NOVI, Mich. — CSX is planning to abolish 165 maintenance-of-way positions and furlough more than 1,000 workers, the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division has announced. In a post on its ...
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 ...
With added dramatic lighting for a photo session, former Union Pacific 2-10-2 No. 5511 sits in the Railroading Heritage of Midwest America backshop at Silvis, Ill. On its return to operation, 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 ...
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 ...
A Kankakee, Beaverville & Southern train works in Kankakee, Ill., on April 11, 2022. Pinsly Railroad Co. is acquiring the short line serving Indiana and Illinois. David Lassen WASHINGTON — Pinsly ...
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 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.
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 ...
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 ...
WASHINGTON — The North American Rail Shippers Association will hold its annual meeting in Washington, D.C., for the first time. The meeting is set for Nov. 11-13, with the theme of “Navigating Change ...
The Barstow International Gateway project will move cargo from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach by train. BNSF FORT WORTH, Texas – BNSF Railway and Spearpoint Logistics today announced a ...