Last week, President Joe Biden and establishment Washington railroaded 115,000 rail workers. The Senate voted by a wide margin to impose a major labor agreement between railroad companies and a dozen ...
American and Canadian railroads enacted time zones — a concept that schedules all aspects of life today — on this day in history, Nov. 18, 1883. The rail industry's creation of time zones was a brazen ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — As freight trains have grown longer, the U.S. has seen an increase in the number of a type of derailment caused by the forces of railcars pushing and pulling against each other, the ...
Map list -- Introduction -- Opening the trade routes -- First railroads, 1700-1830 -- Origins of the streetcar -- Rail track developments -- Harnessing the power of steam, 1800-34 -- Coming of the ...
U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Dec. 27, 2025 saw a slight uptick, the Association of American Railroads reported Dec.
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) on July 24 reported that total North American carload and intermodal traffic rose 2.3% through the first 29 weeks of this year compared with the prior-year ...
On Dec. 18, an Amtrak train traveling from Seattle to Portland, Ore. derailed on a highway overpass in DuPont, Wash. So far, the accident has left at least three people dead and has injured hundreds ...
The Surface Transportation Board today said it aims to repeal regulations that have effectively prevented sole-served carload ...
Opinion
Phil Edwards on MSNOpinion

Why American railroads have their own police

In the US, railroad police play a crucial role in maintaining safety and security across rail transport systems. This video explores the history and responsibilities of railroad police, shedding light ...
(CN) — The interests of two powerful industries clashed in the Fourth Circuit Wednesday over the authority of a state to streamline speedy internet access in rural areas. The Association of American ...
Rail traffic on U.S. railroads totaled 487,138 carloads and intermodal units in the last full week of 2025, down 7% compared ...
Goodwin Procter filed a lawsuit Friday in California Eastern District Court targeting the State of California in connection with the 'In-Use Locomotive Regulation' introduced by the California Air ...