The Association of American Railroads (AAR) on Dec. 24 reported that total U.S. rail traffic was 487,138 carloads and ...

When Congress passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, Americans were promised modernization of the country’s ...

The nation's freight railroads are going to be able to try relying more on technology and inspect their tracks in person less often after the federal government approved their waiver request on Friday ...

The new bill comes after 15-year-old HISD student Sergio Rodriguez was struck and killed by a train near Milby High School in ...

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has approved a waiver to allow Class I railroads to cut minimum visual track ...

The Federal Railroad Administration on Thursday issued a pair of safety alerts related to recent grade crossing accidents that killed railroaders or motorists. In a safety advisory, the FRA emphasized ...

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern currently have more than 2,300 locomotives in storage and anticipate, at least initially, ...

The proposed $85 billion merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads, which would create the first U.S.

After all-night negotiations, freight rail companies and unions representing tens of thousands of workers reached a tentative agreement to avoid a strike that could have started as soon as Friday, ...

Washingtonians in 1860 could take trains directly to Baltimore and from there to Philadelphia, Harrisburg, or the trans-Appalachian West. A journey from Alexandria to Richmond, however, required a ...