Theft of cargo cost Class I railroads more than $100 million in 2024, according to the Association of American Railroads.

Canadian National Railway and Iowa Northern Railway have officially joined operations.

The early-year supply chain lull swept rail freight in the latest carload data from the Association of American Railroads.

Railroads are weighing the uncertainty of President Trump’s proposed tariffs and foresee a moderate cross-border impact, executives told an investor conference.

BNSF’s saw fourth quarter revenue decline primarily due to a 6.6% drop in average revenue per carload.

Trains are rolling again on Norfolk Southern’s Heartland Corridor after flooding hit parts of West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia and Ohio.

Union Pacific will lease 1.25 miles of trackage in Kansas City, Missouri, to a new Jaguar Transport short line in March.

Carload volume on U.S. railroads for the week ending Feb. 15 finished narrowly ahead of the same period in 2024.

A new study by the Federal Railroad Administration proposes dual-mode locomotives to help railroads save money in the switch to electric power.

New Orleans Public Belt Railroad and Gulf Gateway Terminal have announced an expansion to handle liquid bulk terminal traffic.

Locomotive builder Wabtec’s shares declined despite fourth-quarter revenue and profit increases.

U.S. rail traffic has risen for the fifth time in the first six weeks of 2025.

Separate legislation to broaden the definition of high-hazard trains and reimburse rail hazmat incident first responders have been reintroduced in Congress.

US weekly rail traffic rebounds after a slight downturn.

CSX has reopened part of its Clinchfield Railroad through western North Carolina that was damaged by Hurricane Helene in September 2024.

Profits and revenue fell at Canadian National amid port work stoppages and extreme cold.

CPKC delivers on 2024 guidance of double-digit earnings growth, despite economic uncertainties and tariff threats.

Operational and other improvements helped Norfolk Southern meet or exceed financial targets it set amid last year’s nasty proxy battle with activist investor Ancora Holdings.

A settlement has been reached between Norfolk Southern and East Palestine, Ohio, after a 2023 derailment left hazardous waste and more behind.

President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday rescinded a freeze on federal grants and other funding that could have had far-reaching effects on the transportation sector, one day after the order was announced amid public uncertainty and criticism, media outlets reported. The reversal also follows a federal judge’s order on Tuesday that temporarily blocked the pause […]

Canadian National and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers of Canada have reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract, averting a strike that was slated to begin Tuesday. The union represents approximately 750 signals and communications employees across Canada. They have been working without a contract since Dec. 31, 2024. Montreal-based CN (NYSE: […]

CSX on Monday named former Surface Transportation Board Chair Ann Begeman to its board of directors. Separately, Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) appointed former Celanese Chief Executive Lori J. Ryerkerk to its board, a move made after a search process that was a part of an agreement with activist investor Ancora Holdings. “Ann brings a wealth […]

Canadian National Railway is bracing for a work stoppage Tuesday after members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) in Canada issued a 72-hour strike notice. The union represents about 750 signal and communications workers, who are prepared to walk out if a new agreement is not reached by a Jan. 28 deadline.  “CN […]

Declines in coal and fuel surcharge revenue hit CSX profits in the fourth quarter.

Cargo theft, rail crossings, and infrastructure improvements dominate House hearing on rail legislative issues.

U.S. rail traffic showed a massive jump for the week ending Jan. 18, 2025, with both carload and intermodal traffic up more than 25% from the same week a year earlier. Statistics from the Association of American Railroads show overall traffic for the week was 500,160 carloads and intermodal units, a 25.9% increase. That included […]

An autonomous railcar pilot program involving Parallel Systems’ self-propelled, battery-electric container cars will be conducted on two Genesee & Wyoming short lines in Georgia.

Republican Patrick J. Fuchs has been designated by President Trump as chairman of the Surface Transportation Board.

Decision says Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration failed by not preparing environmental report

At MARS meeting, the biggest U.S. Class 1 railroad also talks shipment security, Mexico business, and growth.

STB Chairman Robert Primus addressed the Midwest Association of Rail Shippers on Thursday.

Intermodal volumes boosted weekly U.S. rail traffic even as overall carloads slipped compared to the same week in 2024.

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — The power of data, or more accurately, of well-used data, may not have explicitly been the topic of BNSF Railway CEO Katie Farmer’s presentation at the Midwest Association of Rail Shippers Winter Meeting. But it was a recurring theme of several subjects she touched on as part of her keynote address Wednesday […]

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has scrapped its controversial rule that would have required the use of zero-emissions locomotives in the state beginning in 2030. The board informed the Environmental Protection Agency this week that it was withdrawing its requests to enforce zero-emissions rules covering trucks and locomotives. The move comes a week before […]

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — The question of the day, on the first day of the Midwest Association of Rail Shippers Winter Meeting, is probably one being asked in one form or another at every business in the United States — or that does business with the U.S. What about tariffs? The consensus Wednesday was, not surprisingly, […]

Canadian National has gotten the go-ahead on its planned acquisition of Iowa Northern Railway.

