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Executives Offer Personal Branding Advice at WIR 2025

The Women in Rail 2025 Conference, presented by Railway Age and RT&S, will feature a dynamic panel of executives, who will help you move forward in your current position or…
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For 2024, Two Class I’s Deemed ‘Revenue Adequate’

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has found two U.S. Class I railroads to be revenue adequate for 2024: CSX and Union Pacific.
UP 4127 leads a manifest train out of Union Pacific’s Monahans, Tex., yard. (UP Photograph)
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How UP’s Real-Time Tech Is Powering Rail Growth

One of the busiest areas we operate in is the southern part of our network. To keep operations running smoothly there, we need to make sure our terminals—where railcars are…

City of Rochelle Expands RITC

Representatives from the City of Rochelle, Ill., along with state transportation officials, local economic partners, railroad and trucking industries, on Aug. 14 celebrated the expansion of the Rochelle Intermodal Transload…

‘Railroading’s Heroes’: Military Veterans Share Successes at WIR 2025

The Women in Rail 2025 Conference, presented by Railway Age and RT&S, will feature a panel of railroaders covering how having a background in the military adds to their success in leadership roles across…
“Shippers have been frontloading their cargo for months to get ahead of tariffs and recent activity at America’s top port really tells that story,” Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka said Aug. 13 (Port of LA Photograph)

For Ports of LA, Long Beach, ‘Record’ July Cargo

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach reported setting July cargo records, handling 1,019,837 TEUs (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units) and 944,232 TEUs, respectively, as retailers and manufacturers brought in goods…

Industrial Development Briefs: Conagra Brands, TexAmericas Center

Conagra Brands opens its newest distribution center in Fort Worth, Texas. Also, TexAmericas Center adds locomotive power to support rail growth and tenant demand.

UP: New LA-Chicago Z Train

Beginning Sept. 3, Union Pacific is expanding its Z train network with a new domestic intermodal service connecting its Inland Empire Intermodal Terminal (IEIT) in Southern California directly with its Global 2 Intermodal…
Commentary

It Will All Come Down to This

Cutting to the chase on the 2027 STB merger decision: On July 30, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern submitted to the Surface Transportation Board their prefiling notification, which is basically…
UP officially cut the ribbon for its new Kansas City Intermodal Terminal. From left, UP’s Ryan Steinbach, Assistant Vice President-Premium; Kari Kirchhoefer, Senior Vice President-Marketing and Sales; Kenny Rocker, Executive Vice President-Marketing and Sales; Hunsdon Cary, Vice President-Premium; Laura Heisterkamp, Assistant Vice President-Premium; and Zach Russell, General Manager-Premium. (UP Photograph)

UP: Intermodal Terminal Launches in Kansas City (UPDATED 8/8)

Construction has wrapped up on a new intermodal terminal in Kansas City, Mo. Opened July 16, Union Pacific’s (UP) 31st terminal serves both domestic and international containerized shipments of grains,…
“CSX proudly supports #EconomicDevelopment in #Kentucky! Madisonville Industrial Park II is now Kentucky’s 1st Silver Level #CSXSelectSite. With strong infrastructure & rail access, it’s ready for growth. Plus, E. Hofmann Plastics broke ground on its 1st U.S. facility,” CSX reported Aug. 5 via social media. (Image Courtesy of CSX)

Class I Briefs: UP, CSX

Union Pacific (UP) joins Ag Processing Inc. to celebrate the grand opening of its newest soybean processing and degumming facility in Nebraska. Also, Madisonville Industrial Park II is Kentucky’s first…
The Surface Transportation Board’s Office of Environmental Analysis has identified the Southern Rail Alternative, one of two studied, as the Preferred Alternative for Green Eagle Railroad’s proposed 1.335-mile rail line in Maverick County, Tex. (Map Courtesy of STB OEA)

STB Issues EIS for Proposed Maverick County, Tex., Line (UPDATED 8/6)

The Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) on March 14 released a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Green Eagle Railroad’s (GER) proposed construction and operation of…
Commentary

Organic Growth or Doing More With Less?

FINANCIAL EDGE, RAILWAY AGE AUGUST 2025 ISSUE: Statistics indicate that married couples are better savers and do better financially than single people. It’s not over most married couples’ natural propensity…
UP’s team of mechanics stands with the 100th rebuilt tamper at its Denver, Colo., shop. The railroad’s maintenance-of-way equipment fleet helps to maintain more than 18,000 miles of track and to compact 4 million tons of ballast each year. (UP Photograph)

Class I Briefs: UP, CSX

Union Pacific’s (UP) Denver, Colo., equipment shop rebuilds its 100th tamper. Also, CSX and Florida State College at Jacksonville hold a groundbreaking ceremony for a hazardous materials training facility, and…

WIR 2025: Building Your ‘Leadership Toolkit’

The Women in Rail 2025 Conference, presented by Railway Age and RT&S, will feature a dynamic panel of industry mentors, who will help you build your “leadership toolkit.” They will…
Commentary

A Summer Well Spent: Building America by Tackling Real-World Projects

An internship with Union Pacific Railroad wasn’t something I initially saw coming – but looking back, the path that led me here feels meant to be.

STB Receives Notice of Intent for Proposed UP-NS Merger

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on July 30 confirmed that it has received a notice of intent regarding a proposed merger that would result in the combination of Union Pacific…
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The Transcontinental Railroad Begins With UP+NS

The Union Pacific+Norfolk Southern merger terms were largely as expected. NS can walk away from UP for an unsolicited better offer ($11/share break fee), but a BNSF-CSX combination is more…
James E. Wolfe. (Photograph courtesy of Wolfe)
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A Wolfe at STB’s Door. Will He Make Entry?

If you think federal regulatory agencies—even federally owned Amtrak—have strayed from what former Southern Railway and Conrail CEO L. Stanley Crane termed, “stick to your knitting,” you’re not ridin’ the…

COIM USA Acquires Rail-Served Facility on TexAmericas Center Campus

TexAmericas Center, which owns and operates the third ranked mixed-use industrial park in the U.S., announced July 29 that COIM USA, a specialty chemical manufacturer and part of the global…
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