Rock Island Rail will become the contract operator of 2.6 miles of track in the Watsonville, Calif., area. Rock Island via STB WASHINGTON — Shortline company Chicago Rock Island & Pacific will take ...

LINCOLN, Neb. — A 19-year-old Nebraska man has received five years of probation for an incident in which he derailed a BNSF train and recorded video of the incident. Zachary Hertzler received the ...

A westbound Union Pacific manifest freight rolls past the College Avenue Metra station in Wheaton, Ill., on April 22, 2026. UP CEO Jim Vena says the railroad is preparing to provide additional merger ...

Images from an Amtrak presentation show the “voids” — air pockets in the concrete lining of the East River Tunnel — that have posed a problem for installation of the new catenary system during ...

DARIEN, Conn. — Derek Taylor has joined Genesee & Wyoming as chief operating officer, the company announced today (Monday, June 15). Taylor most recently served as executive vice president and chief ...

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Twenty-three cars of a Union Pacific train, including tank cars of ethanol, derailed in Richmond, Texas, on March 18, 2026. Fort Bend County Homeland Security and Emergency Management RICHMOND, Texas ...

The Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger application highlights projected increases in traffic on the new railroad’s north-south spine, as well as planned capacity improvements. Trains.com, ...

A New York Central J-3 Hudson gallops east at Camelot, N.Y., with train 38, the Missourian, in June 1940. The New York Central was a large railroad, and it had several subsidiaries whose identity ...

Helmstetter’s Curve was a famous photo location on the former Western Maryland RR, and continues to be one of the scenic highlights for viewing trains operated by today’s Western Maryland Scenic ...