Weekly U.S. rail traffic showed a slight uptick over 2024 in the first report from the Association of American Railroads for 2025. Overall volume for the week ending Jan. 4 was 421,410 carloads and intermodal units, a 1% increase over the first week a year ago. That included 198,500 carloads, down 4.6%, and 222,910 containers […]

U.S. weekly rail traffic remained ahead of year-earlier levels for the final week of 2024, the Association of American Railroads reported Friday.

U.S. weekly rail traffic remains ahead of 2023 levels for the week ending Dec. 21, 2024.

Canadian union Unifor said its members ratified new four-year agreements with Canadian National Railway.

David Fink, former Pan Am Railways president, has been tabbed by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Federal Railroad Administration.

In a security upgrade, the Federal Railroad Administration has issued a final rule that limits railcars and parts made in China.

CSX in a filing listed September 2025 for completions of emergency repairs following hurricane damage to the former Clinchfield Railroad route through Tennessee and North Carolina.

Intermodal continues to pace weekly U.S. rail traffic while carloads edged downward, according to the Association of American Railroads.

A newly completed CPKC rail bridge linking the U.S. and Mexico is expected to double capacity for cross-border trade.

To honor fallen veterans during the holidays, a number of companies regularly partner with Wreaths Across America to deliver wreaths for placement on headstones. Among them are BNSF Railway and J.B. Hunt Transport Services. Wreaths Across America has a mission to “Remember, Honor, and Teach,” and every year since 2007 the organization has coordinated wreath-laying […]

Teamsters Canada leaders want federal officials to stay out of contract negotiations and back rail workers’ right to strike.

U.S. rail traffic is back on track after November swings, with intermodal gains outpacing weaker carloads.

The Thanksgiving holiday once again made for a big change in U.S. weekly rail traffic. This time, that change was negative.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch has recused himself from the pending case involving the Uinta Basin Railway, which is set to be argued before the court next week.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City CEO Keith Creel is confident that free trade will continue in North America despite President-elect Donald J. Trump’s threat to impose 25% tariffs on goods imported from Mexico and Canada.

Intermodal continued to outpace carloads, according to the latest data from the Association of American Railroads.

President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to impose 25% tariffs on goods imported from Mexico and Canada could have a chilling impact on cross-border rail traffic, which has been one of the few sources of volume growth for North American Class I railroads.

The U.S. Class I railroads have turned the corner on service and resiliency and are poised for volume growth for the first time in years.

The Surface Transportation Board has taken Union Pacific to task for an ongoing lack of cooperation in a new decision on the railroad’s effort to construct a 6-mile rail line in Arizona’s Maricopa and Pinal counties.

Norfolk Southern will add a new member to its board of directors — the 14th overall and 13th independent director — under a “cooperation agreement” with shareholder Ancora Holdings, NS announced Thursday.

U.S. rail traffic continued its pattern for most of 2024 in the week ending Nov. 9, with strong intermodal growth leading to an overall gain compared to 2023.

Smaller railroads have received $2.6 billion for more than 220 projects since the inception of the Federal Railroad Administration’s Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvement grant program.

BNSF Railway, CSX, and Union Pacific filed lawsuits against the Federal Railroad Administration today for its failure to act on a half dozen safety waiver requests that in some cases would allow railroads to scale back visual inspections in areas where they have deployed new high-tech train and track inspection systems.

The Transportation Security Administration has proposed a rule that would require cybersecurity risk management and reporting requirements for some freight and passenger railroads, as well as rail transportation.

Propelled by a big jump in intermodal traffic, weekly U.S. rail traffic had its biggest gain in seven weeks over the period ending Nov. 2.

In the wake of the disastrous hazardous materials derailment last year in East Palestine, Ohio, the Federal Railroad Administration has repeatedly said it’s doing everything it can to improve rail safety.

BNSF Railway’s profits, revenue and volume all increased for the third quarter, thanks to surging intermodal and agricultural shipments.

A dispute over terminal automation will halt freight moving through the ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert, British Columbia, and disrupt U.S.-bound intermodal rail shipments.

CSX launched double-stack service to and from the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore on Monday thanks to clearance projects that have been completed north of the Howard Street Tunnel.

A total of 122 projects in 41 states and the District of Columbia have been named recipients in the Federal Railroad Administration’s Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) grant program.

BNSF Railway and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers have reached a tentative agreement on a five-year contract, while the National Conference of Firemen and Oilers has ratified its agreement with the railroad.

