Switching & Terminal

The Port of New Orleans, La., (Port NOLA) will use a $1,040,583 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant to make physical and technology upgrades that will improve the Harbor Police…

Railway Age is celebrating eight years of recognizing women who not only excel at leadership but also serve the community and drive industry change, paving the way for the next…

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has selected nine rail capital projects in Alaska, South Dakota and Wyoming for Special Transportation Circumstances grants totaling more than $108 million. The Special Transportation…

ADM (Archer Daniels Midland) has accepted delivery of a KLW (Knoxville Locomotive Works) Tier 4 switcher locomotive at its Corpus Christi, Tex., facilities. A Cummins Tier 4 QST30 Module powers…

The North Carolina Railroad Company (NCRR) has created a $10 million disaster and recovery relief grant program for North Carolina communities in response to Hurricane Helene’s impact in Western North…

As the Southeast braced Oct. 9 for impact from Hurricane Milton, the second such storm to batter the region in two weeks, Norfolk Southern continued its rapid service restoration efforts…

In times of great challenge, many ask, “Why?” Why should we change? Why risk what we have? Why push beyond what’s comfortable? But the question we should be asking is,…

Total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 486,187 carloads and intermodal units, down 2.5% compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads reported for the week ending…

2025 RAILROAD FINANCIAL DESK BOOK, RAILWAY AGE OCTOBER 2024 ISSUE: Welcome to Railway Age’s 2025 Railroad Financial Desk Book. If one is not concerned about the tawdrier aspects of certain…

FROM THE EDITOR, RAILWAY AGE OCTOBER 2024 ISSUE: This month we dive head-first again into boxcars. Financial Editor  David Nahass, who (pardon the cliché) is rather adept at thinking outside…

Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc., acquires rail terminal operator Parsec, LLC, Parsec Intermodal of Canada ULC, OB Leasing, LLC (Parsec). Also, Genesee & Wyoming (G&W) adds Mobile, Ala., railcar repair shop…

Railway Age’s October 2024 issue is available digitally, with the latest on freight rail industry growth, fastening systems, and PTC lessons learned, plus the annual Railroad Financial Desk Book.

U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Sept. 28, 2024 (Week 39), came in at 507,537 carloads and intermodal units, up 1.6% from the same week last year, based on…

A dockworkers’ strike has closed U.S. container ports from Maine to Texas. With preparations under way beforehand, the railroads are ready to handle volume shifts and keep goods moving.

Do you know a trailblazing woman in rail? Nominate a colleague (or yourself) who is paving the way for others to make a career in the industry. Deadline: Tuesday, Oct.…

At the NEARS (North East Association of Rail Shippers) Fall 2024 Conference in Pittsburgh, a leading IMC (intermodal marketing company) panelist sees a 99% chance of a week-long East Coast…

Watco, a transportation and logistics company based in Pittsburg, Kans., recently reported the opening of subsidiary Wisconsin & Southern’s (WSOR) newest locomotive shop and the upcoming launch of a $1.9…

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is calling on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to reject petitions that seek to vacate its two-person crew rule, according…

The Ports of Indiana and OmniTRAX on Sept. 25 reported the name of their new switching railroad serving customers at the southwest Indiana port: Mount Vernon Railroad.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Sept. 24 issued the final report for its investigation of a Aug. 6, 2023, accident, in which a CSX Transportation conductor trainee was fatally injured…