taking shape in British C

Copyright 2007, Traffic World, Inc.The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is speeding

The government finally followed up with threats to intervene in the United Transportation Union work

Short line railroad operator RailAmerica named John Giles as its new CEO, effective immediately, as

Profits at Dallas-based manufacturer Trinity Industries more than doubled in the fourth quarter and

Sales for rail industry product manufacturer Wabtec Corporation of Wilmerding, Pa., hit a record in

It might be the end, or at least the start of the end. A crippling 13-day Canadian National Railway

The triple punch of a strike on the main part of Canadian National Railway's system, severe winter w

Canadian National Railway said talks with the union representing 2,800 striking freight train conduc

The United Transportation Union's strike against Canadian National Railway, involving 2,800 conducto

The Intermodal Association of North America added as a membership benefit a fuel card program with T

As U.S. manufacturers of industrial products follow the lead of consumer products manufacturers in o

The United Transportation Union is battling railroads on several fronts, locked in a series of