The U.S. Senate today (Aug. 7) confirmed the nomination of Karen Hedlund for a second term on the Surface Transportation Board. Hedlund was renominated by President Donald Trump on May 11, 2025. Her ...

A Canadian National train crew’s dramatic video of a wildfire surrounding their train this week in Armstrong, Ontario, has gone viral. A CN spokeswoman confirmed the authenticity of the video and ...

Norfolk Southern will operate six specially painted locomotives in honor of the 250th anniversary of American independence. NS ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern today unveiled illustrations of its six ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. rail volume turned a corner in March, according to the Association of American Railroads, which says it was the best March since 2019 and the highest monthly average since October ...

Supervisors explain the tasks performed by workers on each track during a tour of the new Siemens Mobility plant in Lexington, N.C., on April 3, 2026. Siemens hosted a celebration of the plant’s ...

The Greenbrier Cos. and TTX unveiled America 250 patriotic boxcars on March 31, 2026, at the Greenbrier maintenance facility in Cleburne, Texas. Lance Lassen CLEBURNE, Texas — Freight car manufacturer ...

A Long Island Rail Road train of Kawasaki M9 cars arrives at New Hyde Park in November 2022. A second Presidential Emergency Board has made its recommendations in an ongoing labor dispute between the ...

The eastbound California Zephyr passes Metra’s Fairview Avenue station in Downers Grove, Ill., on Feb. 14, 2026. The Federal Railroad Administration is considering restructuring Amtrak into a holding ...

Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 passes through Schuyler, Neb., on June 11, 2023, as part of its Home Run Express trip to Omaha, Neb. Dates have been announced for the first leg of the locomotive’s 2026 ...

In a regulatory filing, CPKC says intermodal volume decline on joint corridor is not related to transit times, which remain strong The joint Canadian Pacific Kansas City-Norfolk Southern Meridian ...

An original Metroliner cab car zips through Princeton Junction, N.J., with New York-bound Keystone Service train No. 644 on Aug. 29, 2025. It was produced in the 1960s by the Budd Company and is ...

BNSF Railway has completed a double-tracking project in the Fort Worth, Texas, area. BNSF FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway has completed a pair of capacity projects in Texas and Arizona. On the Fort ...