The Rail Customer Coalition, which represents the manufacturing, agriculture, and energy industries, has told federal ...

Railroads are the quiet workhorses of our economy — moving the goods that keep manufacturers humming, farmers exporting, and ...

The public would feel many benefits if rail companies grabbed business back from trucking, but doing so will be tough.

For 2025’s 37th week, North American freight rail traffic declined marginally, with carloads falling 0.5% and intermodal down ...

The Trump administration is getting conflicting advice on how to fit railroad automation into the country’s long-term ...

Two of the largest US railroads, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, announced on Tuesday a plan to combine in a $72 billion deal that would create America’s first transcontinental freight railroad.

The National Carriers Conference Committee today announced it has reached a national tentative agreement with SMART-TD, the nation’s largest rail union. “This tentative national agreement with ...

Freight operator Norfolk Southern has agreed to prioritize Amtrak trains and work with the agency to identify the cause of ...

News from the world rail freight market. CRRC Ziyang has supplied Hebei Construction Group with two HXN6 six-axle hybrid ...

After the 2023 train crash in East Palestine, Ohio, freight railroads promised to join a federal safety program that lets employees anonymously report mistakes. Only two pilot programs have launched.