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Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.The Surface Transportation Board is proposing to require

Over the weekend, two Union Pacific locomotives collided with a stopped train in Iowa. In the collis

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.The Surface Transportation Board meted out a long-awaited

Former Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta has joined the advisory board of CaroLinks. Th

Freight traffic on U.S. railroads climbed again in the week ended August 5 in comparison with the co

When a tornado in April shut down American Railcar's factory in Marmaduke, Ark., the revenue loss wa

Pacer International promoted Randy Strutz to chief commercial officer of its retail 3PL segment, kno

Focusing separately on the automotive and international segments of the rapidly growing intermodal b

Intermodal volume in the second quarter already surpassed last year's peak, which came, as usual, in

Consolidated Chassis Management LLC, an affiliate of the Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Associat

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Port related opportunities for West Coast truckload carri

In a move that may uncharacteristically favor shippers, the Surface Transportation Board proposed ne

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.The railroad industry cited positive reports from the Ene

Cary, N.C.-based Railinc, the country's largest source of interline rail data, named E. Allen West p

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.The Surface Transportation Board will hold a public heari

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Union Pacific elected former White House Chief of Staff A

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Rail labor is threatening for the first time to break ran

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Legislation was finally unveiled in the Senate July 27 th

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Record revenue and volumes show no signs of stopping, acc

U.S. railroads carried an estimated combined volume of 34.2 billion ton-miles in the week ended July

A day after reporting quadrupled quarterly earnings (see story), Trinity Industries closed the sale

Florida East Coast Railway profits increased 27 percent to $20.2 million in the second quarter on re

Trinity Industries said second-quarter profit nearly quadrupled as the company's railcar and barge s

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- On-dock rail volume at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach is on track to

Kansas City Southern earned a profit of $19.2 million in the second quarter, coming a long way from

Intermodal operator and 3PL Pacer International on Tuesday posted net income of $14.5 million for th

Multi-regional freight railroader Genesee & Wyoming earned a $117.7 million profit in the second

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.The DM&E''s charge that the Mayo Clinic defrauded taxpaye

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.The battle over the biggest loan ever to be considered by

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.BNSF Railway''s second quarter freight revenue increased

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Union Pacific Railroad plans to build a $90 million inter

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.The rail industry, spending more money to expand capacity

Union Pacific Corporation today announced that Andrew Card has been elected to the company's board o

Railway car maker FreightCar America multiplied net earnings by a factor of 4 as revenue jumped 58 p

Boca Raton, Fla.-based short line and regional rail service provider RailAmerica spent $3 million in

Norfolk Southern generated a quarterly record $2.39 billion in revenue in the second quarter, an 11

Canadian Pacific Railway profits of $378 million in the second quarter relied heavily on tax reducti

BNSF Railway's second quarter 2006 freight revenue increased 18 percent to an all-time quarterly rec

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.The Surface Transportation Board was not asked to testify

Union Pacific plans to spend more than $90 million to build a new intermodal terminal in Texas.