Rail News

The House approved legislation late Monday requiring train engineers,brakemen and other rail

ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY (Chicago) - Jack Fields was appointed assistant vice president

The U.S. Department of Transportation may advocate restricting landing slots at more airports to rel

Consolidated Rail Corp., which recently adopted a "poison-pill" shareholder rights plan, plans to es

Much has happened in the 10 years since rezoning of the first 800 acres for the Riverport of Louisvi

BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS BEGIN AGAINST PILOTPilot Freight Carriers Inc. was forced into involu

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee is expected to pass and send to the floor

BRANCHLINE SALES BY MAJOR CARRIERS may not represent as much of a movement as once appeared.

JUST A REMINDER from your friendly air cargo carrier . . . On Thursday, Buzz Whalen, Japan A

For the week ended July 22, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

Robert W. Blanchette has joined the transportation law firm of Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson

A federal appeals court has overturned two rulings by the Interstate CommerceCommission, dec

Rail, truck and aviation interests believe that a new national transportation policy should embody a

President Bush's nominee to head the Federal Railroad Administration, Gilbert E. Carmichael, is expe

LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD (New York) - Bruce McIver has resigned as president and general manager to pur

An international consortium that includes Montreal-based Bombardier Inc., has been chosen to supply

Norfolk Southern has reported record second quarter earnings, and expects a solid performance for th

A chemical fire in a derailed tanker car burned into a fifth day Wednesday after firefighters failed

New York state's Department of Transportation is accepting private-sector bids for development of tr

Hazardous materials experts reassured hundreds of displaced families Monday that fumes from a chemic

The Channel Tunnel Group Ltd., or Eurotunnel, has been forced by escalating costs to return to its b

Potential buyers and sellers of railroad branch lines say the most significant thing about the Supre

The prospect of union demands for national labor protection rules in branch line sales and the possi

In a deal that puts aside their differences for the moment, Conrail and Guilford Transportation Indu

CONRAIL HAS NEARLY NINE MONTHS before an investor may hold more than 10 percent of the company's sto

While economists debate how hard or soft the landing will be, railroad executives have been watching

For the week ended July 15, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

SANTA FE RAILWAY PLANS MANAGEMENT STAFF CUTSAtchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway is reducing

Concerned that a traffic slowdown will cause the company to fall short of projected traffic and reve

Three major rail systems reported second quarter earnings Thursday. Following on the heels of Conrai

A PENNSYLVANIA RAIL CARRIER hopes it has better luck with a federal judge than it did with the jury.

A bill that would impose a 50 percent excise tax on sales of railroad property for non-rail use rece

CONRAIL PREPARES RAIDER DEFENSEEven though Consolidated Rail Corp. is immune to takeover att

AMERICAN COMMERCIAL BARGE LINE CO. (Jeffersonville, Ind.) - Michael C. Hagan was named executive vic

A federal court jury ordered the Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad to pay $243.5 million in damages in a

RAIL SERVICE RESTORED AFTER CHEMICAL LEAKNORTH BILLERICA, Mass. - Guilford Transportation In

CSX TRANSPORTATION INC. (Baltimore, Md.) - Michael J. Ruehling was appointed vice president, state r

Railroad labor has asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to treat Union Pacific Corp. as a direct

Maersk Line has announced the start-up on July 30 of a new dedicated weekly double-stack container t

State-run Indian Railways plans to invest some 416 billion rupees (US$26 billion) during the five-ye