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Not Hurricane Katrina, not soaring fuel prices, not even a massive jury verdict against it could keep Norfolk Southern Corp. from posting a 4.5 percent increase in third-quarter income on Wednesday.

Rail car manufacturer FreightCar America Inc. swung to a third-quarter profit as demand for rail cars surged and revenue more than doubled, the company said Thursday.

With an increase of new riders turning to its system of trains and trolleys, SEPTA is reminding all passengers that this is the time of year known in the industry as slippery rail season.

Providence and Worcester Railroad Company announced that it has entered into an eight-year agreement with the United Transportation Union ("UTU"), whose members are all of the Company's train service employees.

A train derailment Monday near the Tennessee River railroad bridge in Decatur, Alabama, injured no one and leaked no hazardous materials, a Norfolk Southern spokeswoman said.

Canada's Transportation Safety Board has issued a safety advisory for CN Rail trains travelling through the steep and curved area of Squamish, British Columbia, after a derailment in August caused significant environmental damage to the Cheakamus River.

Santa is coming to Pike County, Kentucky, for his annual train ride - and this year, he'll be joined by Grammy-winning singer Naomi Judd.

Freight railroad operator CSX Corp. reported Wednesday that its third-quarter profit jumped 33 percent as higher coal shipments helped boost revenue.

An Amtrak train from Boston to Washington was delayed for more than two hours Tuesday evening as law enforcement investigated a bomb threat, authorities said.

A 60-acre industrial site will provide what some see as a much-needed industrial rail connection for the City of Lincoln, Nebraska.

A CN Rail freight train has gone off the tracks in the Cheakamus Canyon 14 miles north of Squamish, British Columbia, in the same area that another CN train derailed back in August.

CN Rail announced plans to discontinue seven Saskatchewan branch lines. None of the rail lines has carried any grain or other traffic for at least the past three years.

BNSF Railway Co. said Monday that A.P. "Skip" Endres will retire as vice president/government affairs at the end of 2005.

In a bold step, Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has set a November 22 deadline for an emergency order mandating that Union Pacific, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Norfolk Southern, CSX and all other railroads take specific and immediate steps to fix a growing safety problem which has lead to an increasing number of train accidents, resulting in nine serious train crashes, ten fatalities and injuries to more than 600 people since January, 2005.

A shortage of rail cars, rising fuel prices and increasing freight rates are slowing the shipment of logs from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to mills in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Train traffic resumed near Worden, Montana, early Sunday after 43 cars derailed Saturday morning, spilling piles of soybeans and leaving behind piles of crumpled railroad cars.

CSX Corp. has agreed to let Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee, lease its idle rail corridor between Midtown and Cordova for use in a recreational trail project, local officials say.

A Tri-Rail work train derailed north of the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, airport station Friday morning, halting southbound and northbound commuter trains for one hour and 37 minutes.

Two Norfolk Southern freight trains collided and derailed Friday afternoon outside of Toledo, Ohio.

Rep. Charlie Bass will take state and local officials on a train ride from Lowell, Mass., to Manchester, New Hampshire, Monday, pushing for commuter rail service but offering no timetable.

Amtrak's decision to halt some express train service between New York and Philadelphia next week ends an exclusive, more than 50-year arrangement that let commuters in the "200 Club" pay extra to ride in a private car.

As Hurricane Wilma threatens Central and Southern Florida, Amtrak has been working with CSX Transportation to adjust train service in the affected area.

The Watertown, Wisconsin, Police Department and the Canadian Pacific Railway Police are conducting an investigation of an incident that caused severe damage to an Amtrak passenger train traveling through the city over the past weekend, according to Sgt. Andrew Gee.

BNSF Railway Company today announced that its mileage-based fuel surcharge program will take effect for Coal and Agricultural Products customers Jan. 1, 2006, as scheduled.

The CPR Holiday Train, North America's largest food bank fundraiser, will again bring its spirit of giving and its holiday season magic to more than 100 communities in Canada and the United States, as the 2005 Holiday Train schedule was released. Two brightly decorated Holiday Trains - one in Canada, the other in the U.S. Northeast and Midwest - will again be collecting food and money, as well as raising awareness for local food banks. All donations collected in a community remain in that community for distribution. This year, both Holiday Trains will glow even more than previous years, as each train will be decorated with hundreds of thousands of LED Christmas lights to help shine an even brighter focus on this important initiative.

The Royal Canadian Golf Association saved the Canadian Women's Open from dropping off the LPGA Tour schedule, agreeing to a three-year sponsorship deal with Canadian National Railway on Wednesday.

Rail transit operators and experts met Wednesday to discuss two of the most daunting challenges facing mass transit in the New York City metropolitan region -- service expansion and security.

One of the propositions to the Texas State Constitutional amendments could help move the rail yards out of Downtown El Paso.

Kansas City Southern Railroad has recently begun the process of renumbering its international locomotive fleet in a sequence related to horsepower, age and special capabilities.

The first three lawsuits among more than 100 stemming from a deadly 2002 CP Rail derailment and chemical spill near Minot have been settled out of court, and the judge is asking lawyers to continue negotiations in other cases.