The inaugural CPKC SMX train 175 breaks a banner on May 4, 2026, upon its departure from the CPKC de Mexico intermodal terminal in Salinas Victoria, Mexico. CPKC LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. — The proposed ...

WASHINGTON — Amtrak and Canadian National have reached a new host railroad operating agreement that settles a dispute dating to 2013. The railroads said today that the agreements “strengthen their ...

WASHINGTON — The North American Rail Shippers Association will hold its annual meeting in Washington, D.C., for the first time. The meeting is set for Nov. 11-13, with the theme of “Navigating Change ...

A Canadian National train of mixed freight passes through Thomasboro, Ill. CN’s former Illinois Central main line to Memphis will be key to its Canada-Mexico cross-border trade route. Chase Gunnoe ...

The Barstow International Gateway project will move cargo from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach by train. BNSF FORT WORTH, Texas – BNSF Railway and Spearpoint Logistics today announced a ...

Two Colorado firms have developed a fire-mitigation system that can prevent wildfires from encroaching onto railroad rights of way. Matrix Wildfire has developed the SENTINEL apparatus that can ...

A westbound Norfolk Southern intermodal train splits the signals at Huntingdon, Pa., in April 2022. BNSF Railway says it will request trackage rights on the former Pennsylvania Railroad main line to ...

The Stop the Rail Merger Coalition is looking to stir up local opposition to the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger in trackside communities that would see an increase in train and truck traffic if ...

Amtrak’s westbound Sunset Limited ascends the Huey P. Long Bridge in New Orleans as a Union Pacific train slowly descends in February 2025. Bill Stephens HOUSTON — A short line holding company has ...

Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena looks out at the crowd at the Midwest Association of Rail Shippers Winter Meeting in Schaumburg, Ill., on Jan. 15, 2026. David Lassen Jim Vena doesn’t really see why the ...

WASHINGTON — A new report from the Amtrak Office of Inspector General calls into question almost all of the $7.8 million spent under a technology services contract for outside staffing, finding poor ...

Norfolk Southern America 250 locomotive No. 8118 leads train P48 with the entire America 250 Locomotive Celebration consist through Salisbury, N.C., on the NS S Line on Aug. 31, 2026. Matt Sell ...