For the first time in 61 years, there is a split between the class 1 freight railroads in how they are pursuing the next round of national talks with labor unions that begins on Friday.

Union Pacific’s third-quarter profit grew 9% as West Coast imports surged and drove the railroad’s total volume up 6%.

Yet our freight rail system is melting down. After being deregulated in 1980, freight railroads merged into a handful of giant monopolistic systems that became highly profitable. Those profits ...

Weekly U.S. rail traffic rebounded into positive territory compared to 2023 for the week ending Oct. 12, after falling below ...

The federal government is handing out $2.4 billion in railroad grants to help pay for 122 projects nationwide with more than ...

According to statistics from the Association of American Railroads, volume was 510,730 carloads and intermodal units, a 1.1% ...

Union Pacific said a 33% jump in the number of shipping containers filled with imports that it delivered in the third quarter ...

The DOT and FRA also are finalizing new safety regulations, conducting safety audits and encouraging freight railroads to provide their workers with paid sick leave benefits. Jury finds Louisville ...

TAMPA, Fla. — With Hurricane Milton churning toward Florida in the Gulf, freight railroads are on high alert. CSX Transportation is running as normal but is implementing safety protocols ahead ...

Union Pacific and CSX break from other freight rails in strategy to negotiate with labor unions two years after a nationwide ...