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TRANSPORTATION CHIEF TO ADDRESS RAIL GROUPSecretary of Transportation Sam Skinner will trave

A controversial Chicago investors group made an offer to acquire P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc.

Despite a new assault on its environmental permits, a small New England railroad plans to overcome l

Ryder System Inc. raised its fourth quarter earnings 5 percent over the prior year despite reduced p

Hopes that the cross-Channel tunnel linking Britain and France will ease growing congestion on roads

NEW BARGE RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED ON MISSISSIPPIKANSAS CITY, Mo. - The U.S. Coast Guard Wednesd

Preston Corp.'s fourth quarter earnings rose to $849,000, or 15 cents a share, compared with a year-

JEFFBOAT TO REOPEN TOWBOAT, BARGE UNITJEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. - Jeffboat, a subsidiary of Ameri

Secretary of Transportation Samuel K. Skinner said it might take at least a year before a comprehens

Amtrak has delayed restarting its long-popular Montrealer passenger service between Washington and C

Conrail does not expect a slight delay in a federal permit process to derail its plans to build an a

The Port of Baltimore and union officials are close to an agreement that will resolve a labor disput

CUMMINS REPORTS LOSS FOR 4TH QUARTER, YEARCOLUMBUS, Ind. - Cummins Engine Co.'s fourth quart

The country's first magnetic-levitation train system will be built to transport guests at the Resort

TRUCK DRIVING SCHOOL BANNED FROM AID ROLEThe U.S. Department of Education banned Superior Tr

The opportunity seems to be at hand for the Port of Boston to attain a long absent rail connection t

Kenan Transport Co. earned $880,000, or 37 cents a share, in the fourth quarter of 1988, 1 percent h

Samuel K. Skinner was sworn in Monday as the 10th secretary of transportation. The Chicago n

CP Rail expects one of its shipper customers to file "fairly soon" the first request for arbitration

When it comes to clean air standards, truckers in other states are thankful they do not face the str

Chemical Leaman Tank Lines Inc., one of the nation's largest haulers of bulk commodities, shut down

Canada's first, scheduled, double-stack container train is to arrive in Toronto today from Vancouver

Mack Trucks Inc. earned $13.8 million, or 47 cents a share, in the fourth quarter compared with a ye

Shippers and truckers are bitterly divided over a proposal before the Interstate Commerce Commission

DERAILMENTS TO DELAY NORTHWEST SHIPMENTSKANSAS CITY, Mo. - Rail shipments into the Pacific N

WATERWAY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS INC. (Jeffersonville, Ind.) - Salverio J. ''Sal" Berte was named re

WASHINGTON - For the week ended Jan. 14, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railro

RUNAWAY CARS DERAIL, EXPLODE IN MONTANAHELENA, Mont. - Runaway railroad cars derailed and ex

The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. was scheduled to complete the sale of the old Toledo, Pe

A group of state-owned European railroads has unveiled details of a mammoth $100 billion project fo

CANADA'S VARITY MAKES NEW OFFER FOR FRUEHAUFDETROIT - Canada's Varity Corp. has made a new o

CAROLINA FREIGHT POSTS RISE IN EARNINGS FOR '88CHERRYVILLE, N.C. - Carolina Freight Corp. re

Ryder System Inc. will sell four subsidiaries, including an ailing truckload freight carrier, that f

Northwest Association of Rail Shippers, annual meeting, Feb. 2-3. Thunderbird Motel, Bloomington, Mi

THE GUESSING GAME OVER new leadership below the Cabinet level has swung into high gear in Washington

The Justice Department's proposed settlement of its racketeering suit against the Teamsters union ne

Overseas coal exports through the Gulf of Mexico were up in 1988, despite a summer drought that brou

ICC SETS CONFERENCE ON TRAILER TRAIN BIDThe Interstate Commerce Commission will hold an open

The state of New York has asked the trustee administering the bankrupt Delaware & Hudson Railway to

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Yellow Freight System Inc.'s fourth quarter earnings rose to $18.8 million, or