While the end-to-end nature of Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger limits the amount of redundant trackage or facilities, ...

Amtrak has rejected a proposed private transcontinental passenger train that would have also carried vehicles.

Led by a significant decline in carload volume, U.S. rail traffic experienced a hefty drop for the week ending Dec. 20.

“Protecting competition is not optional, it is essential to keep costs down and the economy sound. The fact is that this ...

Rail took a while to reach Northern Virginia. The railroad first reached Washington, DC in 1835, but it would be another twenty-six years before the line was extended across the Potomac.