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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.

POTUS 47 appoints a second Presidential Advisory Board (PEB) to help settle an ongoing contract dispute at MTA Long Island Rail Road in New York. Also, Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)…

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 New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) unveils a plan to reimagine Jamaica Station and advance the Second Avenue Subway Westward Expansion. Also, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority’s (MARTA) streetcar…

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…

PASSENGER RAIL OUTLOOK, RAILWAY AGE JANUARY 2026 ISSUE: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times … in short, the period was ... like the present…

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…

HNTB announces key leadership appointments. Also, Greenbrier names Travis Williams as Head of Investor Relations; and Mayank Tripathi assumes the position of Vice President and General Manager of Frauscher Sensor…

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 last of 60 new Alstom LRVs (light rail vehicles) enters service at Toronto Transit Commission. Also, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (LACMTA) Public Safety Department launches a…

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…

The St. Louis Regional Freightway in Missouri (Freightway) has released its 2026 Priority Projects List, with 29 projects totaling nearly $8.9 billion in investments.

FINANCIAL EDGE, RAILWAY AGE JANUARY 2026 ISSUE: All industries have “drops.” In the world of the sneaker-head it is the release of the latest Air Jordan basketball shoe. For movies…