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The Mission Mountain Railroad, a wholly owned subsidiary of Watco Companies, will begin operations of 40 miles of track in Montana Tuesday morning, Dec. 28, 2004.

In January 2000, much of the world was breathing a sigh of relief that the global fuss over the "Y2K" crisis was over. But there was still crisis in the offices at Norfolk Southern.

At least 150 people were evacuated from their homes Thursday after nine cars of a Union Pacific freight train derailed at a crossing on the eastern edge of Jacksonville, Arkansas.

Ski and rail enthusiasts alike should consider New Hampshire this winter to visit a small, new alpine area where the ride up promises to be more of an adventure than the ski down.

The cause of an East Chicago railcar repair shop fire was still under investigation, officials said.

VIA Rail Canada announced Thursday that its train operations between Winnipeg and Churchill, Manitoba, interrupted earlier in the week due to technical difficulties, will be back in service starting December 23, 2004.

Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and the Canadian government announced they will jointly spend more than $8 million to install a Vehicle and Cargo Inspection System (VACIS) designed to secure CPR's five-mile line between Windsor, Ontario, and the U.S. border in Detroit.

A surge in steel mills' demand for taconite pellets has made 2004 a year of stark contrast for many people in the transportation business.

The original Virginia & Truckee Railroad was built in a year. Its resurrection will take considerably longer, but not for a lack of determination.

A long whistle of a locomotive horn marked the launch of the first railway spur built in 14 years in Alberta last week -- and the first one ever built for the oilsands industry.

The Southern Railway of British Columbia (SRY) has seen more than 500 per cent growth in its newsprints and specialty papers shipping business over the past five years, after fine-tuning the operation of a water-to-rail paper distribution partnership with NorskeCanada.

A plan to move Vermont Rail System's rail yard out of downtown Rutland, Vermont, and to redevelop the cleared land is coming in for criticism from some residents.

New York Sen. Dale M. Volker, R-Depew, announced last week that he has arranged an $80,000 grant from the 2004-2005 state budget for the Arcade & Attica Railroad.

Leaders of Spokane, Washington's Sierra Club yesterday demanded an independent investigation of a diesel leak from a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co. refueling station that threatens the only drinking water for 400,000 people in two states.

Leaders in Virginia's Tazewell and Mercer counties joined together Wednesday to celebrate a new tourism initiative that will link the towns of Pocahontas and Bramwell, and hopefully promote the region as a "major tourist destination."

A train derailment early Wednesday morning in Fairmont, Minnesota, blocked traffic on several main roads in town during the day.

The billion-dollar BC Rail sale was touted Wednesday as a great partnership for British Columbia by two top-ranking cabinet ministers despite fraud-related charges against three former Liberal government workers accused of attempting to influence the deal.

VIA Rail Canada invites travelers to "chill out" this winter as they hop between some of the most fabulous cold-weather festivals in North America.

The Yakima, Washington-based Columbia Basin Railroad has signed a 30-year agreement with Clark County to run freight and perhaps someday a dinner train on the county's 33-mile line between Vancouver and Chelatchie Prairie.

Wyoming's Black Thunder mine was still under construction when the first trainload of coal was loaded on Dec. 14, 1977.

RailAmerica announced earlier this month that it had completed the sale of its Arizona Eastern Railway Company and West Texas and Lubbock Railroad Company, Inc. subsidiaries to Permian Basin Railways, Inc.

Union Pacific Corporation announced it will record a non-cash operating charge of $153.6 million after-tax, or approximately $0.58 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2004, to reflect an increase in its estimated liability for asbestos-related claims.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe has added more than 200 new employees in Montana over the past year, a railroad official said Tuesday.

As Steve Powell watched two red and gray locomotives round a bend in northern Hanover County, he cracked a smile.

A railroad tank car explosion at a BASF chemical plant in Freeport in 2002 that caused minor injuries to 28 people was caused when the hazardous wastes inside the car were overheated, the National Transportation Safety Board has reported.

The Canadian Auto Workers union will file charges against Canadian National Railway for threatening to discipline a union representative who exposed CN's hidden surveillance cameras at its Winnipeg repair shops.

A freight train carrying hydrochloric acid derailed Wednesday in central Illinois, forcing residents to evacuate homes and businesses in a one-square-mile area around the tracks, officials said.

Parts of a main railroad line through St. Cloud, Minnesota, opened yesterday after an eleven-car derailment over the weekend.

The state of Wisconsin is allocating more than $11.1 million for 10 rail projects across the state in an upgrade of the state's transportation system. Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle said the awards are expected to generate business growth both regionally and statewide, and will enhance the safety and efficiency of the freight rail system.

The Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railroad Bridge over the Wisconsin River near Prairie du Chien will be replaced next summer.