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The R. J. Corman Railroad Company/Tennessee Terminal will add 36.6 miles of industrial track in the Memphis, Tennessee and Olive Branch, Mississippi area.

BNSF and passenger rail service was again disrupted on Monday between Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon, following a series of mudslides.

Norfolk Southern and Amtrak operations between Birmingham, Alabama and Meridian, Mississippi are being hampered this morning by a derailment in Cuba, Alabama.

In an effort to narrow the gap with rival CN Rail, Canadian Pacific Railway has announced job cuts of more than 400 positions, mostly white-collar positions.

After spending nearly $10 million repairing two rail lines through central Union County, New Jersey, railroad officials say that without another $10 million to $15 million, the project cannot be completed.

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. reported December 2005 and fourth quarter 2005 traffic volumes for its North American and 50%-owned Australian operations.

Canadian National Railway Co. says it will hold the company's annual meeting this spring in Memphis, Tenn., the first time the gathering of shareholders will be held outside Canada.

Norfolk Southern has an extensive track maintenance program underway on the route between Chattanooga, TN and Atlanta, GA, which will continue through the month of February.

Trackage of the now defunct Northwestern Pacific Railroad may soon see rail action again, as the North Coast Railroad Authority finishes a document to solicit operators for its 300-mile rail line in Northern California.

Meridian & Bigbee Railroad experienced a train derailment in rural Dallas County, near Beloit, Alabama on Thursday night.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently settled with Union Pacific Railroad Company for $10,000 in fines for alleged oil discharges into Suisun Bay from its Ozol Service Track Area in Martinez, Calif.

RailAmerica, Inc. reported its freight carloads for the month and year ended December 31, 2005.

The Providence and Worcester Railroad may soon be showing up in an unlikely location - New York - as a series of test unit coal trains are being shipped to a power plant near Binghamton, NY.

As the Northwest U.S. continues to be pounded by heavy rains, more mudslides have occurred and halted Amtrak and Sounder passenger rail service for the second time in less than a week.

CSX Transportation is currently on track to restore rail service along Mississippi's Gulf Coast by early March.

Huntington, West Virginia's Marshall Community and Technical College's Railroad Conductor Training Program will open its newly-renovated 10,000-square-foot training facility during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10:30 EST on Friday, Jan. 13, on the second floor of Latta's, 348 15th St.

The Surface Transportation Board announced Jan. 3 the selection of new appointees to serve on the Railroad-Shipper Transportation Advisory Council (RSTAC).

Final 2005 CPR Holiday Train numbers are in and they confirm support from Canadians and Americans was overwhelming as record amounts of food and money were raised in the fight against hunger.

A Norfolk Southern Railroad train heading for Elkhart, Indiana on the NS Marion Branchderailed seven cars just after 19:00 EST on Saturday night.

A pair of Friday mudslides between Everett and Seattle, Washington disrupted BNSF Railway's freight mainline, as well as Amtrak and Sounder passenger service.

A CSX Transportation coal train bound for the Atlantic City Electric power plant at Beesley Point in Cape May, New Jersey, derailed on a siding near Milmay about 18:00 EST on Friday.

Former Amtrak board members Floyd Hall and Enrique Sosa have been reappointed to Amtrak's board by President George W. Bush, who bypassed the Senate to give the money-losing passenger railroad enough directors to conduct business.

A Wednesday morning derailment near Illinois Route 41 and Knox County Highway 26 in Galesburg, Illinois, blocked a BNSF route for much of Wednesday.

A Virginia Railway Express commuter train has derailed north of Quantico, Virginia in Possum Point Thursday morning, injuring several riders.

The Canadian Transportation Agency on Wednesday announced that it has found that the Canadian National Railway Company (CN)'s revenues for the movement of Western grain exceeded its revenue cap for crop year 2004-2005.

The Virginia & Truckee Railroad, operating between Virginia City and Carson City, Nevada, celebrated the completion of a $6.7M upgrade to the railroad's reconstruction.

Canadian Pacific Railway has named a newly constructed siding near Weyburn in recognition of the Province of Saskatchewan

CSX Intermodal has discontinued its service to Union Pacific's Dallas, Texas terminal via the Memphis gateway, effective immediately

Union Pacific opened a new intermodal terminal on Sunday in Salt Lake City, Utah, capable of handling nearly triple the amount of traffic as the existing terminal there.

A Labrador mining company is losing money after a Quebec North Shore & Labrador train carrying ore derailed between Wabush and Labrador City early Tuesday morning.