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Rail and transit consulting firm RailPros has completed its acquisition of Diverging Approach, Inc., a railway system contractor based in Williamsburg, Va.

FINANCIAL EDGE, RAILWAY AGE FEBRUARY 2026 ISSUE: We now bring you this regularly scheduled reprieve from the UP/NS merger banter.  The constantly shifting landscape of the application of tariffs across…

CSX announces changes to its executive team. Also, a former Amtrak CEO joins Telos Advisers as a Strategic Advisory Board Member; New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) appoints the first…

This is the second in a five-part series about railroad growth coming from truck conversions. Given Union Pacific’s proposed acquisition of Norfolk Southern, the Dec. 19, 2025 application predicts there…

National Mediation Board (NMB) member and Democrat Deirdre Hamilton has sued to regain her post following her Oct. 14, 2025, firing by POTUS 47—one of many legally questionable independent federal…

FROM THE EDITOR, RAILWAY AGE FEBRUARY 2026 ISSUE: Cartoons are supposed to give a fast, easy-to-understand message, without requiring much contemplation, right? Take the classic Peanuts scene, for example. Lucy…

Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) achieves its second busiest year ever in 2025, which includes handling a record 545,214 containers by rail. Also, construction progresses at the Alabama Port Authority’s (APA)…

WATCHING WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY 2026 ISSUE: Call them the “menses horribiles.” They’ve not been kind to the desired wedlock of Union Pacific (UP) and Norfolk Southern (NS), and worse for UP…

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) breaks its January monthly record for shipping Canadian grain and grain products, and selects its primary charity partner for the 2026 CPKC Women’s Open. Also,…

BNSF Logistics, LLC elevates David Ivan to President and CEO. Also, Jerry Guaracino joins California’s Caltrain as Chief Safety Officer; infrastructure professional services firm STV hires Anna Harvey to lead…

Norfolk Southern (NS) customers in 2025 advanced more than 60 industrial development projects, representing $7.7 billion in investment for new or expanded rail-served facilities along NS and partner short line…

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Jan. 30 directed Green Eagle Railroad (GER) to provide more information on its proposed construction and operation of a 1.335-mile, double-tracked common carrier rail…

Union Pacific (UP) Executive Vice President, Marketing and Sales Kenny Rocker provides customers with a railroad status report. Also, Norfolk Southern (NS) introduces its new wheel integrity system.

Parsons Transportation Group (Parsons) lands a contract for Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (LACMTA) Metro A line extension project. Also, crime on the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit…

“Our team delivered a strong fourth quarter and closed 2025 with disciplined execution and a relentless focus on capturing opportunities for our customers," CN President and CEO Tracy Robinson said…

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Pinsly Railroad Company (Pinsly) on Jan. 29 held a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Andalusia, Ala., to commemorate the rehabilitation and return to service of the 36-mile short line now…

“In 2025, we strengthened the foundation of our railroad. We kept our cost commitments, maintained reliable service, and delivered measurable safety gains with the company’s best injury and accident rates…

CSX wraps up a hump lead extension project at Avon Yard in Indianapolis, Ind. Also, Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) appoints industry veteran Gordon Trafton as Board Vice Chair, and…

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has issued a final rule concerning reflectorization of rail freight rolling stock. The rule, 49 CFR Part 224, which went into effect on Jan. 27,…

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released the final report for its investigation of the Nov. 4,  2024, accident involving a BNSF maintenance-of-way (m/w) employee who was fatally struck by…