Rail News

Rail shipper groups are pleased Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. decided to sell the Southern Pacific

Despite healthy traffic gains in the third quarter of 1987, revenue and earnings for major railroads

Metrorail Joint Project Continues in CapitalPHILADELPHIA - The joint venture of Day & Zimmer

UTU Says it Will Seek Expedited ArbitrationThe United Transportation Union will not seek uni

The Commerce Department predicted that 1988 will be an unspectacular year for the nation's railroad

For the week ended Dec. 19 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 10

The nation's two largest steamship lines are rapidly learning that some of their most profitable ste

Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. Thursday filed its plan of divestiture with the Interstate Commerce

Amtrak trains rocketing through this town at 120 mph still stir nightmarishmemories of a cra

With more than 60 double-stack container trains already leaving the West Coast each week, a railroad

Service to Remember Amtrak Crash VictimsA memorial service for the 16 passengers and crewmem

A renegotiation of a debt package that originally totaled $75 million should make life considerably

The Interstate Commerce Commission's staff is looking for ways to expedite the agency's examination

Guilford Transportation Industries says a federal judge's refusal to consider a union-sought injunct

Railroads Set Record In Freight HandlingWith a little more than one week to go, U.S. railroa

Even before the smoke had cleared from Monday's announcement of its $1.8 billion acquisition of the

Labor Aspects Prompt C&NW to Delay SaleChicago and North Western Transportation Co. is delay

Philip F. Anschutz, who slightly more than three years ago didn't have a stake in the railroad busin

An "Orient Express" railway cargo service linking China and the Soviet Union at a point near the Sov

It was a quicker trip Monday for commuters on the Long Island Rail Road's Ronkonkoma branch as the L

Pullman Leasing Co., the rail-car leasing division of Signal Capital Corp., has purchased a portion

AAR Cost Index, RCAF Gains ICC ApprovalThe Interstate Commerce Commission has approved the c

For the week ended Dec. 12 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 10

The Railroaders Memorial Museum offered the ultimate Christmas gift for the train enthusiast tired o

The Illinois Central Gulf Railroad has settled a large debt to the Federal Railroad Administration f

The Metro-North Commuter Railroad should do more to warn passengers that they can be injured getting

ICC Refuses to Give Data on BN Line SaleThe Interstate Commerce Commission refused to provid

Canada's new National Transportation Act, due to take effect Jan. 1, may cause problems for a Wester

Officials of the Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. and of the three major potential buyers of the Sout

Rail shippers in New England are reaching out, with little apparent success, to state and federal au

The dispute over continuing the antitrust exemption for the Trailer Train Co. has led to a flurry of

New England shippers who rely on railroad transportation again find themselves hostages to the warfa

LIRR Plans to Operate Extra Afternoon trainsHoliday celebrants are getting a present from th

It's going to be a bittersweet Christmas for the Laviolettes of Campbellton, New Brunswick, a poor f

The Interstate Commerce Commission Tuesday rejected rail labor's bid for labor-protection benefits f

Troubled and Springfield Terminal seem to be included in the same breath so often that it's beginnin

The lure of treks to Nepal, ocean cruises and African safaris are fading for some yuppies who prefer

Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp.'s attempts to buy back the more than 23 million shares of its stock

Joint Venture Aiming To Form US Rail LineBombardier Inc. and Alsthom of France have created

There was a late-night chase on the lower Fraser River following a hit-and- run collision between a