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Freight carloads declined 2.4 percent for RailAmerica in July.

Quebec businessman Jean-Marc Gigu

After years of belt-tightening and layoffs, Canadian Pacific Railway is enjoying unprecedented good times as a massive surge in traffic to Asia is fuelling expansions and boosting both revenue and stock price to record levels.

To railroad enthusiasts keen on taking pictures of passing trains, a proposal by NJ Transit that would regulate that activity is like a slap in the face from a friend.

Leaf-peepers, rail fans and history buffs have been side-tracked for more than a decade, waiting for someone to hatch a new plan for an excursion train through the scenic Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.

Efforts to revive the North Coast

A jury has awarded $1.5 million in damages to a Wyoming man who sued BNSF Railway after being injured on the job in July 2004.

A CSX Transportation train derailed Monday afternoon on a section of tracks intersecting with Lively Road and West Hunt Road in Maryville, Tennessee. The train was traveling from Etowah to Corbin, Ky., said Ron Dunn, chief deputy of the Blount County Sheriff's Office.

Heavy volumes of holiday import cargo are rising toward an expected record fall peak, and experts seem confident that the Puget Sound region's freight system can handle the load.

Union Pacific has a new series of locomotives painted to recall the railroads that have merged into the UP.

CN Rail has until 13:00 MDT today to clean up any oil left on a lake near Edmonton, Alberta, from a spill caused by an August 3 train derailment.

BNSF Railway Company is leasing two sections of area rail lines to Yellowstone Valley Railroad Inc. which will begin operation of the lines as of Monday.

Ohio Gov. Bob Taft does not oppose selling the state-owned Panhandle Rail Line that runs through Licking County, provided it is done through an open bidding process.

Locomotive engineers on BNSF's coal territory will begin seeing a new control stand in cabs on newly delivered AC locomotives.

Union Pacific Railroad has ordered 10 low-emission, hybrid locomotives for use in its Southern California rail yard operations.

The Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Cheryl Sutton as its new Vice President Passenger Services, effective Monday, August 8, 2005.

Brush and weeds were once a barrier here between I-15 and the adjoining Union Pacific railroad tracks.

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWI) reported July 2005 traffic volumes for its North American and 50%-owned Australian operations.

A herd of sweet-smelling goats will soon call Calgary home, as a city-based railway looks to cut diesel emissions.

Graceful stone arches tower over the Guilford Railroad System freight train as it plunges into a tunnel beneath the town square in Bellows Falls, Vermont, framing the train's boxcars and tankers - and the dilemma that the historic structure has posed for transportation across the state and region.

Top officials with the Altamont Commuter Express and San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission have sent a letter to Union Pacific railroad asking for better cooperation to get ACE

A truck driver escaped serious injury after his semi collided with a CN Rail train in Southeast Calgary, Alberta, on Monday night.

The Union Pacific Railroad has named Todd Wimmer general superintendent for transportation services of its Portland Service Unit.

Florida's Orange County Commission approved a resolution that promises $44 million for commuter rail in Central Florida if agreements with CSX and other counties can be worked out.

CSX Transportation crews have been cleaning up a train derailment in downtown Benton Harbor, Michigan.

A ten-car derailment Tuesday involving a remote-controlled train near West Sherman Street in Pocatello, Idaho, delayed traffic in the rail yard and left a mess that took workers most of the day to clean up, Union Pacific officials said.

Tweetsie Railroad Mountain housing boom threatens theme park in Blowing Rock, North Carolina.

CN Rail will pay so that residents can hire outside experts to assist them in their campaign to have the railway clean up a devastating oil spill from Wednesday's train derailment.

A section of an abandoned, partly demolished railroad bridge linking this community with St. Louis across the Mississippi River caught fire Friday morning, temporarily forcing the closure of a highway and sending clouds of black smoke skyward.

People around Lake Wabamun, Alberta, are being told not to use or drink water from the lake or their wells.