Freight

Railway Age is pleased to announce the 25 “Fast Trackers” selected for this year’s 25 Under 40 awards program. This year’s honorees were selected from freight and passenger railroads; government…

January 16, 2026: In a decision predicted by Railway Age (“Why Not a Merger Timeout?,” Watching Washington, November 2025 issue), the Surface Transportation Board in a unanimous decision rejected, “without…

Despite a snow squall that snarled traffic and shut down Chicago’s airports for a couple of hours, the Midwest Association of Rail Shippers (MARS) opened its 2026 Winter Meeting with…

ITS Logistics issues its U.S. Port/Rail Ramp Freight Index for January. Also, CN sends a “Supply Chain Salute” to the Port of Prince Rupert in British Columba, which it serves…

Locomotive DESX 1305 is now part of Abitibi Connex’s multimodal logistics operations in Iroquois Falls, Ontario. Also, Patriot Rail welcomes the first railcars into the Rocky Mountain Rail Park.

Sixteen collective bargaining agreements have been ratified and two tentative agreements have been reached at Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) in the United States. Also, Norfolk Southern (NS) surpasses its…

CN on Jan. 8 filed a motion with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) “to compel additional information in relation to the proposed merger agreement between Union Pacific (UP) and Norfolk…

Union Pacific (UP) hosts U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer at its Training Center and Harriman Dispatching Center. Also, Norfolk Southern (NS) joins the Smart Freight Centre.

Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. (G&W) customers invested more than $1 billion in industrial development along its 100-plus railroads in 2025.

This is the first in a five-part series about railroad growth coming from truck conversions. Given Union Pacific’s proposed acquisition of Norfolk Southern, their Dec. 19, 2025 Surface Transportation Board…

Wabtec Corporation (Wabtec) and Indian Railways recently celebrated the start of locomotive service operations at the West Bengal, India-based Siliguri Maintenance Shed, “expanding Wabtec’s locomotive service capabilities in the eastern…

Eastern railroad volumes finished 2025 weaker than expected, and we have lowered 4Q25 estimates. We remain below consensus on Union Pacific, and lower 2026 EPS estimates below consensus for all…

The Indiana Rail Road Company (INRD) Board has elevated Derrick Wright to President and CEO, effective Jan. 16. He has served since November 2022 as Vice President, Operations and Mechanical…

Total North American carload and intermodal traffic rose 7.7% for the first week of the new year (ending Jan. 10, 2026) compared with the same period in 2025, the Association…

BNSF marks 2025 as the safest year in its history. Also, Norfolk Southern (NS) surpasses $18.2 million in charitable giving in 2025; and CSX reveals the “Spirit of Kingman” tribute…

USA Rail Terminals (USART) on Jan. 13 reported opening a rail terminal in Monroe, La., to support the construction activity associated with Meta’s Richland Parish Data Center in Holly Ridge.…

American Industrial Transport, Inc. (AITX) on Jan. 14 announced that it is partnering with technology company Telegraph to bring predictive intelligence to railcar shipper operations.

Republican Richard Kloster, whose nomination to an open seat on the Surface Transportation Board (STB) failed to exit the Senate Commerce Committee during the first session of the 119th Congress,…

Fewer than six months after scrapping a rail labor, management and supplier-supported Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC), the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is restoring it, but with a smaller membership…

The Broe Group, based in Denver, Colo., appoints Tammy Middleton as Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel for its OmniTRAX and Broe Real Estate Group affiliates. Also, Jimmi Sue Smith…