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Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation reported all-time record quarterly earnings of $0.91 per share, a 49 percent increase over fourth- quarter 2003 earnings of $0.61 per share.

New corporate and railway subsidiary logos and a new name for its railway subsidiary

Union Pacific announced that it reopened its California "Coast Line" and Nevada's Caliente line, a rugged desert canyon line northeast of Las Vegas. Traffic on these lines will be limited for a short period as final work is completed.

The state Supreme Court has dealt a setback to four plaintiffs suing CSX Transportation Inc. in a case involving people who said they suffered asbestos-related illnesses from breathing fumes from the work clothes of employees of the railroad.

Crews are investigating a Canadian National Railway derailment that left several vehicles strewn across the tracks in eastern Manitoba Sunday morning.

Norfolk Southern Corporation said it expects the first quarter 2005 to reflect expenses in the range of $30 to $40 million (pretax) relating to the Jan. 6 derailment at Graniteville, S.C.

Union Pacific Corporation reported 2004 fourth quarter income from continuing operations of $79 million, or $0.30 per diluted share compared to $333 million, or $1.28 per diluted share in the fourth quarter of 2003.

The city that built the Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad and ran it for 120 years may soon give it the boot out of town.

For travelers by train across the heart of Missouri the next couple of months, the Missouri River and its adjacent bluffs will be easier to see sitting atop Amtrak's Superliner coaches.

Metro-North Railroad commuter Mitchell Fuchs thinks he shouldn't pay the same fares as New York riders until he gets the same service.

The political clout of politicians from Altoona and Johnstown could bring commuter rail service to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Maintaining an aging rail line between Orange County, California, and downtown San Diego over the next 15 years will require spending as much as $14 million a year, North County Transit District officials said Friday.

Motley Rice LLC and W. Mullins McLeod, Jr., today announced that they have filed a lawsuit seeking relief for persons with property damage resulting from the Graniteville train disaster.

A short line railroad located in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in far western North Carolina is receiving a $7.5 million direct loan from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to rehabilitate its infrastructure and maintain its economic importance to the region.

Shareholders of Tioga Central Railroad have reported that in excess of $72,000 in revenues is missing for the period from February 2004 to November 2004, according to state police in Mansfield.

A faulty fuel system produced a scary moment for the crew of a Norfolk Southern freight train early Friday, when spilled diesel fuel caught fire in a locomotive's engine compartment in Osceola, Indiana.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad employees worked Friday to clean up the mess after Thursday's derailment of 33 railcars loaded with coal.

Ontario Northland Railway train X45031-20 derailed early Thursday morning, January 20, blocking the railroad's Temagami Subidivision.

The aging Thames River Amtrak railroad bridge has been stuck in the down position for a week, preventing some marine traffic from passage on the Thames River in Connecticut.

Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad officials say they will pursue payment of damages from a man who attempted to take his life by driving his car in front of a train in December.

CSX Transportation is looking to relocate its Port Huron, Michigan, railroad yard to St. Clair Township. It also hopes to construct a new building near the city of St. Clair's industrial park.

Ohio River Terminals Co. Railroad in Huntington, West Virginia, has been a neighbor of Marshall University for more than 80 years. And its manager, Otis "Ott" Adkins, describes himself as a big Marshall fan.

Community leaders south of Quebec City are trying to stop the sale of a private rail line to American investors.

A weather-related embargo on intermodal freight moving to California -- imposed on selected rail corridors by the nation's largest railroad -- is posing challenges to customers and their service providers.

Though the golden age of railroads faded long ago, one Michigan rail line, the world

Amtrak halted passenger trains in and out of Washington this morning because a derailment near Union Station blocked the tracks, about a mile away from President George W. Bush's Inauguration Day ceremonies.

Rail service has been restored in the Connecticut River Valley after five train cars derailed in Bellows Falls, Vermont, on Sunday.

Rail traffic resumed and cleanup efforts continued today after Canadian National Railway train E20131-17 derailed in southwest Michigan Tuesday evening.

For anyone who has ever wanted more information on how his or her relative served in the railroad industry the search will not have to go beyond the home PC.

Fording Canadian Coal Trust and Canadian Pacific Railway announced that Elk Valley Coal and CPR have agreed to engage in a mediation process, beginning Jan. 20.