Faced with slow growth in their traditional carload business, U.S. railroads have turned to intermodal to stimulate revenue and earnings gains. They are investing large sums in facilities devoted to intermodal, convinced that they can woo customers and rebuild their images with improved service.

The opening of a new prototype truck stop just outside Denver is allowing TravelCenters of America to reposition itself in the marketplace.

The opening of a new prototype truck stop just outside Denver is allowing TravelCenters of America to reposition itself in the marketplace.

U.S. railroads are girding themselves for a fight over a possible mandate that they install reflective markings on more than 1.7 million rail cars at a cost of more than $400 million.

U.S. railroads are girding themselves for a fight over a possible mandate that they install reflective markings on more than 1.7 million rail cars at a cost of more than $400 million.

The ability to make customers out of today’s motor carrier competitors may determine the success or failure of the joint purchase and breakup of Conrail by Norfolk Southern Corp. and CSX Corp.

Union Pacific Railroad Co. executives insisted, throughout the rail service meltdown of 1997-98, that their traffic would return once they eliminated the congestion that virtually paralyzed the railroad.

The ability to make customers out of today’s motor carrier competitors may determine the success or failure of the joint purchase and breakup of Conrail by Norfolk Southern and CSX.

Executives of Norfolk Southern Corp. and National Railroad Passenger Corp., which operates Amtrak, say talks are under way to allow Norfolk Southern’s RoadRailer intermodal trains to use Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor between Washington, D.C., and northern New Jersey.

Talks are underway between Norfolk Southern Corp. and National Railroad Passenger Corp. to allow Norfolk's intermodal trains to use Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor.