(WASHINGTON)Shipments carried by U.S. railroads fell 3.6 percent last month compared with the same month a year earlier as Midwest floods hurt traffic, a major industry trade group reported Th...READ MORE
(BISMARCK, N.D.)A federal appeals court has upheld legislation, passed by Congress after a deadly North Dakota derailment, that allows personal-injury lawsuits against railroads in state courts un...READ MORE
(NEW YORK)A regulatory ruling that said CSX Corp. was charging "unreasonably high rail rates" to ship chemicals for DuPont Co. could hurt historically strong railroad pricing, a JPMorgan ana...READ MORE
(WASHINGTON)Shipments carried by U.S. railroads last week fell 5.7 percent year-over-year as Midwest floods continued to impact the industry, a trade group reported Thursday.READ MORE
(NEW YORK)Railroads, boosted this year by improving operational efficiency and strong pricing, have been hit hard in recent weeks as floodwaters in the Midwest battered tracks and halted shi...READ MORE
(WASHINGTON)As flooding ravaged the Midwest and forced railroads to close main lines through the region, shipments on U.S. rails fell 4.4 percent last week compared with a year earlier, an ind...READ MORE
(WASHINGTON)Extensive flooding in the Midwest has disrupted railroad networks and delayed coal shipments at a time when tight supplies already have contributed to higher prices for coal and el...READ MORE