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Starting on April 1, Coaster riders who buy a monthly pass can ride Amtrak Surfliner trains for free.

Georgia has reopened negotiations with Norfolk Southern railroad to use its track for a commuter rail line from Lovejoy to Atlanta.

When E&N Railway first announced in 2001 it would suspend uneconomical rail service on southern Vancouver Island, local communities rallied to save the service and came up with a unique arrangement they hope will revitalize it as well.

Reading Blue Mountain & Northern has been hit with their share of winter-related derailments this year and the string hasn't ended on the first day of spring.

Despite a decent year at Norfolk Southern Corp., the total compensation of the railroad

The AFL-CIO Executive Council voted unanimously to endorse the "Jobs Tunnel" project as the quickest, most practical way to protect jobs by helping manufacturers avoid costly delays while shipping between the U.S. and Canada at the Detroit-Windsor border crossing. "The (area's) economic well-being and the preservation of thousands of union jobs in Michigan and Ontario are dependent upon the continued free and secure trade that requires an additional competitive border crossing now," says a resolution adopted on March 11 at the AFL-CIO's winter meeting in Bal Harbor, Florida.

The metals industry can now purchase guaranteed rail transportation capacity in the Loading Origin GuaranteeS (LOGS) program offered by The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF).

The Province of Alberta, Canada is studying a proposal to build a multibillion-dollar heavy rail line linking Edmonton to Alberta's northern oilsands.

Norfolk Southern told state transportation officials Tuesday that it wants to be considered to run the state's planned commuter-rail line between Macon and Atlanta.

Brad Hubbert, who represents the 4th Congressional District on the State Transportation Board, was elected as board chairman for the upcoming year during Thursday

CN today welcomed news that members of the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union have ratified new collective agreements with the company and will end their strike. The three-year agreements are retroactive to Jan. 1, 2004.

Cleaning up the mess created when a coal train derails takes a lot of time and hard work.

Union officials began counting votes Thursday cast by striking Canadian National Railway workers on a contract proposal that could see them back at work as early as Friday.

Few took notice Tuesday afternoon at the height of the snowstorm, but a Norfolk Southern freight train took a left turn at West Street in Hornell and headed west.

The unmistakable odor of diesel fuel wafted down the hill Friday morning from the railroad tracks along Old Kentucky 11 near Springhouse Bar in Lewisburg, Kentucky.

CSX Transportation (CSXT) announced the onset of regular ethanol rail-to-vessel service linking ethanol producers in the Midwest with consumers in the Northeast.

BMC Software, Inc. announced CSX Corporation has extended its 15 year relationship with BMC Software.

The strike that has plagued Canadian National Railway Co. for nearly a month could soon be over after the company said it struck a tentative deal with union negotiators.

Roanoke's caboose view of Norfolk Southern Corp. might shift a bit if the company's hopes for a new truck-to-rail facility in the Roanoke Valley don't hop the track.

A long time favorite destination attraction is closing forever.

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company has filed suit against a trona mine in Wyoming for breach of contract.

The attorney for the Vicksburg (Mississippi) Bridge Commission says discrepancies between Kansas City Southern and the commission over the number of rail cars using the old Mississippi River bridge is not a sticking point for now.

Beginning Sunday, June 20, CSX Transportation will embark on rehabilitation of the main line between Elkhorn City, Ky., and Spartanburg, S.C.

Union Pacific Corp. has crafted a roughly $500 million plan to relocate its freight line through Central Texas -- a move that would help pave the way for a commuter rail line from Austin to San Antonio. Rep. Mike Krusee, R-Taylor, chairman of the Texas House Transportation Committee, says Union Pacific's proposal is a milestone for improving transportation in the region, including a commuter rail system.

Metro-North plans extra train service today for the St. Patrick's Day Parade along Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.

The Consortium of Bombardier/Alstom and Amtrak today announced an agreement, settling all current legal disputes associated with the comprehensive $1.2 billion US high-speed rail program delivery.

The New York City Economic Development Corp. (EDC) has issued a request for bids to restart freight service on the long-dormant North Shore (Staten Island) railroad.

In the wake of two serious car-freight-train accidents in the past eight months, the new operator of the Maine state-owned Rockland to Brunswick rail line is taking steps to ensure it doesn't happen in the future.

Ice that formed along CSX Transportation's River Subdivision route pushed the rails far enough apart to cause last month's freight train derailment in Haverstraw, New York, CSX Transportation officials have disclosed.

A Roanoke jury last week rejected a Norfolk Southern Corp. retiree's claim that his exposure to asbestos and other dusts left him in fear of cancer.