Opinion

In a few short days, Amtrak’s Silver Star train between New York and Miami, will be no more. There will still be a train, which Amtrak will call the Floridian.…

You’ve heard the saying, “Politics Make Strange Bedfellows.” It’s a line from The Tempest, written by Shakespeare in the 17th Century. It means that politics can bring people together that don’t have…

Bend, Don’t Break: Last year we tracked a domestic intermodal surge on BNSF and used it as an example of the Bend-Don’t-Break playbook, which acknowledges that railroads will naturally slow…

At Norfolk Southern’s Network Operations Center (NOC), our Locomotive Group is making significant strides in driving greater efficiency across our entire network. Through teamwork and innovative approaches, the group is…

New mileage on tourist railroads, especially those that can be reached by non-motorists as well as motorists, are very rare, but one has been providing service since last year, and…

Why aren’t the FRA, AAR and APTA collaborating on, instead of pursuing separate, passenger and freight standards? On Sept. 16, 2024, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) PRESS (Passenger Rail…

In this installment of the Port of Long Beach's (POLB) Supply Chain Insight video series, POLB Chief Operating Officer Dr. Noel Hacegaba speaks with Larry Gross, President of Gross Transportation…

On April 30, 2024, the Surface Transportation Board issued a decision that introduces narrow-scope reciprocal switching into the U.S. freight rail industry. That decision prescribes that two supporting data sets…

Within the month, Amtrak will consign the Capitol Limited and Silver Star trains to history, while cutting the latter train off at Washington, D.C. and leaving its riders north of…

I recently had the privilege of attending InnoTrans in Berlin, the world’s largest trade fair for transport technology, for a second time. As a leading voice of the North American…

Hurricane Survival Mode: We now have operating data for the week of Sept. 28 through Oct. 4. It encapsulates most of the damage from Hurricane Helene, which made landfall in…

An online conference sponsored by the Rail Users’ Network (RUN) will feature efforts to bring new corridor-length passenger train routes to various parts of the nation through the FRA’s Corridor…

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,…

I recently printed out a prepublication copy (uncorrected proofs) of the report Long Freight Trains: Insuring Safe Operations, Mitigating Adverse Impacts submitted by the “Committee on the Impact of Trains Longer…

Ed Harris is among the rail industry’s most revered operating officers, having practiced his considerable skills at CN, CSX, Canadian Pacific and Illinois Central in a career that spans many…

The STB hearing on U.S. Class I volume growth—or lack thereof—shined a spotlight on this important issue, and before that spotlight fades and we get back to the business of…

ASLRRA PERSPECTIVE, RAILWAY AGE OCTOBER 2024 ISSUE: The Short Line Railroad Rehabilitation Tax Credit known as 45G was originally enacted as a three-year provision in 2004. The tax credit was…

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…

WATCHING WASHINGTON, RAILWAY AGE OCTOBER 2024 ISSUE: As a Senator in 1938, “Give ‘em Hell” Harry Truman proclaimed, “Rail management can only see straight down the right-of-way as it was…