CN Rail’s Falcon Premium Service speeded up
NewsCanadian National Railway Company’s (CN Rail) Falcon Premium Intermodal Service linking Canada and Mexico is now offering its customers fa...
Hybrid-electric locomotives for Union Pacific
NewsUnion Pacific Railroad has partnered with green technology company ZTR Control Systems to build hybrid-electric locomotives for a yard appli...
Automated RMGs for Union Pacific
NewsUS railroad is installing five automated RMGs at one of its terminals in Chicago...
Hunter Harrison eyeing CSX railroad
NewsUS and Canadian media are reporting that railroading icon Hunter Harrison is eyeing up CSX Corp as his next target for a dose of so-called ...
Houston plans rail link
NewsNew 6,500ft rail line will give Union Pacific direct access to the Bayport container terminal...
US intermodal in the slow lane
NewsUS railroads are moving more containers than before, but train speeds haven’t kept pace with volumes....
Arrowedge from UP
NewsUnion Pacific (UP) has unveiled a production version of the Arrowedge, an employee-designed aerodynamic structure aimed at reducing fuel con...
East Kelly doubles rail volume
NewsThe Port of San Antonio Texas says rail car volume at its East Kelly Railport is expected to double this year to over 10,000 car loads....
US transcontinental reefer intermodal service
NewsNorfolk Southern Railway and Union Pacific have teamed up to offer a reefer trailer intermodal service between Los Angeles and Atlanta...
Counting the cost of zero emissions
NewsThe drive for zero emissions technology could make the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach uncompetitive for US hinterland cargo....
North American rails a vital resource
NewsLandslides, floods, hurricanes and a deepening US financial crisis have had North American railroad companies wondering what the future hold...
North American rails tackle congestion
NewsNorth American railroads have been making substantial investments in track, infrastructure and rolling stock over the past year to improve t...
South of the border for decongestant?
NewsLast year’s NAWC range port congestion has largely not been repeated this year, but all the same there is still substantial interest in fi...
UP congestion buster
NewsUnion Pacific Railroad (UP) has is modifying its near-dock container transfer operation at the Port of Los Angeles to reduce truck traffic i...
North American railroads – good times and bad
NewsThe North American rail system has been fighting a losing battle against a tide of containerised imports and record levels of domestic rail ...