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Public Service of New Hampshire has accused Guilford Rail System of making "extortionate demands" regarding the utility's desire to move wood over a rail line.

Five empty grain cars derailed early Tuesday on the main BNSF Railway Hi-Line near Essex, Montana, company officials said.

RailAmerica Inc. said Tuesday that April same-railroad carloads rose 5 percent on increased bridge traffic at railroads owned for at least one year.

The Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union welcomes the acquisition of Alberta RailNet Inc. (ARN) (a subsidiary of North American RailNet) by Savage Companies Inc. of Bedford, Texas and its short line railway operation based in Grande Prairie, Alberta.

A freight train derailment in West Texas sent nearly two-dozen cars off the tracks -- and some overturned or piled into each other on Monday.

The maker of Amtrak's Acela Express trains is considering a new type of brake disc to replace the ones that cracked last month, forcing all 20 trains out of service.

When Western Pennsylvania's Rosebud Mining Co. spent $1 million two summers ago to repair damage done to Logansport Road due to heavy coal truck traffic, company owner Cliff Forrest said the company was looking at alternative ways to move coal out of its mine there.

The Bureau of Land Management has ordered Union Pacific Railroad to stop repairs to flood-damaged tracks near the Meadow Valley Wash in Nevada.

Four cars of a New England Central train derailed in Bellow Falls, Vermont, on the morning of May 5.

Efforts to expand Canada's West Coast shipping capacity should focus on turning Vancouver into a "mega-port" rather than enlarging the port of Prince Rupert, the president of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. said Thursday.

Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway has again stalled the process to discontinue its freight service on a section of line in Cape Breton.

New Hampshire's Conway Scenic Railroad has acquired a pair of GE B23-7's that formerly worked for the Quincy Bay Terminal and plans on sidelining their pair of former VIA Rail FP7s.

Like all motorists, Union Pacific is feeling the economic pinch of rising fuel prices.

CN Rail has announced the winners of its Safe Handling Awards for 2004.

GO Transit's Near Collision Reporting Program has been expanded so it can be used by both rail and bus operations staff.

The recent announcement by South Dakota's governor that an agreement has been reached with the BNSF Railway Company may pave the way for trains to return to service in Lyman County.

Canadian National Railway Ltd. has resumed bargaining with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, the only labor group remaining without a contract.

Wabtec Corp. will make 500 end-of-train devices for Canada's largest rail operator, the company said Wednesday.

The Belfast, Maine, City Council has ordered the Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad to remove all its equipment and buildings from the waterfront within 30 days.

Norfolk Southern Corporation issued the following statement regarding Tuesday's hearing before the U.S. District Court of South Carolina, Aiken Division.

Canadian Pacific Railway announced it is pursuing expressions of interest from third parties for its 92.3-mile track from Fayette to Bedford, Indiana, known as the Latta Subdivision.

CN Rail officials say no one was hurt when a westbound freight train derailed in the B.C. interior Monday.

Two Union Pacific employees were injured when a train they were in struck the rear end of another Union Pacific Railroad train at about 23:25 CDT Monday near North Bend, Nebraska.

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A freight train carrying coal derailed near Chicago's downtown Loop on Thursday morning, causing a Metra train line to halt its service and disrupted the morning commute for thousands of travelers.

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. reported that net income in the first quarter of 2005 increased 15.1% to $10.9 million, compared to net income of $9.5 million in the first quarter of 2004.

With the burgeoning Chicago suburbs creeping ever closer to LaSalle County, Illinois, community leaders are working to link the Illinois Valley to the Windy City via commuter rail.

Canadian National Railway said on Friday its train crews have ratified a new collective agreement with the rail carrier, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2004.

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. has announced a number of organizational changes at its Rail Link, Inc. subsidiary.

A plan for a privately run commuter rail line in the Burlington, Vermont, area has been scrapped because there weren't enough advance tickets sold.