Messe Berlin, organizer of the InnoTrans trade fair, has announced the inaugural edition of InnoTrans Asia, set to take place in Singapore Sept. 7–9, 2027, at Singapore EXPO. “This landmark…

RAILWAY AGE AUGUST 2025 ISSUE: North America’s tank car fleet is relatively young. Regulations, though tricky and challenging, should benefit carbuilders, component suppliers and lessors. Tank cars, the second-largest railcar…

FreightCar America in the second quarter of 2025 reported a 15% gross margin, $17.8 million gross profit, expansion of 250 basis points, operating cash flow of $8.5 million and adjusted free cash flow of $7.9 million, based on “a strong order intake driven by operational flexibility. The company…

BNSF’s second-quarter and first-half 2025 financials saw the Berkshire Hathaway-owned Class I post healthy operating income gains and operating ratio and operating expense decreases, with essentially flat revenues and modest…

Among the list of reasons to attend the much-anticipated 2025 Light Rail Conference is Embracing Sustainability & Resiliency Through Education & Professional Development, a presentation by Barbara M. Schroeder, P.E., P.M.P., Rail…

Ten months after completing its $690 million purchase of Alstom Signaling North America’s conventional product portfolio, Knorr-Bremse North American subsidiary KB Signaling has introduced the IXC-R20™ Integrated Crossing Control Module, described…

Eco Material Technologies, a North American producer, marketer and distributor of ash-based SCMs (Supplementary Cementitious Materials) and “Green Cement” products, has opened a new Lakeview Plant in southern Oregon, its “first…

Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s “exceptional team of railroaders again delivered strong operating and financial results in the second quarter as we realize more of the value created by this unrivalled…

The speculation is over: Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern at 7:00 AM EDT announced their agreement to, in a combined cash and stock transaction valued at more than $250 billion,…

In reporting second-quarter 2025 financial results that showed improvements in revenue, net income, volume and operating ratio, Union Pacific confirmed what has been widely speculated for the past few weeks:…

CSX experienced a tough second quarter and first half of 2025, compared to the prior-year’s periods, but saw some sequential improvements over this year’s first quarter while “managing through mixed…

This year, Railway Age and RT&S are pleased to venture to Pittsburgh on Oct. 1-2 for the much-anticipated 2025 Light Rail Conference with a packed lineup of LRT professionals who are significantly influencing today’s rail…

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett on July 22 denied reports that BNSF is working with Goldman Sachs on a possible merger with an eastern Class I, CNBC has reported. Buffett’s…

FROM THE EDITOR, RAILWAY AGE JULY 2025 ISSUE: Consolidation: “The action or process of making something stronger or more solid,” or, “The action or process of combining a number of…

Energy company Iron Senergy is able to move empty railcars from a private siding to its mining facility 10 miles away over the road using Pattison Company LLC’s Truck Trailer…

Without volume and market share growth, the Class I’s may be at risk—or be forced to look at merging. Investors continue to await the next leg of Class I railroad…

Drawn from our 2025 Rail Insights conference, this edition of Railway Age’s podcast series features Surface Transportation Board Chair Patrick Fuchs in conversation with Editor-in Chief William C. Vantuono. Now…

The POTUS 47 Administration has detained new railcar shells and other equipment manufactured for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Orange and Red Lines  by Chinese SOE (state-owned enterprise) CRRC…

The Surface Transportation Board, under the direction of Chairman Patrick Fuchs, continues to clear its docket of case backlogs. The initiative, STB said, is among the agency’s efforts “to promote…

Described as “North America’s first battery-electric powered passenger locomotive,” the Siemens Mobility Charger B+AC is a dual-power that will operate in two electric modes: drawing power from AC catenary or…