Three major Texas cities are considering expansions of commuter rail systems at a time the Bush administration is broadening its support for public ...read more.

Railroads are facing more political opposition from a new coalition of shippers that wants Congress to eliminate the rail industry's antitrust ...read more.

Railroads that operate in Arizona have a new regulatory obstacle to overcome before they can build yards or install tracks. Gov. Janet ...read more.

A $750,000 federal grant is helping the Virginia Port Authority to acquire hybrid electric locomotives for port operations. The ...read more.

Norfolk Southern Railway made another effort to ramp up its competition with CSX Transportation in New England with a recent announcement to build an ...read more.

Amtrak plans to expand its security network nationwide for random scanning of passengers' luggage for explosives, beginning this fall. ...read more.

The Federal Railroad Administration last week announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to protect roadway workers from train or equipment movements ...read more.

The Surface Transportation Board this month turned down a request by Nevada to deny a U.S. Department of Energy application to build a rail line for ...read more.

An urban policy consulting group recently gave railroads information they could use to argue for more government funding and right-of-way access to ...read more.

Attorneys for Norfolk Southern Railway are trying to get a lawsuit dismissed that accuses the railroad of violating a federal pollution law.
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