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One person is dead after a car pulled into the path of a VIA Rail passenger train, destroying the vehicle and dragging it for more than 2 miles in Lakeshore, Ontario, on Wednesday.

BNSF Railway is undertaking its largest railroad upgrade along the Montana Hi-Line in more than 25 years, part of a $54 million improvement project in the state.

At least seven train cars hauling automobiles derailed in Verdemont, California, on Wednesday afternoon.

Atlanta, Georgia area commuter rail still has a chance, at least until August.

Canadian National Railway Co. president Hunter Harrison says the company's "dynamite" second-quarter numbers should keep on rolling, with full-year profit expected to climb by as much as 25 cent over last year.

Empty container cars were no match for the strong winds whipping through Capron, Oklahoma, Monday evening.

Pennsylvania officials on Thursday marked the reactivation of a Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad line that will haul coal to the Homer City Generating Station. The Homer City Generating Station, operated by EME Homer City Generation LP, is one of the biggest power plants on the eastern seaboard, and burns 17,500 tons of coal a day, providing power to Pennsylvania, Maryland and New Jersey.

The number of Metra trains barreling in and out of Lake Villa, Illinois

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Two weekend North Dakota derailments on track that runs through Adams and Bowman counties are not related, a BNSF Railway spokesman says.

Rail service to Farmville, Virginia, ended not with a bang but with a lingering train whistle as the last Norfolk Southern freight train left town about 13:00 EDT on Friday.

The Kansas City Southern Railway Co. is leasing five of its branch lines in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Alabama to three railroads owned by short-line railroad company Watco Cos. Inc. In a written release Wednesday, Kansas City Southern Railway Co.'s parent company, Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU), said that the leased lines are:

A BNSF Railway spokesman says a ten-car derailment in southwestern North Dakota caused few problems.

Maine's Gov. John Baldacci and more than a dozen legislators gathered at the edge of the Machias River on Friday afternoon for an announcement 15 years in the making.

A 46-year-old woman died and a 59-year-old man was injured following a crash involving a train and an 18-wheeler in Medina County on Friday.

Norfolk Southern Corp. could begin construction of a connecting line between its Lurgan Line and Port Road Branch through Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, within the next few weeks.

BNSF Railway announced that they would phase out railroad-supplied intermodal trailers after the 2006 fall peak season, instead of by mid-2006 as earlier announced.

A Canadian National iron ore train derailed in Isabella, Michigan, in the central Upper Peninsula, cutting off some 911 and long distance services but causing no injuries, authorities said Sunday.

Family members have identified a fourth person who died in a collision of two CN Rail trains.

Donald Adams added tantalizing details to his $300 million plan to revitalize passenger trains in Maine this week, including construction of a new line between Belfast and Searsport.

The B & O Railroad Museum will use $1 million in bonds from Baltimore City to match a $1 million state grant to improve a building where passenger cars were constructed. The city bond money was approved for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, museum Executive Director Courtney Wilson said. The B & O Railroad Museum was awarded the state grant Tuesday.

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

BNSF Railway Co. said it's adding about 170 employees across North Dakota this year and next, in part to help with millions of dollars in track upgrades in the state.

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

Anthony Rota, MP (Nipissing-Timiskaming), and Andy Mitchell, MP (Parry Sound-Muskoka), on behalf of Transport Minister Jean-C. Lapierre, today announced that the Government of Canada has agreed to extend its funding agreement with the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission in order to continue passenger rail service between Toronto and North Bay.

Family members have identified a third person who died in a collision of two Canadian National Freight trains.

Canadian Pacific Railway and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, representing about 450 CPR employees who maintain railway signal systems, announced a tentative five-year collective agreement Thursday.

CN Rail is committed to abandoning its rail line from Natchez to Brookhaven, Mississippi, company officials said.

Amtrak's Acela trains are back on track, and more trains are on the way, officials announced Thursday.

The body of a fourth crew member missing since the head-on collision early Sunday of two freight trains in Yazoo County, Mississippi, was recovered at at 14:45 CDT Tuesday, said Karen Phillips, spokeswoman for Canadian National Railroad in Washington, D.C.