railroad News Updates

Canadian National Railway is the latest Class I railroad to feel the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Railcar leasing and repair company American Railcar Industries has changed its name to American Industrial Transport, the company announced July 21.

Positive train control technology is either in advanced field testing or operational on 98% of the required route miles mandated by Congress, according to an assessment.

For at least the past decade, America’s railroads have been toying with the notion of freight trains moving at speeds approaching some passenger bullet trains.

More than $311 million in funding is available for projects designed to improve freight and passenger rail connectivity, federal railroad regulators announced this month.

Implementation of automatic braking technology for freight railroads is nearly complete, an industry group indicated recently.

Canadian Pacific closed its acquisition of the Central Maine & Quebec Railway, the Alberta-based rail company said in a Dec. 30 news release.

Canadian shipments of crude by rail are poised to surge next year, spurring investment in new export infrastructure.

The backers of a new rail line to link Alaska to Canada and Lower 48 markets insist it would generate upward of $5 billion of freight revenue through the state.