Delays on U.S. railroads have been a growing problem for shipping agricultural goods all year. Labor discussions are ongoing and with the grain industry concerned about a possible labor stoppage ...

With $3 trillion in goods traveling through Chicago every year, the city is the busiest rail hub in the U.S. WSJ breaks down ...

For nearly a century the first and third largest U.S. railroads—the Pennsylvania and the New York Central—have battled each other with wary, and sometimes hostile, respect. Last week ...

A railroad trade association argues a new Virginia law unfairly benefits internet service providers while harming the ...

For U.S. railroads, hauling passengers is an expensive proposition: it runs them into the red by some $700 million yearly. Last week the nation’s No. 1 automaker showed off an air-conditioned ...

Union Pacific and CSX are two of the nation's five largest freight railroads with Union Pacific operating in the west and CSX serving the eastern United States. CSX said it earned $733 million ...

Railroads posted a strong finish to 2024 ... despite persistent manufacturing weakness and policy-related uncertainties, the broader U.S. economy remains on relatively firm footing as we begin ...

North American volume for the week, from nine reporting U.S., Canadian, and Mexican railroads, includes 325,668 carloads, down 0.4% from the same week in 2024, and 375,743 intermodal units, up 6.8%.

Total U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Feb. 1, 2025 (Week 5) was up 4.5% from the prior-year period, with intermodal gains offsetting carload losses, according to the Association of American ...

(CPKC also has smaller routes in the Central U.S. and Mexico.) Within the rail industry, railroads are defined by category—Class I, Class II, and Class III railroads. The distinctions are a ...