Virginia: Hampton Roads is America’s biggest coal-exporting port. And coal exports are booming.

  By Robert McCabe, The Virginian-Pilot; April 26, 2018 Coal exports in Hampton Roads, the nation’s biggest coal-exporting port, are…

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Oil logjam set to ease as Canadian drillers cut deals with railroads to ship more crude

By Kevin Orland, Bloomberg News, Financial Post; April 26, 2018 Alberta’s beleaguered oil industry may get some relief from its…

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The Daily CSX: ‘They misled our community’: Despite prior deal, CSX plans to demolish historic rail depot in Gladstone

By ROBERT ZULLO, Richmond Times-Dispatch; April 25, 2018 GLADSTONE — When Joanne Absher was a little girl, there was a…

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Norfolk Southern set four financial records in Q1

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; April 25, 2018 Norfolk Southern Corp. this morning announced its first-quarter financial results, which include four…

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CSX, Belt Railway and Watco make high-level management changes

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; April 24, 2018 CSX yesterday announced Vice President of Mechanical Brian Barr will assume the new…

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CN Rail Mulls Real Estate Sales to Raise Cash for Network Revamp

By Kristine Owram and Frederic Tomesco, Bloomberg; April 24, 2018 Canadian National Railway Co. will consider selling additional real estate…

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CN’s income fell, operating ratio and expenses rose in Q1

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; April 24, 2018 Harsher-than-normal winter weather in the first quarter, including extremely low temperatures in Canada…

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UP, BNSF offer bonuses up to $25K to fill critical positions

By MATT OLBERDING, Lincoln Journal Star; April 24, 2018 Nebraska’s low unemployment rate is leading the nation’s two largest freight…

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Strike averted: Canadian Pacific, two unions reach 11th-hour agreements

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; April 23, 2018 Canadian Pacific late Friday negotiated its way out of a strike two unions…

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Kansas City Southern results hurt by U.S. rail congestion

By Staff, Reuters; April 20, 2018 April 20 (Reuters) – Kansas City Southern, a regional U.S. railroad with extensive operations…

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CN to acquire 350 boxcars to meet growing demand in forest products, metals business

A press release from Canadian National Railway; April 18, 2018: MONTREAL, April 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CN (TSX:CNR) (NYSE:CNI)…

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British Columbia: CN Rail investing in regional improvements

By Frank Peebles, Prince George Citizen; April 16, 2018 CN Rail is investing big money in the Prince George area…

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CP Rail braces for potential strike, won’t be ‘held hostage’

By Frederic Tomesco, Bloomberg, The Toronto Star; April 19, 2018 Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. is prepared to live with the…

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Canada: Senate changes rail-ownership law to focus on farmers, shippers and airline passengers

By Josh Wingrove and Frederic Tomesco, Bloomberg, The Toronto Star; April 13, 2018 OTTAWA—A proposed law that would increase ownership…

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The Daily CSX – CSX 1Q18 financials: Records broken, but where is volume growth?

By William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age Magazine; April 18, 2018 CSX on April 17 posted record earnings and an…

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The Daily CSX – Experts: Amtrak’s troubling safety record could be negatively affecting CSX

By Will Robinson, Reporter, Jacksonville Business Journal; April 19, 2018 What federal investigators have called a “weak safety culture” at…

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The Daily CSX: CSX nets record first quarter earnings

By Will Robinson, Reporter, Jacksonville Business Journal; April 17, 2018 CSX Corp. (NASDAQ: CSX) announced record first quarter earnings of…

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The Daily CSX: Federal regulators put CSX branch line rail sale on hold

By Will Robinson, Reporter, Jacksonville Business Journal; April 16, 2018 The Surface Transportation Board, a federal regulatory agency, has stalled…

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The Daily CSX: CSX agrees to short line spin-offs leased to OmniTRAX subsidiaries

From Railway Gazette; April 11, 2018 USA: CSX Transportation has reached agreement to sell almost 300 km of railway in…

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British Columbia softwood lumber exports to U.S. fall 20 per cent amid railway woes

By Ross Marowits, The Globe And Mail; April 9, 2018 Softwood lumber exports from British Columbia to the United States…

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The Daily CSX: Running full steam ahead — and over a CSX property right

By Liesel Schmader, Crain’s Cleveland Business; April 9, 2018 People commonly think that regular and unimpeded access to a property…

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New York State: Should state buy the Tahawus rail line?

By Phil Brown, Adirondack Explorer; April 6, 2018 The controversy over the use of a thirty-mile rail line in the…

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Teamsters at Canadian Pacific Vote to Authorize Strike Action

A press release from Teamsters Canada; April 6, 2018: LAVAL, QC, April 6, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ – Members of the Teamsters…

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Norfolk Southern Railway blames its crew for Kentucky train crash. And sues them.

By Greg Kocher, Lexington Herald-Leader; April 5, 2018 Norfolk Southern Railway Co. filed suit against two crew members whom it…

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