Rail News

Several hundred union members shut down most of Guilford Transportation Co.'s Springfield Terminal o

Asea Traction Inc. and Amtrak have formed a consortium to supply 26 mass transit cars to Southeaster

MALCOLM M.B. STERRETT'S DAYS ARE NUMBERED, or at least those days he intends to spend as a member o

Conrail to Purchase 30 GE LocomotivesERIE, Pa. - Conrail will buy 30 new high-horsepower loc

Railroad carloadings continued to climb in October, giving evidence that the recession is at an end

Circle Earnings Off By 3 Cents a ShareCircle Express Inc. earned $473,000, or 10 cents a sha

Construction is more than one-third complete on the Oak Point railroad link in the Bronx, N.Y.

Western Fuels Sets Coal Shipment PactWestern Fuels Association has reached an agreement in p

Preferential access to some of Australia's richest mineral deposits is the bait being offered to a

Eurotunnel, the consortium that is building the rail tunnel under the English Channel, announced it

CSX Sells Rail Line To New Railtex UnitCSX Transportation has sold a 54-mile rail line to ne

The two railroads involved in the transfer of 900 miles of track in southern Montana got their chanc

The railroad industry has set its sights on getting the House Energy and Commerce Committee to derai

Senators spurred by the nation's worst Amtrak accident unanimously passed legislation calling for $1

New BART System Passes Major TestA new report says BART's troubled $39 million automatic tra

The Nov. 5 edition printed an incorrect report from Knight-Ridder Newspapers that documents destroye

For the week ended Oct. 25 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 10

The Napa Valley Wine Train, which is hoping to start-up operations later this month, will first have

A bill to modify the Staggers Rail Act appeared headed to victory before the House transportation su

State-owned CN Rail may resume double-tracking its mainline to Vancouver in 1989 after a four-year h

Officials of the Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp., its suitors and federal regulators, are spending m

Behind-the-scenes battles were continuing up to the 11th hour Wednesday, as a House subcommittee pre

Court Nominee Admits Document DestructionSupreme Court nominee Douglas H. Ginsburg acknowled

Groundbreaking ceremonies were held Wednesday for PATH's new car maintenance facility here, one half

Prospects of a bidding war for the Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. emerged Tuesday when a giant Cana

Appeals Court Rules Against Illinois CentralST. LOUIS - Over 400 black job applicants were w

The Supreme Court Tuesday heard arguments in two cases that will determine whether the Department of

Rail company guards were posted Sunday around three locomotives that were demolished after saboteurs

A New York lawmaker, enraged over Conrail's decision against increasing passenger train speeds, is c

Three foreign companies, one from Canada, have approached Malaysia about buying its debt-laden state

Norfolk Southern Train Involved in AccidentDUNKIRK, N.Y. - A Norfolk Southern freight train

Things are rolling along rather smoothly for the Long Island Rail Road these days. Since the

Bethlehem Steel Says 500 Railcars OrderedTrailer Train Co. ordered 500 platform railcars fro

A 22-mile Union Pacific Railroad spur line will be handed over to a group of Oregon investors today

The transportation appropriations bill passed by the Senate includes substantially more money for ra

For the week ended Oct. 17 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 10

Officials of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad continued meeting Thursday with the line's lawyers

Rep. Thomas A. Luken, D-Ohio, postponed Thursday's scheduled subcommittee consideration of a bill to

Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp.'s massive restructuring efforts took another complicated turn Wednes

Freight Car Orders Continue to IncreaseOrders for new and rebuilt rail freight cars during t