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STANDARD & POOR'S CUTS CF SENIOR DEBT RATINGNEW YORK - Consolidated Freightways Inc.'s senio

Gov. Michael S. Dukakis would slap a 50 percent excise tax on the sale of railroad property in Massa

CHEMICAL LEAMAN POSTS PROFIT FOR FINAL QUARTEREXTON, Pa. - Chemical Leaman Corp., whose subs

Upcoming federal decisions on truck size and weight limits will have far- reaching impacts on both t

The United Shareholders Association said one of its members is trying to win a spot for himself and

ABF FREIGHT SYSTEM INC. (Fort Smith, Ark.) - John Harvey, Leland Karras, Steve Atcheson and Mike Bon

CMX TRUCKING OPENS N. CALIFORNIA TERMINALHUNT VALLEY, Md. - CSL Intermodal said CMX Trucking

Ailing Pilot Freight Carriers Inc. closed much of its trucking operation last week and began selling

For the week ended March 11, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

Tug and barge operators say it looks like the Mississippi and Ohio River systems will be able to wea

AMERICAN PRESIDENT COS. (Oakland, Calif.) - Michael Diaz was appointed president of American Preside

CNW Corp. and an investment group that is trying to take it over have traded charges and barbs over

General Mills Inc. and Navistar International Corp. did not underpay freight bills tendered by a now

United Parcel Service is planning to build a new $150 million sorting hub here to handle the package

RAILROADS STILL ARE LOOKING FOR A SILVER STAKE to drive through the heart of the coal slurry pipelin

RAIL WORKERS IN NY BARRED FROM STRIKINGNEW YORK - A federal judge has barred workers at four

Jeffboat Co.'s experience during the past decade provides a snapshot of what happened to yards acros

Transportation Secretary Samuel K. Skinner is going to reconsider the Federal Railroad Administratio

The U.S. Coast Guard will be "better prepared to deal with" any recurrence of drought conditions, "h

Transportation Secretary Samuel K. Skinner said the government may change its safety philosophy towa

UNION CHIEF ALLEGEDLY SOUGHT MAFIA'S HELPNEW YORK - Teamster President William J. McCarthy s

The Interstate Commerce Commission has granted a one-year extension for the New York, Susquehanna &

The settlement between the Justice Department and the Teamsters union removed a huge albatross from

For the more than 400 commuters riding the Rockport-to-Boston train, the days of poetry readings and

THE RUMOR IS the man nominated for a slot on the Interstate CommerceCommission believes regu

Edward M. Emmett, a foe of Texas state trucking regulations, was nominated to replace Frederick N. A

CAROLINA FREIGHT BEGINS TO BUILD TWO FACILITIESCHERRYVILLE, N.C. - Carolina Freight Carriers

CF INTERMODAL GROUP (Palo Alto, Calif.) - James R. Herwig was appointed president, a new post. He wa

The stock of American President Cos. was priced at $37.87 a share in mid- afternoon trading Thursday

Zimbabwe expects to reduce its trade traffic through South Africa to below 50 percent by the end of

Atlantic County officials are threatening to sue NJ Transit if commuter rail service to this resort

The Interstate Commerce Commission said a Michigan trucker did not violate state transportation law

Motor Carrier Pricing and Costing, two-day seminar for shippers, March 15-17. Wisconsin Center, Univ

The titans of the heavy truck industry continued to clash as Navistar International Transportation C

RAIL WORKERS BARRED FROM SYMPATHY STRIKENEW YORK - A federal judge said he will continue to

With double-stack rail service still in its infancy in Canada, intermodal carriers continue to rely

In the transportation industry, it always seemed like a good bet that movement of cargo would involv

JUDGE PLANS TO BAR NY RAIL LABOR STRIKESNEW YORK - A federal judge says he will issue an inj

The Interstate Commerce Commission agreed to a trucking industry request to halt its February decisi

The Interstate Commerce Commission has invoked its rarely used veto power to prevent the Southern Pa