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Norfolk Southern Corporation announced that, effective July 1, 2006, Norfolk Southern will revise its fuel surcharge program for local and joint-line non-intermodal traffic originating and moving on Norfolk Southern-issued tariff and public quotes issued on or after July 1, 2006.

In March, the Kansas City Southern Mexico infrastructure department completed two projects that have increased capacity between Saltillo and Monterrey, one of the highest tonnage segments on KCSM.

Shareholders of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation elected 11 directors, including Matthew K. Rose, chairman, president and chief executive officer, at the company's annual shareholders meeting held today in Fort Worth.

New Mexico plans to offer Wi-Fi service to passengers on its new commuter rail service, which will connect Belen to Santa Fe, said Roy Soto, the state

Canadian National Railway Inc., which held its first annual meeting outside Canada on Friday, plans to invest $1.5 billion Cdn in its network this year to continue to make the railway more efficient and profitable, CEO Hunter Harrison says.

CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) is supporting Gov. Jeb Bush's proclamation of Rail Safety Awareness Week with educational outreach and the grim reminder that rail-highway grade crossings can be deadly.

CN announced today that it has launched a safety website for children to mark the beginning of Rail Safety Week.

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen won its second shortline organizing victory of 2006 today as approximately 70 workers at the Maine, Montreal & Atlantic Railway (MMA) voted in favor of BLET representation.

A Saturday morning derailment saw corn-loaded hopppers scattered off of Union Pacific's rails in Olivehurst, California.

On April 19, Kansas City Southern Railroad announced the appointment of Jose Guillermo Zozaya Delano by the KCSM board of directors as its president and executive representative, reporting directly to the KCSM board led by chairman Michael R. Haverty and vice chairman Arthur L. Shoener.

CN Rail says it has obtained a court injunction to end a native blockade of its Kingston Subdivision between Toronto, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec.

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. reported March 2006 and first quarter of 2006 traffic volumes for its North American and 50%-owned Australian operations.

Union Pacific Corporation on Friday reported earnings of $1.15 per diluted share, or net income of $311 million.

A coal train derailment early on Saturday morning in Richmond, Virginia has shut down two of three rail routes at the famous Triple Crossing location.

BNSF will launch its annual BNSF Railway Special in Gallup, N.M., Monday, June 5, 2006.

Wabtec Corporation announced that its Wabtec Railway Electronics unit has been awarded a contract by Union Pacific Railroad to conduct a positive train control pilot program based on its Electronic Train Management System(TM) (ETMS(R)).

Watco Companies, Inc. (Watco) announced eleven of its railroads will receive safety awards from the American Shortline & Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA).

A derailment late Monday night has affected BNSF's northern United States mainline in Elmira, Idaho at the junction of Bonner and Boundary Counties.

VIA Rail Canada announced it has added an extra train set consisting of at least 21 cars that will be "ready to go" to ensure on-time departures from Vancouver, three times a week.

Canada's Western Transportation Advisory Council (WESTAC) is pleased to welcome BNSF Railway Company to its membership.

Canadian National Railway Co. has launched a new customs clearance service for shipments into Canada from the United States and overseas.

CSX Corporation reported first quarter 2006 net earnings of $245 million, or $1.06 per share, a 56 percent increase in earnings per share from continuing operations versus the same quarter last year.

Six freight cars in a train operated by Hartwell Railroad derailed in Toccoa, Georgia, at 14:45 ET Tuesday, according to a railroad official.

Norfolk Southern service was restored to the railroad's Chicago Line by late Monday night in Goshen, Indiana, following a derailment that saw the double-track mainline and the single track Marion Branch blocked by wrecked intermodal equipment.

CN announced a US$100-million project to rebuild and upgrade its Johnston Yard freight train switching facility in Memphis, Tennessee.

Montreal, Maine & Atlantic's mainline has been shut down in eastern Quebec by rising flood waters and a bridge outage at Scotstown.

Palladon Ventures Ltd. has announced the selection of the Albany and Eastern Railroad Company ("A&E"), of Lebanon, Oregon, to operate Palladon's shortline railroad serving the Iron Mountain project near Cedar City, Utah.

The New York State Department of Transportation is considering the request of Senator John Bonacic and others not to go forward with a $750,000 grant earmarked for the Middletown and New Jersey Railroad.

High water conditions caused by spring thaw in some regions of Manitoba and Saskatchewan are currently affecting rail operations as follows:

Building on its reputation as having the most environmentally friendly locomotive fleet in the United States, Union Pacific today announced it is testing technologies to reduce diesel engine emissions in older railroad locomotives.