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Amtrak gave Virginia a solid "B" recently for efforts to upgrade rail service.

A BNSF train derailed in Wichita, Kansas, sending nearly 20 cars off the tracks on Saturday.

Crews responded to a CSX Transportation train derailment late Monday afternoon in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

Amtrak is still struggling to find the money for the capital improvements it says it needs to return to a state of good repair, but the railroad says it is making progress, and is putting more coaches and locomotives on the rails, buying new car carriers for the Auto Train, and working with states for expansion of rail service on corridors of less than 500 miles.

A Pennsylvania state-financed rail facility planned for the long-vacant Daniel J. Flood Industrial Park in will help attract industry to the Nanticoke area and replace thousands of trucks that haul coal waste and fly ash on local highways, say backers of the facility.

Authorities have determined how fast two freight trains were traveling when they crashed near San Antonio in a deadly wreck.

The United Transportation Union has asked a federal judge to stop Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corp. from using managers to fill crew positions on special passenger cars the railroad sometimes operates.

The expected purchase of the Green Mountain Race Track in Pownal, Vermont, has hit a snag, according to the Dorset developer who wants to buy the long-vacant site.

The piles of papers, files and legal proclamations cluttering the offices and conference rooms of lawyers working on a lawsuit against Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railroad are evidence of the case's complexity, its magnitude and its impact.

When Holland America Line's large luxury cruise ship, the ms Maasdam, makes a port call in New London on Wednesday, Oct. 27, the 1,258 passengers expected to be on board will, for the first time, be offered a shore trip to Essex to enjoy the Valley Railroad's Steam Train and Riverboat excursion.

A jury ruled in favor of CSX Transportation Inc. in a lawsuit brought by a former employee who claimed he suffered brain disease from exposure to toxic chemicals used by the railroad.

Motorists and BNSF rail traffic relying on the Mississippi River bridge between Niota, Ill., and Fort Madison will need to find an alternative route across on Monday morning, July 19.

Covington, Kentucky's Code Enforcement Board on Wednesday agreed to a request by a CSX Transportation lawyer to delay a hearing on the railroad's deteriorating bridge over E. 15th Street.

In a letter sent to the Lancaster County commissioners during the week of July 5, Norfolk Southern said the county "did not have the right to possess the property until the 'preliminary objection to the declaration of taking' had been filed and resolved."

The Canaan Railroad Days will celebrate its 40th anniversary this year with 10 days of action-packed events.

The state will no longer replace the Exeter Road railroad bridge in Hampton, New Hampshire, owing to budget constraints.

Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, commissioners are drawing a line at the Susquehanna River for proposed commuter rail service.

Recently, KCSR rolled out Track and Trace, the newest tool available from Online Transactions at www.kcsi.com.

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) has announced the launch of BNSF TransBid(TM), a new online marketplace that connects shippers and transloaders by providing fast and easy access to bids for truck and warehousing needs.

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Union Pacific Corp. on Monday issued a sweeping denial of a published report accusing it of destroying evidence after grade-crossing accidents.

TransWorks, a subsidiary of Norfolk Southern Corporation has entered into a long-term agreement with Canadian Pacific Railway, to streamline and further automate key intermodal processes.

The Connecticut-based insurer for the Baltimore Orioles is attempting to recover more than $1 million in damages after a train derailment and tunnel fire forced city officials to cancel three home games in July 2001.

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. today reported June 2004 and second quarter of 2004 traffic volumes for its North American and 50%-owned Australian operations.

An improving economy is causing delays on the nation's railroads, and customers are worrying their freight will get backlogged as the peak shipping season approaches in the fall.

Train tracks in Newark, Arkansas, are now clear after a derailment that left three locomotives and five railroad cars off the tracks.

On June 24th, KCSR opened the new diesel fuel tankcar loading facility in Heavener, Okla., following the April pipeline connection.

"It could've been a lot worse," says Franklin County Sheriff Bill Wilson. He and his deputies answered the call to duty after a coal train jumped the tracks and came crashing down onto Interstate 57 last Friday morning.

Heavy rains and flooding caused more than a dozen Amtrak trains in Maryland to creep along at just 2 mph Monday night after a foot or more of rain soaked parts of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland, rupturing dams and forcing hundreds of people from their homes.

RailAmerica, Inc. reported its freight carloads for the month ended and the six months ended June 30, 2004.