Rail News

United Transportation Union President Fred A. Hardin and three congressmen came to bury the Intersta

Bethlehem Steel Corp. To Reopen Railcar ShopJOHNSTOWN, Pa. - Bethlehem Steel Corp. said its

Analysts are quietly waiting for several potential buyers' reaction to last week's unveiling of the

CSX Corp. rail service could be hampered if freight train schedules and speeds are altered in the Wa

The Interstate Commerce Commission has refused to suspend or investigate Conrail's decision to scrap

Rolling back grain empties may become a thing of the past thanks to a new multipurpose box car.<

Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. will waste no time in finding a buyer for the Southern Pacific Trans

UP and SP Agree On Texas Track RightsUnion Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Transportat

The Burlington Northern Foundation has awarded a major grant to Pacific Celebration '89, the interna

GE Information Services and ACS Network Systems Inc. have reached an agreement in which GE will prov

Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. will confirm today that it plans to sell Southern Pacific Transporta

Rail Service Begins On Former BN LinesWAHPETON, N.D. - The Red River Valley & Western Railro

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

Citing an imminent hazard to workers, state safety officials have shut down critical repair machiner

The Illinois Central Gulf Railroad has started a program for handling and shipping of steel coils, p

The Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad's new "ladle car" hauls molten iron from an Inland Ste

BN Sets New Mark In July Coal HandlingBurlington Northern Railroad delivered more than one m

The New York City Transit Authority has admitted clumsy installation of computers at its headquarter

Norfolk Southern Corp., which is trying to reduce its non-union employment by 20 percent, is reorgan

Chessie Is History, As C&O, CSXT MergeRICHMOND, Va. - Another venerable railroad name - C&O

The government intervened quickly to prevent the start of a second national rail stoppage only three

The Union Pacific Railroad ordered 100 specialized railroad wheel assemblies and 175 RoadRailer truc

Japanese bankers received an appeal from the British chairman of Eurotunnel Tuesday for greater fina

Britain's newest railway began commercial operations along a 7.5-mile route through the former Dockl

The rail strike that hit Canada last week may be remembered more for the damage inflicted on weakeni

In the aftermath of Canada's five-day national railroad strike, both of that nation's railroads were

Accountants Upgrade Opinion of L.B. FosterL.B. Foster Co. said its independent accountants h

Officials of Eurotunnel, the multibillion-dollar project to connect Britain and France by rail under

General Railway Signal Co. has asked the Federal Trade Commission to relax the terms of a 1964 conse

Total Transportation Posts Quarterly LossBUFFALO, N.Y. - Total Transportation Coordinators I

Angered by clear-cutting of redwoods along the historic and picturesque Skunk Railroad line that

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

It may not be polite for him always to talk about money and certainly his message doesn't endear him

Provincially owned BC Rail, Canada's third-largest railroad, has been unable to insulate itself from

Tobia Jinks, a Metrorail rider charged with illegal eating when she fed her children Vienna sausages

Privatization in Japan May Boost Global MartThe $40 billion global market for rail equipment

Negotiations to end a national rail strike resumed here Wednesday aftermaking little progress in a m

A shutdown of Canada's two transcontinental railroads has helped state-owned CN Rail draw attention

The Interstate Commerce Commission must consider a shipper's right to buy or subsidize an unprofitab

Judge Dismisses Suit Against Soo LineAn employee lawsuit to block Soo Line Railroad Co.'s sa