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Norfolk Southern Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer John Orr was honored as Railway Age’s 2026 Railroader of the Year on March 10 during the traditional dinner hosted by…

The International Heavy Haul Association (IHHA) has announced the retirement of CEO Scott Lovelace and the appointment of Antonio Merheb as the incoming CEO, effective March 11, 2026.

RAILWAY AGE, MARCH 2026 ISSUE: Now the No. 8 U.S. port by volume and still looking to grow, South Carolina Ports Authority boasts the deepest harbor on the  East Coast…

For the week ending March 7, 2026, total U.S. rail traffic rose 3.5% from the same point last year, marking the fourth consecutive week of traffic upticks, according to the…

RAILWAY AGE NEXT-GEN FREIGHT RAIL CONFERENCE, MARCH 10, 2026: Union Pacific sees end-to-end scale and past merger lessons supporting its consolidation case with Norfolk Southern, but peers flag competition loss…

Norfolk Southern (NS) and Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company, are collaborating to upgrade 96 DC-traction NS locomotives to AC. Deliveries will start in 2027 and be completed in 2029. Each…

Serviacero USA, described as “one of Mexico’s most comprehensive steel solutions groups, has purchased a rail-served site at Gulf Inland Logistics Park, where it will establish its first U.S. manufacturing…

“Strong full year gross profit growth and more 260 basis points of gross margin expansion despite challenging industry environment,” operating cash flow of $35 million and adjusted free cash flow…

This is the fourth in a five-part series about railroad growth coming from truck conversions focused on the criticality of rail-to-rail competition to achieve Union Pacific’s growth outcome stated in…

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, RAILWAY AGE MARCH 2026 ISSUE: Railroad history tends to be reductive, or at the very least presented without a great deal of context. Why that is, and what…

RAILWAY AGE, MARCH 2026 ISSUE: Creating safer rail operations through artificial intelligence applications. Around 2016, Derel Wust, founder of Australian software engineering provider 4Tel, approached the robotics laboratory at the…

RAILWAY AGE, MARCH 2026 ISSUE: Norfolk Southern and Watco provide prime examples of how railroads can attract manufacturing plants to their systems and grow business. Manufacturing has always driven the…

RAILWAY AGE, MARCH 2026 ISSUE: Improved carbody materials and innovative designs are transforming these long-lived warhorses into state-of-the-art railcars. The general-purpose, open-top gondola has been a part of freight railroading…

ASLRRA PERSPECTIVE, RAILWAY AGE MARCH 2026 ISSUE: Short line railroading is a growth-focused industry, and ASLRRA’s primary goal is to provide opportunities to promote that growth through engagement, education, training…

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for approximately $686 million in competitive grants for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 All Stations Accessibility Program…

WATCHING WASHINGTON, RAILWAY AGE MARCH 2026 ISSUE: For Surface Transportation Board (STB) Vice Chairperson Republican Michelle A. Schultz, preparation and persistence paved what likely was an already preordained career path. …

California’s Caltrain adopts a corridor-wide right-of-way safety strategy. Also, Utah Transit Authority (UTA) advances its Fare Payment System Upgrades program; and Amtrak and Be My Eyes team to help blind…

FROM THE EDITOR, RAILWAY AGE MARCH 2026 ISSUE: I’ve been wanting to write this column  for a very  long time. Recently I came across a Wall Street Journal article by…

A CSX-served Chick-fil-A distribution center breaks ground in Central Florida. Also, Norfolk Southern’s (NS) 8184 makes its first run out of Roanoke, leading the Class I’s historic NS 32 research…

Ocean transportation and logistics services firm Matson Inc. has partnered with BNSF and lock manufacturer War–Lok on what it describes as “an enhanced cargo security program that will add two…