Switching & Terminal

According to recently published statements made by Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena, we need a transcontinental rail merger to dramatically improve rail service by eliminating what Vena claims are the…

The August 2025 issue of Railway Age is now available digitally, with deep dives into Union Pacific’s much-anticipated bid for Norfolk Southern to create the first U.S. transcontinental railroad.

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…

V6 Agronomy, in partnership with the Port of Johnstown, on July 29 broke ground on Canada’s first low-carbon, enhanced efficiency fertilizers (EEFs) and commercial phosphate fertilizer terminal located in the…

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) and the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) on July 29 told the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) they oppose its…

U.S. rail traffic for the week ending July 26, 2025 (Week 30) came in at 514,279 carloads and intermodal units, rising 1.1% from the same week last year, based on…

Georgia Ports Authority’s Port of Savannah logs the second busiest year on record. Also, the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) will collaborate with other Louisiana ports on a regional…

OmniTRAX on July 30 reported being named the exclusive railroad operator of the Long Island, N.Y.-based Brookhaven Rail Terminal, which serves commodities, aggregates, and building materials customers including The Home…

TexAmericas Center, which owns and operates the third ranked mixed-use industrial park in the U.S., announced July 29 that COIM USA, a specialty chemical manufacturer and part of the global…

Gulf Inland Logistics Park, managed and developed by Liberty Development Partners, on July 28 announced that EFG Energy Partners LLC has purchased a 13.1-acre, rail-served site to serve as a…

GLEN AYR, a 1928 all-steel Pullman sleeping car, has been donated to the Historic Pullman Foundation by Robert Menzies, Chairman and owner of Aberdeen, Carolina & Western Railway (ACWR), which…

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has withdrawn the direct final rule concerning accident/incident investigations and published guidance on agency-funded railroad capital projects, according to the American Short Line and Regional…

Texas North Western Railway Company (TXNW), a subsidiary of TNW Corporation of Dallas, has completed an $8.2 million project to rebuild, reconfigure, and extend its rail interchange with BNSF in…

Five years after World War II ended, it became apparent to the railroads that steam locomotives were not the motive power of the choice. While a half dozen locomotive builders…

Railinc®’s Transmetriq brand on July 22 introduced an “Ocean to Rail Visibility” tool to help manage shipments of containerized goods between ocean vessels and North American railroads. “By integrating GPS-based…

In general, 2024 was “a tough year” for the industry, but the situation “has shifted far more toward the positive and will continue to do so in 2025.” That’s the…

Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s (CPKC) San Luis Potosí team wins the Class I’s 2025 Terminal of the Year award. Also, CN’s Campbellton, New Brunswick, team reaches more than 5,000 injury-free…

North American carload and intermodal traffic for the first 28 weeks of 2025 (ending July 12) was up 2.9% from the prior-year period, according to the Association of American Railroads’…

Topping the list of reasons to attend the much-anticipated 2025 Women in Rail Conference is kick-off speaker Annie Adams, Chief Human Resources Officer at Norfolk Southern (NS). Railway Age and…

As Innovation Week comes to a close, few sectors better illustrate the quiet power of American ingenuity than freight rail—where century-old infrastructure is being reimagined with cutting-edge technology to move…