“Our first quarter results were in line with expectations and reflective of the current industry environment,” FreightCar America, Inc. President and CEO Nick Randall said in a financial report released May…

Railway Age’s seventh annual Readers’ Most Influential Leaders online poll garnered nominations for many active (non-retired) people from all areas of the North American railway industry.

Reading & Northern Railroad (RBMN) Senior Vice President Coal Marketing Bill Clark will retire at the end of May. Also, HDR appoints Scott Jarvis as United States West Region Transportation…

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear on April 30 announced a $3.1 million investment to fund seven infrastructure projects that will enhance the Commonwealth’s railroad lines and industrial access sites.

Norfolk Southern’s (NS) Lamberts Point Terminal and CSX Total Distribution Services Inc.’s Palm Center terminal mark safety milestones. Also, CN opens Its doors to Indigenous youth.

GHH-BONATRANS is slated to begin construction later this year on its first North American production facility for the manufacture and service of railway wheelsets, axles, and related components. Operations at…

BNSF on May 4 released first-quarter 2026 results, including operating income of $2.0 billion, a 12% increase from the prior-year period’s $1.8 billion, and an operating ratio (OR) of 65.6%,…

The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) has set its determination of the Volume-Related Composite Price Index (VRCPI) for CN at 1.9864 and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) at 1.9474 for the…

Cando Rail & Terminals (Cando) on Feb. 23 announced the execution of a definitive agreement to acquire Savage Rail (Savage) in a “mutually beneficial deal that will make Cando North…

Multinational engineering firm RINA on April 30 announced that it has hired Joe Ivanyo as a Senior Program Manager within the firm’s Rail & Transit Group. Ivanyo brings more than…

Operation Lifesaver, Inc. (OLI), together with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the Posner Foundation of Pittsburgh, on April 30 awarded $220,200 in competitive rail safety awareness grants to Operation…

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s PATH rail system springs forward with a series of major service and operational improvements. Also, Amtrak drops its newest commercial featuring…

At this writing, it has been almost one month since Senior Editor Carolina Worrell reported on the opening of the NICTD’s new eight-mile branch of the South Shore line through…

Until recently, the expression “no ice” referred to a customer ordering a cold drink without chunks of frozen water in the glass or cup to keep it cool. Today, the…

Union Pacific’s and Norfolk Southern’s refiled merger application includes a more comprehensive traffic analysis, market share forecasts and revised synergy and capital spend estimates. Negligible concessions are assumed by UP/NS,…

Denver Regional Transit District (RTD) on April 29 reported that after monthslong negotiations between the Joint Service Executive Committee and host freight railroad BNSF, all governing boards voted in support…

The National Industrial Transportation League (NITL) on April 30 spoke out on railroad mergers, stressing the importance of “rail-to-rail competition” for captive shippers. NITL, described as “the voice of the…

Now that Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have, as anticipated, submitted an amended merger application to the Surface Transportation Board (STB), the proposed transaction has come under intense scrutiny. CN…

Union Pacific (UP) and Norfolk Southern (NS) on April 30 submitted an amended merger application to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) containing additional analysis “reinforcing that the combination will drive…

Norfolk Southern (NS) opens a Georgia wildfire disaster relief program. Also, CSX’s Ansonia, Ohio, team achieves nine years injury-free.