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Most roads in Palm Beach County, Florida, were free of debris and flooding, but were getting crowded Friday.

More than a dozen cars of a BNSF Railway train derailed early Friday on the outskirts of Willow Springs, Missouri, causing a few evacuations but no injuries.

Union Pacific Railroad is in the same situation as most companies in the United States where top management level employees will be retiring in the next 10 to 15 years.

Amtrak trains running between New York and Boston were back on track Friday with minor delays, after Tuesday's freight train derailment in the Bronx caused delays for almost a week.

BNSF Railway Co. this week will honor the nation's truck drivers by hosting events at BNSF intermodal facilities in Chicago, Ill.; Oakland, Calif.; San Bernardino, Calif.; Los Angeles, Calif.; and Seattle, Wash.

Union Switch & Signal (US&S) announced that it has entered into an agreement with Union Pacific Railroad to implement its real time Optimizing Traffic Planner(TM) (OTP) and Next Generation Computer Aided Dispatch System (CAD) throughout the railroad company's more than 33,000-mile North American rail network.

The State of New Hampshire has set aside an 18-mile-long lane in the median of Interstate 93 from Manchester to Salem as part of its lane widening project, with an eye toward bringing commuter bus or train service to this heavily traveled corridor at some future date.

Ruthland, Vermont, regional officials have been advised to begin lining up industries that can take advantage of a proposed new rail yard even before the facility is built.

The four cars from a CN Rail train that derailed near Prince George, British Columbia, on Friday added to the mounting number of mishaps that have plagued the company this month.

Florida's Martin County interest in bringing Tri-Rail service north may be getting back on track.

The Modoc Northern, a historic name that never was officially used, will be the name of the short-haul railroad that soon will run between Alturas and Klamath Falls, Oregon.

Harrison County, Indiana, officials have created a port authority they hope can support a floundering freight-hauling railroad line crucial to the county's economic development.

The Georgia Transportation Board put at least another month between itself and a decision on a commuter rail line south from Atlanta, opting to hold a public hearing on the matter Sept. 14.

Environment Canada's local head of enforcement now believes "a violation" of environmental legislation may have occurred at Wabamun Lake, Alberta.

Less than two weeks after one of its freight cars dumped lethal amounts of chemicals into the Cheakamus River, Canadian National Railway Co. made a sizable contribution to the local watershed salmon-recovery program.

Union Pacific Railroad wreckage from Tuesday's 20-car train derailment has been cleared off the tracks in Pritchett, Texas, but the incident has intensified concerns that the railroad threatens safety, even though federal inspectors have said otherwise.

CN Rail is increasing its intermodal container capacity across its transcontinental Canadian newtwork to meet customer demand, the major rail carrier said Thursday.

Virginia Railway Express will run a normal schedule Friday on the Fredericksburg Line.

Federal officials on Wednesday were on scene to investigate the cause of a Tuesday night train collision and derailment west of Gillette, Wyoming.

In the hours before a railroad legend rolled back into the New Hampshire White Mountains on August 9, people, some with cameras and others with memories, patiently waited under a hot summer sun for a look at the Flying Yankee.

Central New York Railroad has been moving on the slow track since inception, however changes are in store for the property.

Amtrak and NJ Transit officials renewed their pleas for federal funding Thursday to overhaul the antiquated rail corridor that serves about 700,000 passengers a day.

Two environmental advocacy groups have given New York Susquehanna & Western Railway an ultimatum: shut down or clean up your act in 90 days, or we'll take you to court.

Trainorders.com has learned that UP1988, Union Pacific's Katy Heritage Locomotive will move to Proviso, Illinois this weekend for mechanical work.

Consolidation and streamlining within the railroad industry is giving Chicago-area RELCO Locomotives - and southern Iowa, where the company is expanding - a boost.

After fighting for more than a year to keep providing rail service on the Kellar Branch in Peoria, Illinois, Pioneer Railcorp abandoned the line and one of its customers without aiding in the transition to a new provider, as promised.

Owners of Pioneer Railcorp stock will decide next week whether to allow the Peoria-based, short-line railroad company to go private.

Northampton, Pennsylvania, police did not feel it was a laughing matter when a Norfolk Southern train engineer stopped his train in the middle of the borough, tying up traffic for more than two hours Saturday.

As part of its long-term growth strategy, CSX Corporation announced plans to expand capacity on its existing rail lines between Chicago and Florida, and between Albany, N.Y. and New York City.

The Paducah and Louisville Railway Inc.(PAL) is seeking approval to lease 124 track miles from CSX Transportation to create a new short-line subsidiary to operate the line between Evansville and Okawville, Ill.