Having quicker means of travel across Texas, and the tapping of aquifers, the state became inhabitable even where streams and ...

A new PBS doc narrated by Edward Norton follows the 60-year fight—and triumph— to convert abandoned railroads into trails for ...

Eliminating the two-person crew requirement will allow railroad productivity to keep up with the challenge of autonomous trucks.

October 31, 2025 - The Eno Center gathered freight rail experts to discuss how innovation, investment, and policy can strengthen rail’s efficiency, resiliency, and competitiveness in the 21st century.

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators have asked the Surface Transportation Board to conduct a “rigorous and comprehensive evaluation” of the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger, expressing ...

The fleet of railroads includes railcars and locomotives. In this part, we’ll compare the average locomotive fleet age of US Class I railroads. There are usually two types of locomotives—freight and ...

Eager to tie the knot, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have asked federal regulators for a faster review of their proposed ...

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) in reporting freight rail traffic for the week ending Oct. 25, 2025 (Week 43), ...

Canada's Class I railroads have joined BNSF Railway in calling out the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern mega-merger as a negative for the industry. While Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) had already ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover logistics and supply chain management. On May 22nd and May 23rd, the Surface Transportation Board (STB) held an Oversight ...