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Amtrak has unveiled a new top tier to its frequent traveler elite-level program.

Two rail cars shipping materials, including a hazardous chemical, to be processed at the Firestone roofing plant on James P. Casey Road Briston, Connecticut, were derailed and then 'abandoned' by the rail company shortly after noon Wednesday, said fire Chief Jon Pose.

A CSX Transportation train headed south through Buckhead, Georgia, derailed Monday, leaving 11 cars trackside.

The Island Corridor Foundation in Nanaimo, British Columbia, is close to finalizing a deal with Canadian Pacific Railway to acquire its portion of the E&N Railway, says its chairman.

An investigation into Monday's train derailment at Pine Bluff has found that one of the two trains involved passed a stop signal before striking the side of the other train.

While not all the i's are dotted and all the t's crossed, the McCook, Nebraska, City Council has begun the process of reaching a $3 million settlement with Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railroad.

The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality is asking Union Pacific to control sediment runoff from its rail yard in Laramie.

Union Switch & Signal (US&S) has appointed John P. Donlon to Vice President, Sales & Marketing.

Two Union Pacific Railroad tracks at Ames, Nebraska, are now open after a weekend derailment.

The Federal Railroad Administration on Tuesday placed the Union Pacific Railroad on a type of 'railroad probation' in Bexar County, Texas, for one year.

Switching problems in a west suburban rail yard caused a pair of freight trains to collide early Tuesday morning at Franklin Park, Illinois.

New York Regional Rail Corp. is pleased to announce that once again Balfour Beatty Construction Company, Inc. has chosen New York Cross Harbor ("NYCH"), NYRR's rail subsidiary, for its transportation needs.

As the holiday season begins to rev up, so do millions of toy train sets circling just as many Christmas trees.

Schneider National Inc. Monday introduced a new stackable intermodal container at the Intermodal Assn. of North America Intermodal Expo in San Antonio.

Things are almost back to normal in western Colbert County, Alabama.

The owner of the mothballed Camas Prairie rail line from Spalding to Cottonwood, Idaho, says he's committed to putting locomotives back on the track.

Freight traffic on the nation's railroads continued to run well ahead of year earlier levels during the week ended November 6, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported.

Officials in Vermont's Rutland City and Rutland Town say they'll decide this week whether to continue with a plan to move the Vermont Railway's yard in downtown Rutland to the outskirts.

The Union Pacific Railroad expected to have two tracks at Ames, Nebraska, reopened sometime Monday morning after the Sunday derailment of two trains.

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. announced that it has closed on a five-year, US$182 million unsecured senior credit facility and has also completed a seven-year, US$75 million private placement of unsecured 4.85% Fixed Rate Senior Notes.

CN and Canadian Pacific Railway(CPR) have reached agreement on three new network initiatives that will improve railway transit times and asset utilization in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario.

A judge has ruled that an injury lawsuit stemming from the 2002 train derailment and chemical spill in Minot will remain in federal court.

Despite rumors to the contrary, directors of Montana's only farmer-owned railroad

The first two rail cars the state purchased from the Virginia Railway Express started running on Connecticut's Shore Line East Railroad Thursday, but it's not clear when additional cars will come to the New Haven Line.

Like the caboose of yesteryear, Norfolk Southern's troubles related to its acquisition of Conrail are squarely behind it.

Union Pacific announced Friday it will transfer 65 jobs out of Pocatello, Idaho, by mid-February.

Providence and Worcester Railroad Company reported its results for the third quarter of 2004.

Union Pacific Railroad officials met in San Antonio on Thursday to review the transportation company's operations and safety procedures one day after another deadly train derailment.

Responding to two deadly derailments, the Union Pacific Railroad has dispatched more managers to Texas and organized safety meetings with every train crew as they report to work, railroad officials said Saturday.

Norfolk Southern Railway Co. has purchased nearly 150 acres off Lamore Drive in Prince George, Virginia, for $2.4 million, moving the company closer to establishing a controversial rail facility in an area that is partially residential.