NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy speaks at a Monday, Sept. 21, event at Chicago Union Station to announce new safety recommendations regarding shoving moves during switching. David Lassen CHICAGO — The ...
WASHINGTON — Amtrak and Canadian National have reached a new host railroad operating agreement that settles a dispute dating to 2013. The railroads said today that the agreements “strengthen their ...
Visitors check out equipment on display at InnoTrans 2026. At left is a new Alstom Intercity EMU built for Italy; at right is CRRC’s Vellink subway train. Keith Fender BERLIN — InnoTrans, the largest ...
A Canadian National train of mixed freight passes through Thomasboro, Ill. CN’s former Illinois Central main line to Memphis will be key to its Canada-Mexico cross-border trade route. Chase Gunnoe ...
Union Pacific SD70AH No. 8898 and two Norfolk Southern Dash 9-44CW locomotives lead an eastbound manifest freight into Elmhurst, Ill., on July 7, 2026. The Surface Transportation Board has turned down ...
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. — High diesel fuel prices are prompting more shippers to send their freight from the highway to rail, Norfolk Southern executives told an investor conference today. As trucking ...
Amtrak’s first Siemens Airo trainset for Cascades service tests on the Keystone Corridor between Philadelphia and Harrisburg on April 9, 2026. Amtrak has scheduled public viewings of the new equipment ...
Resident Carmine Giso makes a point during a Sept. 17 meeting on Amtrak’s proposed Chicago maintenance facility, eliciting a positive reaction from project opponents. Bob Johnston CHICAGO — Amtrak’s ...
A map accompanying the Request for Proposals for the sale of the rail line owned by the Luzerne County Redevelopment Authority shows the authority-owned trackage (the thick orange lines) and other ...
A preliminary rendering of new VIA Rail Canada long-distance equipment. Engineering and consulting firm Jacobs will support VIA’s acquisition of its new Alstom passenger cars and Stadler locomotives.
Two Colorado firms have developed a fire-mitigation system that can prevent wildfires from encroaching onto railroad rights of way. Matrix Wildfire has developed the SENTINEL apparatus that can ...
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