Freight Cars

Freedom Intermodal Tank Services, which is served by Class III New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (NOPB), has added railcar cleaning services and expanded transloading capacity and railcar storage and created…

RAILWAY AGE, JUNE 2025 ISSUE: A few months into the current Administration, the tariff picture remains unclear. If the goal of today’s economic strategies is to increase domestic industrial demand and…

RAILWAY AGE, JUNE 2025 ISSUE: Telematics providers are upbeat, despite sluggish adoption. Although rail telematics providers and users would like a speedier and more widespread integration of telematics technology in…

The Greenbrier Companies, Inc., now offers a rolling tank car platform that can be used to deliver “expert-led,” hands-on safety training to railcar operators, maintenance teams, and safety professionals.

Railway Age’s June 2025 issue is now available digitally, featuring the annual Guide to Equipment Leasing.

On May 21, TrinityRail put on a hands-on event at the Indiana Rail Road yard in Indianapolis, Ind., in conjunction with Railway Interchange 2025.

In January 2026, The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. will have a new CCO (Chief Commercial Officer): Ted Baun, who has joined the company’s North American Commercial Team as Senior Vice President.…

MxV Rail is expanding its laboratory capabilities for rail component testing. “With a suite of new machines and test capabilities available and more laboratory test services rolling out soon, MxV…

Wabtec’s Advanced Technology Group (ATG), a behind-the-scenes team of Artificial Intelligence (AI), automation, design, electrical, mechanical, cyber, and cloud experts, who work to accelerate the development of emerging technologies, displayed…

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…

FreightCar America, Inc.  on May 5 reported first-quarter 2025 results that included gross profit up 26% and gross margin expanding 780 basis points. The company generated operating cash flow of…

Railway Age’s sixth annual Readers’ Most Influential Leaders online poll garnered nominations for many active (non-retired) people from all areas of the North American railway industry.

The Short Line Safety Institute (SLSI) on April 30 issued an open request for quotations (RFQ) from manufacturers or railroads for one flat car and one boxcar to help build…

Trinity Industries President and CEO Jean Savage said in a May 1 financial report that the company’s first-quarter 2025 results “reflect the strength and resilience of our platform,” which provides…

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Jan. 15 issued a nearly decade-long-delayed decision concluding that “there is no basis to hold that Union Pacific (UP) acted unlawfully in how it…

Railway Age is pleased to present the sixth-annual “Readers’ Influential Leaders” program honorees.

FreightCar America (FCA) on April 24 reported receiving orders totaling 1,250 freight railcars, valued at approximately $141 million, during first-quarter 2025.

Overall freight railcar orders in first-quarter 2025 increased by 13%, but deliveries fell 22% from fourth-quarter 2024, according to the latest Railway Supply Institute (RSI) American Railway Car Institute Committee…

CEO PERSPECTIVE, RAILWAY AGE, APRIL 2025 ISSUE: Converting freight from truck to rail in North America happens one load at a time. We cannot achieve our grand vision of volume…

American Industrial Transport, Inc. (AITX) on April 14 announced that Eric Stopka has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer (COO).