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Lancaster County (PA) Commissioners are expected to use eminent domain this week to take a right-of-way before Norfolk Southern can hand it over to municipalities that aren

Two Alabama train derailments, 22 miles apart and in the space of three hours, do not appear to be related, according to a CSX Transportation spokesman.

A Washington regional planning committee recommended that $660,000 in federal funding be spent on exploring public acquisition of a 40-mile Eastside rail corridor.

The Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum's Railroad Heritage Days celebrate the transportation system that turned Hagerstown, Maryland, into the "Hub City."

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Gov. John Rowland approved a plan to spend more than $1 billion to replace Metro-North Railroad's entire New Haven Line fleet and to build new maintenance facilities in New Haven.

Two months after its longtime chief executive resigned, RailAmerica named a former federal transportation official as his successor.

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWI) reported May 2004 traffic volumes for its North American and 50%-owned Australian operations.

Canadian Pacific Railways Ltd. appeared in BC Provincial Court Thursday, charged with two counts under subsection 36(3) of the federal Fisheries Act for spilling glycol, a deleterious substance and an ingredient commonly used in anti-freeze, into Burrard Inlet.

Sound Transit's Sounder commuter train service did not make its normal Seattle-to-Tacoma runs for Wednesday afternoon's commute because of a freight train derailment.

Clean up crews continued working this week after two Kansas City Southern trains collided on the western edge of Morton, Mississippi, early Monday morning derailing one set of railcars and damaging part of the tracks.

Trainorders.com is proud to announce that a total of three Grand Prize winning entries have been selected from the Night Photo Contest.

Norfolk Southern employees earned an unprecedented 15th consecutive E.H. Harriman Gold Medal for employee safety.

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) was recognized by Toyota Logistics Services with Toyota

BNSF Logistics, LLC announced today that it has acquired Sumark Services, a Versailles, Ohio-based third-party logistics (3PL) company that provides multi-modal transportation execution, nationwide.

A BNSF train operating through downtown Cordova, Alabama, derailed thirty-one cars not far from several homes on Thursday night.

Union Pacific and Texas officials broke ground on June 7, to celebrate construction of the railroad's new Dallas Intermodal Terminal just west of Interstate 45.

Both tracks of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe main line between Seattle and Portland have been reopened after a tank car derailment in which a small amount of flammable liquid was spilled.

An Amtrak train traveling from Indianapolis to Chicago derailed two miles from its downtown destination this afternoon, disrupting train service between the city and its southwest suburbs.

The Federal Railroad Administration has launched a probe into the Charlotte, Michigan, train-car collision that killed a mother and her daughter, a spokesman said.

A Washington-bound Amtrak train was stopped in Cumberland, Maryland on June 6, as federal agents questioned two male passengers said to be of Middle Eastern descent who were acting suspiciously, officials said.

On July 3, 2004, VIA Rail Canada will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Ocean, VIA's Atlantic Canada overnight train. For this historic moment, VIA is initiating a pricing promotion offering travel to/from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and any stations in the Qu

Four tank cars on a freight train derailed Monday in an area of homes and factories, spilling a small amount of flammable liquid, authorities said.

Authorities say a major highway between the San Francisco Bay area and Stockton in the Central Valley remains a mess motorists should avoid the remainder of the week.

F. Blair Wimbush has been named vice president real estate for Norfolk Southern Corporation, with office in Norfolk, effective June 1.

Norfolk Southern Corp. can proceed with a lawsuit against Chevron U.S.A to recover damages from pollution of a saltwater marsh stemming from an oil terminal in Jacksonville, Fla., a federal appeals court ruled.

A celebration of Amtrak's Empire Builder passenger train's 75th anniversary is set for June 12 in Havre, Montana, one of the cities on the rail route from Chicago to Portland, Ore., and Seattle.

A pair of F3A locomotives, ablaze with the orange and navy blue insignia and striping of the Jersey Central Railroad, sit at the bottom of Pennsylvania Route 209's Mansion House Hill welcoming visitors to Jim Thorpe.

Last week, Kansas City Southern Railroad notified its customers that beginning June 1, 2004, Kaw River Railroad, Inc. (KAW) will provide switching service to customers located on KCSR's and Kansas City Terminal Railway's tracks in Kansas City.

Toyota Logistics Services has recognized Norfolk Southern Corporation with three awards for logistics excellence during 2003.