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The Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corp. is another step closer to accessing the low-sulphur coal reserves in Wyoming's Powder River Basin (PRB) after the company won environmental approval by the Surface Transportation Board.

Officials with Union Pacific Railroad are investigating a derailment near Fulton, Illinois on Thursday night.

Canadian Pacific Railway announced Thursday it plans capital investment of $810 million to $825 million in 2006, a decline from approximately $920 million in 2005 when the railway carried out its largest capacity expansion program in two decades.

Track-caused train derailments resulting from inadequate track maintenance and inspection has led the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to enter into an agreement with the Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad, Inc. (CORP) to improve its compliance with Federal track safety standards.

The future of the Gasp

BNSF Railway's request to abandon a 21-mile branchline between Lewistown and Moore, Montana has been approved by the Surface Transportation Board.

CN and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) announced that 400 locomotive engineers working on CN

Florida East Coast Railway, the transportation subsidiary of Florida East Coast Industries, Inc., announced it had concluded discussions with the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (BMWED), United Transportation Union (UTU) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) on revision of current agreements.

VIA Rail Canada is pleased to announce that it has concluded a tentative agreement with the Teamster Canada Rail Conference, representing over 350 locomotive engineers at the national passenger rail service, thus avoiding the possibility of a strike that could have begun on December 24.

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and the V & S Railway, Inc. signed an agreement regarding the sale of the NA Towner Railroad Line.

Canada's Federal Labor Minister is calling on VIA Rail and its conductors and engineers to resolve their differences to avoid a possible strike during the busy holiday season.

If an Amtrak engineer in charge of a St. Louis to Chicago train was playing ball yesterday, he would likely have been trying hard to avoid strike three.

In observance of Christmas and New Year's Holidays, NS will suspend operations beginning 3: 00 PM on Saturday, December 24 and resume normal operations at 11:00 PM on Sunday, December 25.

Commuters on Massachusetts Bay Transportatoin Authority (MBTA) trains on the Worcester/Framingham lines will be getting a huge Christmas present this year - a new ride to work or home.

CSX Transportation inspectors five months ago found nothing wrong with the bridge that collapsed onto Virginia Street in Marietta, Ohio early Monday morning.

The after effects of this year's hurricanes slowed railroad freight, but intermodal volumes increased for the 14th month in a row. The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reports that for the first 10 months of 2005, total U.S. freight was up 146,298 carloads -- just 1% year over year -- to 14,330,739 carloads. For the year through October, 13 of the 19 major commodity categories tracked by AAR saw gains for U.S. railroads.

A CSX Transportation derailment just outside Marietta, Ohio has deposited eight cars of coal on Virginia Street, where a bridge once stood.

Union Pacific Railroad unveiled its new $8.5 million state-of-the-art track inspection vehicle on Friday, EC-5, that will continue to enhance track safety with technology.

Kansas City Southern asked Mexico's anti-trust body on Friday to stop Grupo Mexico merging its Ferromex rail operations with those of recently purchased Ferrosur.

The rail yard in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, has been seeing increased activity, according to a Washington County Railroad (WACR) official.

Just as Transport Canada eased restrictions on CN Rail operations near Squamish, British Columbia, on Wednesday, the company experienced yet another series of derailments.

A truck driver was killed and two passengers aboard an Amtrak train were injured on Wednesday after a collision in eastern Utah.

RailAmerica, Inc. reported its freight carloads for the month and eleven months ended November 30, 2005.

A CN Rail derailment on Tuesday morning was responsible for closing down Highway 658 through Redditt, Ontario.

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. reported November 2005 traffic volumes for its North American and 50%-owned Australian operations.

A replica of the first American-built steam locomotive was on display outside the New York Stock Exchange Monday as part of the opening bell festivities commemorating the 175th anniversary of Norfolk Southern Corporation.

Canadian Pacific Railway is trimming its 2006 earnings forecast as it anticipates a lower volume of coal shipments from British Columbia for a major customer.

A multi-million dollar investment in one of Montana's rail lines could result in two new high-speed loading grain elevators.

CSX Transportation is a few miles shorter on its system map after turning over the reigns of more than 200 miles of Michigan trackage to a trio of Michigan shortlines.

KnightHawk is pleased to announce that its indirectly wholly owned subsidiary company, Kelowna Pacific Railway Ltd. ("KPR"), has reached an agreement with Canadian National Railway Company ("CN") which will see an increase in KPR haulage revenue, increased service frequency, and formula based cash payments from CN for both track expenditures and rising fuel costs.