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A nine-car derailment has halted train traffic on the railway line running east-west along Highway 2 in Minnesota.

The Alaska Railroad had a record year in 2004, reporting $15.4 million in profits on total revenue of $129.5 million.

GE Transportation, is trying to gain access to the Russian railroad market and has made its first step by introducing locomotives with American equipment and Russian wheels to some CIS countries.

Three passenger cars of an Amtrak train derailed Sunday evening in the village of Lyons, Wayne County, New York.

Weeks after a 14-year-old boy managed to derail a chemical-carrying freight train by pulling an unlocked switch, Union Pacific Railroad is moving to replace all of its rail switches in Los Angeles County, railroad executives said Friday.

It's a touch of elegance - a tantalizing sneak preview of the style that has made VIA Rail Canada's reputation for world class rail service.

Rail transportation company Kansas City Southern Friday announced that it has completed the acquisition of a controlling interest in Mexican rail line Transportacion Ferroviaria Mexicana SA (TFM).

North American RailNet (NAR) and OmniTRAX have jointly announced a transaction whereby an OmniTRAX affiliate will merge with NAR and acquire NAR's U.S.-based rail operations.

Track workers for the Canadian Pacific Railway will begin replacing 34,000 railroad ties at night in mid-May on more than 53 miles of track between Rondout and Milwaukee.

For at least part of this year, one of the most storied names in commercial aviation won't be flying the skies. It'll be chugging on the ground.

Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCSR) and Watco Companies, Inc. (Watco) announced that they have reached agreement on a plan for KCSR to lease its Bay Springs, Miss. branch line between Newton and Bay Springs to Watco.

Louisiana's chemical industry stands to benefit from two railroads' decision to provide a more direct route for traffic between the Gulf Coast and the Northeast, an industry spokesman said Tuesday.

CSX Corp. paid Michael Ward more than $2.1 million in salary and bonuses in 2004, more than two and a half times the 2003 compensation of the company's chairman, president and CEO.

Fifteen flat cars of a Canadian Pacific Railway train derailed shortly before 22:00 CST Wednesday between Frontenac and Lake City, Minnesota, likely halting all rail traffic until noon Friday.

It's been over two years since a Canadian National Railroad train derailed in the town of Tamaroa, Illinois, and this week representatives from both parties will sit down to discuss some of the residual damage from the entire affair: Tamaroa's damaged streets.

An innovative commuter train between San Francisco and San Jose known as the Baby Bullet shows how passenger rail service can improve under the Bush Administration

Union Pacific Railroad on Wednesday said it will invest $1.3 billion on improvements to its 33,000-mile U.S. track system in 2005.

CSX Corp. announced that former U.S. Sen. John Breaux has been nominated for election to the company's board of directors. The election of board members will occur at the company's annual meeting of shareholders to be held May 4.

Who said turning 50 was something to fret about? VIA Rail Canada has an irresistible offer that makes blowing out all those candles on the birthday cake worth getting excited about.

Bombardier Transportation announced that it received a firm order from the Greater Toronto Transit Authority (GO Transit) for 10 additional Bombardier BiLevel commuter rail vehicles.

The Appalachian and Ohio Railroad, a wholly owned subsidiary of Watco Companies Inc., of Pittsburg, Kan., achieved a successful operational start-up of leased CSX Transportation trackage between Grafton and Cowen, W.Va., on Easter weekend.

Union Pacific Railroad has been named by a Bowie County family in a wrongful death lawsuit filed in Texas' 5th District Court.

Amtrak is getting ready to expand its all-reserved service to every train in the Northeast.

A freight company whose idling locomotives are the bane of some Teaneck Township, New Jersey, residents has pledged to curb the trains' rumbling engines and choking diesel fumes.

British Columbia's booming forest industry got a further boost on Monday with an announcement by Canadian National Railway that it has reached the last in a series of deals with erstwhile rivals to greatly speed the delivery of lumber into ravenous United States markets.

BNSF Railway Company announced that it will assess fuel surcharges on a mileage basis effective January 1, 2006.

Massachusetts environmental regulators have fined Guilford Rail System's Boston and Maine Railroad for violations of a consent decree for a fuel oil cleanup site near Cole Avenue.

Falconer, New York-based Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad (WNYP) won a Gold Safety Award for 2004 from the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association.

BNSF Logistics has been named a recipient of the Owens Corning 2005 Transportation Systems Excellence Awards.

The Friends of the Union Pacific Railroad Museum will offer 150 works of art for sale to raise operating funds for the museum, officials say.