Rail News

Textainer Equipment Management (US) Ltd. says it will try to increase its container fleet to almost

SHHHH! IT'S SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH! That's the traditional sign asking guests to keep it qui

ABOARD THE METROLINER ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL - Amtrak blew its own horn Thursday to commemorate the 20t

Norfolk Southern Corp. plans to increase its capital spending by 12 percent this year. The h

FASTEST TRAIN TO LINK MELBOURNE AND SYDNEYMELBOURNE, Australia - An Australian and Japanese

Southern Pacific Transportation Co. said it plans to spend $361 million on capital improvements in 1

After eight weeks of closed-door wrangling, the Interstate CommerceCommission released its w

For the week ended Dec. 24 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

A federal transportation panel last week cited drug impairment by an Amtrak employee and Amtrak's fa

The Interstate Commerce Commission will find that several major railroads earned enough money last y

NYS&W TRANSPORTS GE TURBINES TO ALBANYCOOPERSTOWN, N.Y. - New York, Susquehanna and Western

The government began closing arguments in its case against top Teamsters officials, describing for j

FRENCH FIRM TO SUPPLY TRAINS TO SPAINAlsthom Inc., the French rail equipment manufacturer, h

Most railroad industry insiders shrugged off the proposed federal budget for fiscal 1990 as soon as

JOHN LAWE, PRESIDENT OF UNION, DIES AT 69John Lawe, the one-time bus cleaner who became pres

Competition for intermodal rail shipments in Massachusetts appears to be heating up with word that I

Jubilant preservationists learned at year-end that CSX Corp. is giving the 92-year-old Seaboard rail

CANADIAN NATIONAL AND CANADIAN PACIFIC railroads have turned down an offer to buy their Nova Scotia

Kansas City Southern Industries Inc. had to mortgage its railroad's rolling stock in order to help r

Huron & Eastern Railway Co. has acquired the former CSX Transportation line running between Bad Axe

TRANSPORTATION TABLE TO MEET IN WASHINGTONThe outlook for 1989 in the railroad, trucking and

CSX TEAM DEVELOPS NEW BUSINESS FOR LINEBALTIMORE - CSX Transportation Inc. said its industri

The decision on whether the city of York is going to get into the railroad business may be left up t

The Interstate Commerce Commission has ordered 45 railroads to refund about $1 million in overcharge

CUBAN RADIO REPORTS 3 DEAD IN TRAIN WRECKTwo trains collided in Cuba's easternmost province

CSX Corp., which operates the largest U.S. flag steamship company and one of the largest railroads i

For the week ended Dec. 17 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 11

EMONS HOLDINGS UNIT FINALIZES RAIL MERGERYORK, Pa. - The merger or E T Railcar Corp. into Em

Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. said last week that its board of directors approved proposed changes

Canadian National Railway Co., The government-owned railway and communications conglomerate, announc

US CLASS 1 RAILROADS REPORT INCOME INCREASEWASHINGTON - The nation's Class 1 railroads had o

The National Railways of Zimbabwe has begun a seven-year upgrading exercise costing Z$483 million (U

With traffic at the lowest levels during the final two weeks of the year, most railroads have a good

A derailed train was placed back on track and passengers were bused on their way as investigators pr

The Interstate Commerce Commission has agreed to help accelerate USX Corp.'s sale of seven small rai

Conrail and Guilford Transportation Industries may be in for some major rail hauling contracts if pl

About 1,000 Slovenian railway workers, mostly engine drivers, went on strike Tuesday protesting low

For the week ended Dec. 10 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 11

Spurred by increases in intermodal, chemicals and motor vehicle traffic, railroad freight carloading

United Transportation Union workers on two more of CSX Transportation's lines have agreed to a new c