Every six years or so, Congress proposes and eventually passes a bill that regulates transportation, including funds for ...

Legal wrangling over federal funding caused a brief hiatus to construction work earlier this year, but the Hudson Tunnel ...

Average railcar capacity has exploded 20% since 1990 with heavier axle loads. Along the way, the industry found it necessary ...

Board of Directors on July 16 adopted the agency’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 operating budget of $3.5 billion, plus the local ...

For the week ending July 11, 2026 (week 27), total U.S. rail traffic rose 1.5% from the same point last year, according to ...

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on July 15 shared findings from Phase One of its New York Penn Station Service ...

Union Pacific Executive Vice President Marketing and Sales Kenny Rocker recently sent a letter to customers, “Let’s Talk ...

As a historian, I’m not qualified to assess current military doctrine or operations, much less predict future trends. I look ...

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has established the Freight Rail Research Consortium in partnership with the ...

Hitachi Rail Canada will install its Automatic Train Control (ATC) communications-based train control system on Toronto ...

Canada’s federal government is moving to accelerate a broad expansion of the Port of Vancouver as part of a national strategy ...

The following commentary was submitted to Railway Age by a former Class I railroader who now works for a passenger railroad.