Norfolk Southern marked a milestone on Tuesday morning when its first New England double-stack train arrived in Ayer, Mass., ...

Railroads proposing mergers inevitably make ambitious promises and projections, particularly about faster service and more ...

Norfolk Southern next week will shift its Chicago-New England intermodal trains to a faster CSX trackage-rights route east of ...

A long-dormant Upstate New York rail line has returned to life after 25 years of inactivity. Genesee Valley Transportation ...

Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen have ratified a five-year national freight rail contract, the union announced. The contract covers more than 12,000 union members at 10 ...

UP and NS argue only a unified railroad can deliver reliable growth, while BNSF, CN, and CPKC tout a surge of new interline partnerships The first train that was part of Conrail-Norfolk Southern ...

The cover of the September 1975 Trains promoted an article on diesels proposed but never built, but much of the issue’s editorial commentary focused on the impending launch of the government-supported ...

The retired Norfolk Southern chief says the proposed $85 billion transcontinental merger is rooted in two centuries of consolidation — and could deliver lasting service gains despite potential ...

WASHINGTON — Members of the Transport Workers Union have ratified a new five-year contract with Conrail including a 17.5% wage increase, the union has announced. Journeyman carmen will make more than ...

Atlas has continued the slow drip style of releasing their acquired Premier Line toolings from MTH. Over the past two years, their style of regular catalog drops created an almost consistent arrival ...

UNION, N.J. — Commuter rail service on NJ Transit’s Raritan Valley Line has been suspended because of the derailment of a freight train, according to an alert on the agency’s website. While media ...

Caboose No. 21292 was one of just 113 built for Conrail, and one of a small number to wear the “Conrail Quality” logo. It is shown in 1994 at Oak Island Yard in New Jersey. John Sobotka MIDDLETOWN, Pa ...