Switching & Terminal

The Association of American Railroads in reporting freight rail traffic for the week ending June 7, 2025 (Week 23), noted that total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 483,807 carloads and…

California-based Sierra Northern Railway (SERA) will use 12 Ballard FCmove®-XD modules to convert three diesel-powered locomotive switchers to hydrogen fuel cell-powered (HFC), zero-emission units under a new supply agreement, Ballard…

WATCHING WASHINGTON, RAILWAY AGE JUNE 2025 ISSUE: Students of freight railroading are conversant with how Congress and the Surface Transportation Board’s predecessor Interstate Commerce Commission imposed on the industry such…

Hybar, LLC (Hybar) produces its first rebar at its new steel mini mill in Osceola, Ark. Also, T Bros Oil & Gas Co. announces the grand opening of a new…

The Mexican Intermodal Transport Association (AMTI) recognizes CN for its Falcon Premium interline intermodal service with Union Pacific (UP) and Grupo México Transportes (GMXT, comprising Ferromex, Ferrosur and IMEX). Also,…

Americold Realty Trust (Americold) on May 29 broke ground at Port Saint John on its first Import-Export Hub to be built in Canada, a project it said will “leverage the…

The St. Louis Regional Freightway announced May 29 that it has added more than 300 additional acres spread across four properties in Southwestern Illinois to its growing pipeline of rail-accessible…

North American carload and intermodal traffic for the first 21 weeks of 2025 (ending May 24) was up 3.3% from the prior-year period, according to the Association of American Railroads’…

OmniTRAX on May 28 reported that it is the exclusive operator of Port Muskogee’s Port Muskogee Railroad (PMR) in Oklahoma. Under a signed Railroad Facilities Operating Agreement with the Port,…

The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) on May 27 reported its annual Jake Safety Award recipients, recognizing 394 member railroads—out of some 600 small roads nationwide—for their above-industry-average safety performance…

We attended the NEARS (Northeast Association of Rail Shippers) City Series event in New York City and hosted a call with a Farrukh Bezar, Chair of STG Logistics. Following are…

For more than two decades, Trainyard Tech and WAGO have built a partnership rooted in innovation, trust, and a shared commitment to modernizing rail yard automation. What began as a…

We hosted a call with industry executives on the rail equipment outlook, as a strong start to 2025 is overlooked due to pull-forward and causing shippers to delay large asset…

Anacostia Rail Holdings subsidiary Pacific Harbor Line (PHL) has earned an award for “exceptional leadership in the development and promotion of global trade in Southern California” from the Los Angeles…

Dallas, Tex.-based TNW Corporation has hired Micah Powell as Director of Sales, overseeing the revenue department, customer relationships, and the long-term growth of its three short lines (TXR, TXGN, and…

Eco Material Technologies (Eco Material) has opened the Blissville Rail Terminal in Queens, N.Y., to distribute its fly ash and sustainable cementitious materials to the metro area construction market. The…

Canada’s Federal Court of Appeals on Oct. 4, 2024, dismissed a lower court’s ruling halting CN’s construction of an intermodal terminal, the C$250 million Milton Logistics Hub, in the GTHA…

ASLRRA PERSPECTIVE, RAILWAY AGE MAY 2025 ISSUE: The term “doomscrolling,” which caught on during the pandemic, is now gaining newfound notoriety as our politics have become more divisive, government policies…

FROM THE EDITOR, RAILWAY AGE MAY 2025 ISSUE: Frank N. Wilner, in his May “Watching Washington” column, talks about “bridges of understanding” that could “be built between discordant rail labor…

WATCHING WASHINGTON, RAILWAY AGE MAY 2025 ISSUE: The Ethical Culture Fieldston School and University Heights High School, both in the Bronx, N.Y., are but minutes apart by public transit, yet…