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Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) provides an update on proposed intercity passenger rail service from Oklahoma City, Okla., to Newton, Kans. Also, MTA Metro-North Railroad highlights its 2024 accomplishments; Chicago…

BNSF reports record operations achievements for November and reaches another milestone with the SoCal ports. Also, Norfolk Southern (NS) celebrates 50 years of excellence at its Training Center; and Union…

The 2022 Service Crisis is still too fresh in the minds of rail customers, inhibiting share recapture from trucks, and this will remain the case for some time. However, the…

As the leaves change and the air turns crisp, there’s no denying that fall has arrived, and with the season comes the beloved flavor of pumpkin in all its forms.…

Railway Age and Railway Track & Structures on Nov. 5-6 returned to Chicago for our second-annual in-person Women in Rail Conference featuring trailblazing women and their allies, who are influencing today’s freight, passenger and transit…

With the holidays ahead, BNSF just delivered a big present to customers, especially those with intermodal loads filled with wish-list goodies moving on our Southern Transcon. We officially unwrapped this…

BNSF, which notes it “handles more agricultural product shipments than any other U.S. railroad and has partnered with American grain producers for more than 170 years,” experienced record agricultural volumes…

International Brotherhood of Boilermakers (IBB) members have voted to ratify a new five-year collective bargaining agreement with BNSF, the union and Class I railroad reported Nov. 19.

The National Carriers Conference Committee (NCCC) recently reached tentative national collective bargaining agreements with the Transportation Communications Union (TCU), Brotherhood of Railway Carmen (BRC), and International Association of Sheet Metal,…

The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) has awarded the Ports of Indiana an $11.249 million grant to construct a $16 million rail yard and transload facility at its Mount Vernon, Ind., location,…

BNSF on Sept. 6 reported launching a new short line program to provide “expanded opportunities for customers to reach an even broader consumer base.” The first small road to participate…

Metra on Nov. 11 unveiled a specially painted locomotive to honor all veterans and active-duty service members and reservists on Veterans Day.

BNSF recently announced that it has reached a milestone phase this month for its Cicero, Ill., Intermodal Expansion Project.

For third-quarter 2024, BNSF reported that total revenue rose 1% and net earnings were up 13% over the prior-year period, with volumes coming in 8% higher than the same period…

BNSF is named Rail Carrier of the Year by Tyson Foods. Also, Norfolk Southern (NS) partners with SOLARCYCLE to provide rail service for its new solar panel recycling facility in…

BNSF is honoring 17 companies with sustainability awards in recognition of their “significant achievement in one of several categories, including: investments in sustainable infrastructure, supply chain efficiencies, sustainable technology implementation,…

BNSF on Oct. 25 reported reaching a five-year tentative agreement with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and a ratified agreement with the National Conference of Firemen and Oilers…

Members of the National Conference of Firemen and Oilers (NCFO) have voted to ratify a new agreement with Norfolk Southern (NS), the Class I railroad reported Oct. 24. NCFO’s ratified…

CSX on Oct. 22 reported reaching new five-year tentative collective bargaining agreements with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and National Conference of Firemen & Oilers (NCFO) and ratifying…

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has awarded $33,780,304 in federal funding, as part of the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) grant program, to Paducah & Louisville Railway, Inc. (P&L)…