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Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Facing ever-tightening capacity constraints, Union Pacifi

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Pittsburg, Kan.-based short line operator Watco acquired

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.The Surface Transportation Board will leave its headquart

Widening objection to rail service and the ability of carriers to deliver during a capacity crunch i

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.CSX reported a record $2.4 billion in revenue and $645 mi

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Union Pacific Railroad employees are suing the railroad o

With the interstate highway system marking its 50th anniversary, debate is raging over how to expand

This is scary stuff: tank cars rolling through Washington, just blocks from the Capitol dome. Or it

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Railroads are flexing their financial muscles despite a b

Hub Group late Thursday posted second-quarter net earnings of $12.5 million, compared with $7.9 mill

High demand for freight transportation led Union Pacific Railroad to another record in the second qu

Canadian National Railway revenue increased six percent to $1.718 billion in the second quarter, for

CSX reported a record $2.4 billion in revenue and $645 million in operating income for a net income

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Antitrust exemptions are allowing the largest railroads m

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Former Surface Transportation Board Chairman Roger Nober

A new industrial development strategy by CSX to keep freight moving may provide a model for rail-foc

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Consolidated Chassis Management expanded its Denver Conso

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Union Pacific Railroad went from four operating regions d

Rail traffic, including both intermodal and carloads, increased 4.5 percent year-over-year in the we

Carloads at short line and regional rail operator RailAmerica slowed in June by 2.5 percent. Total c

Record coal shipments and strong intermodal volume helped U.S. railroads post substantial gains in J

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Tropicana may be synonymous with orange juice, but offeri

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Railroads will review their transportation plans and peak

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Norfolk Southern is buying 1,600 coal cars from FreightCa

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Short line railroads expect demand for freight to outstri

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.RailAmerica is eliminating 20 upper and middle-management

When marine terminals in Los Angeles and Long Beach launched the PierPass a year ago, their greatest

PierPass continues to be criticized by some transportation companies because of computer problems an

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Union Pacific Railroad installed a yard automation system

Add water and stir. That simple formula is revolutionizing the supply chains of a number of companie

Total rail volume, including both intermodal and carloads, was 3.4 percent higher than a year ago du

President Bush plans to appoint former Surface Transportation Board chairman Roger Nober and former

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Grain shippers could see competition for space on the rai

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Rep. Steven LaTourette, R-Ohio, is considering legislatio

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Railroads already refusing to carry hazardous materials o

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Norfolk Southern is buying 1,600 coal cars from FreightCa

Copyright 2006, Traffic World, Inc.Shippers captive to a single railroad are paying higher t

The Greenbrier Cos. said its backlog shrank in the third fiscal quarter despite an order for 600 dou

Surface Transportation Board Chairman W. Douglas Buttrey wrote to the nation's railroads Thursday re

Rail volume, including both carloads and intermodal, jumped 4.6 percent over year ago levels in the