U.S. weekly rail traffic showed a modest gain for the week ending Oct. 19, 2024.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s third-quarter profits and revenue increased despite the impact of the four-day work stoppage in Canada, the railway reported on Wednesday.

CSX Transportation has reached new tentative five-year deals with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the National Conference of Firemen & Oilers. The railroad also announced ratification of an agreement with yardmasters represented by the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers-Transportation Division.

Norfolk Southern has reached a tentative five-year agreement with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the railroad announced Tuesday. The agreement, subject to ratification, means the railroad has tentative deals with approximately 67% of its union workforce.

Norfolk Southern delivered significant gains in earnings and operating ratio during 2024’s third quarter, with new CEO Mark George noting the railroad is “continuing to close the margin gap” with its peers.

Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) posted third-quarter earnings from rail operations of $1.6 billion, along with an operating ratio of 47.7% and diluted earnings per share of $4.85, the railroad announced Tuesday. 

Mexico’s Congress has passed legislation that would reverse railroad privatization laws enacted in the 1990s and give the government more control over rail operations, particularly passenger rail.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has subpoenaed CSX Corp. regarding misstatements in previously financial reports, CSX said in its latest quarterly filing with the government agency.

The Surface Transportation Board has approved acquisition by Canadian Pacific Kansas City and CSX Transportation of the Meridian & Bigbee Railroad from Genesee & Wyoming, allowing the two Class I lines to create a new direct connection at Myrtlewood, Alabama.

Weekly U.S. rail traffic rebounded into positive territory compared to 2023 for the week ending Oct. 12, after falling below previous-year levels a week earlier.

CSX faces more than $200 million in reconstruction costs as a result of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, and the income impacts of the storms will be felt in both the third and fourth quarters.

CSX Corp. reported third-quarter operating income of $1.35 billion with net earnings of $894 million, or 46 cents per diluted share, in financial results announced Wednesday.

Freight railroads from the Gulf Coast to Miami are still assessing damage and making repairs after Milton made landfall near St. Petersburg late Wednesday as a Category 3 hurricane.

For the first time in more than nine months, U.S. weekly rail traffic has dropped below 2023 levels.

Class I railroads have rationalized their networks to the extent that there is very little redundancy, leaving few efficient alternatives in the event of a catastrophic event like Hurricane Helene.

Norfolk Southern says its line between Asheville, North Carolina, and Newport, Tennessee — heavily damaged by Hurricane Helene — will be out of service until at least late January, while assessment of the route between Asheville and Old Fort, North Carolina, is ongoing.

Locomotives and freight cars are being moved to higher ground and railroad operations are winding down as Hurricane Milton is only a few hours from making landfall between Tampa Bay and Sarasota on Florida’s Gulf Coast.

Two members of Congress have introduced legislation to place railroad yardmasters under the same hours-of-service regulations that cover workers such as train crew members and dispatchers.

Freight railroads are on high alert as massive Hurricane Milton heads toward Florida.

Union Pacific says it’s already successfully handling the surge in container volume at West Coast ports, which began weeks ago as shippers sought to dodge a potential strike at ports on the East and Gulf coasts.

Rail service across many of Norfolk Southern’s lines from Georgia to West Virginia remain out of service.

CSX Transportation’s former Clinchfield Railroad mainline has seen devastating impacts from Hurricane Helene’s once-in-a-generation flood.

As BNSF Railway, CSX and Norfolk Southern continue to sign tentative contract agreements with their labor unions well in advance of the start of national negotiations, one U.S. Class I railroad has been conspicuously absent: Union Pacific.

Norfolk Southern, which has struggled to maintain consistent and reliable service in recent years, will no longer tolerate mediocre operational performance, new CEO Mark George says.

Norfolk Southern on Wednesday terminated the contracts of embattled CEO Alan Shaw and the railroad’s chief legal officer, Nabanita Nag, for having a consensual relationship in violation of company policy.

The Norfolk Southern board of directors is investigating allegations that CEO Alan Shaw had an inappropriate workplace relationship.

U.S. rail traffic has seen its third consecutive week of increases of 8% or more.

Norfolk Southern and BNSF Railway have reached tentative five-year contract agreements with additional unions four months before the opening round of national collective bargaining.

Norfolk Southern’s final RoadRailer train left Detroit early Sunday morning for the 715-mile run to Kansas City, Missouri.

The union says it will appeal ruling to federal court.

Canadian National Railway announced it has received a 72-hour strike notice from the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, which would launch a strike against the railroad at 10 a.m. ET on Monday.

The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference is returning to work at Canadian National Railway, but the union said the work stoppage continues at Canadian Pacific Kansas City pending an order from the Canada Industrial Relations Board.

Startup Intramotev, which converts conventional freight cars to battery-electric, self-propelled vehicles, has debuted an autonomous double-stack car.