If railroads can’t grow, they’ll be forced to merge or shrink, consultant says
NEW YORK — If current Class I railroad volume growth efforts don’t bear fruit, railroads will either have to turn…
Read moreNEW YORK — If current Class I railroad volume growth efforts don’t bear fruit, railroads will either have to turn…
Read moreNEW YORK — If there’s a silver lining to the spate of labor disruptions that have affected Canadian railways and…
Read moreWASHINGTON — President-elect Trump has chosen former Wisconsin Congressman Sean Duffy as his nominee for Secretary of Transportation. Duffy, 53,…
Read moreNEW YORK — The U.S. Class I railroads have turned the corner on service and resiliency and are poised for…
Read moreCHICAGO — Operation Lifesaver’s “See Tracks-Think Train!” nationwide information blitz during the last week of September was the latest attempt…
Read moreMEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Congress has passed legislation which would reverse railroad privatization laws enacted in the 1990s and give…
Read moreWASHINGTON — Nine projects in Alaska, South Dakota, and Wyoming have received more than $108 million in federal funding under…
Read moreASHEVILLE, N.C. — Skepticism spread throughout the railroad community after Hurricane Helene’s devastating once-in-a-generation floods wiped out roadbeds, destroyed bridges,…
Read moreBERLIN —The InnoTrans trade fair in late September brought together almost all major manufacturers, large and small, serving the global…
Read moreASHEVILLE, N.C. — Communities along the former Southern Railway and Clinchfield Railroad in western North Carolina have seen record-setting rainfalls…
Read moreWASHINGTON – The long-awaited National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report on the impact of long freight trains will…
Read moreWASHINGTON — More regulatory oversight is needed to keep rail volumes from shifting to trucks and limiting the railroads’ growth…
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