Class I

The Railway & Locomotive Historical Society has awarded a record eight scholarships in 2025. Each award is worth $4,000, up from $3,000 in all five previous years, for a total…

TTC OPERATED BY ENSCO, RAILWAY AGE OCTOBER 2025 ISSUE: Trespassing along a rail corridor remains one of the most important and challenging issues that railroad operators face every day. Trespassing…

2026 RAILROAD FINANCIAL DESK BOOK, RAILWAY AGE OCTOBER 2025 ISSUE: Welcome to the 2026 Railroad Financial Desk Book. If you have made it through a tumultuous summer, you have finally…

Union Pacific (UP) readies to serve Manner Polymer’s new solar-powered manufacturing facility in Mount Vernon, Ill. Also, BNSF welcomes the first tenant to its logistics center in Cleveland, Tex.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) leaders from Sales & Marketing and Network & Capacity Management hosted short line and transload stakeholders from across the Class I’s network in Kansas City…

There's a reason the phrase “to be railroaded” means to be coerced or forced into something against your will. The term emerged in the 1870s from how railroads were built—running…

Brad Cummings, Senior Vice President of Procurement and Contract Management at Austin Transit Partnership (ATP), has joined the agenda at Next-Gen Rail Systems, the communications, signaling and advanced technology conference…

CSX Taft Yard in Orlando, Fla., marks a safety milestone. Also, CN’s Intermodal and Maintenance teams in Vancouver debut a custom EV shunt truck platform; and BNSF deploys its first…

Though Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have yet to file their formal merger application with the Surface Transportation Board, kicking off a process expected to take up to 18 months,…

Approximately 6,000 locomotive engineers at Union Pacific (UP), represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) of the Teamsters Rail Conference, have voted “overwhelmingly” to ratify a new…

CN Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ahmed Elmezughi is appointed to the Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) Council of Governors. Also, Port of Long Beach CEO Mario Cordero…

CSX on Oct. 2 hosted a celebration in Erin, Tenn., for the reopening of the Blue Ridge Subdivision, nearly one year to the day after Hurricane Helene destroyed large portions…

Railway Age’s October 2025 issue is available digitally, showcasing the 2026 Railroad Financial Desk Book, the latest on detecting trespasser hotspots using AI and Machine Learning, and a conversation with…

BNSF welcomes the launch of a soybean processing plant in South Dakota, and marks a milestone at the Havelock Wheel Plant in Nebraska. Also, Union Pacific (UP) wraps up a…

Democrat Robert E. Primus, fired Aug. 27 from his Senate-confirmed seat on the Surface Transportation Board (STB) by POTUS 47, wants his job back—and he is suing the Republican POTUS,…

CSX President and CEO Steve Angel hosts a town hall to connect with employees. Also, CSX introduces the Badger Overland Commander Trailer; and BNSF congratulates Tristar Transload, Inc., on the…

Pricing continues to decelerate in the third quarter, running well below the survey’s average. Business growth expectations worsen, akin to COVID lows. Economic confidence skews negative. Shippers would move LSD…

We lower Q3 EPS estimates below current consensus for both Eastern carriers, while modestly raising estimates for UNP, driven by outperformance in IM and coal. Broader freight demand remains challenged…

On July 30, 2025, at the Surface Transportation Board, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern filed a notice of intent to file an Application for authority to merge. The earliest the…

WATCHING WASHINGTON, RAILWAY AGE, OCTOBER 2025 ISSUE: The proposed marriage of Union Pacific (UP) and Norfolk Southern (NS) to form the first U.S. seamless Atlantic to Pacific transcontinental railroad is a…