Rail

The deal will complement GE’s sensor technology and Predix operating system to improve shippers’ ability to move goods and transfer information, GE Transportation said in a statement.

Two BNSF freight trains collided at 8:25 a.m. Tuesday, resulting in a derailment and fire, there were four crew members total, two on each train.

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, says it has licensed technology that is safer and cheaper than what conventional high-speed trains use.

Canadian Pacific said today it was giving up on its $28 billion bid to buy Norfolk Southern Corp, after more than five months during which the No. 4 U.S. railroad rebuffed its advances and many customers spoke out against a deal.

Canadian Pacific says it will ask federal regulators for preliminary approval of the structure of its proposed takeover of Norfolk Southern railroad.

Intermodal is set to surge due to driver shortage issues and reliance on public spending for highway infrastructure.

U.S. railroad operator Norfolk Southern Corp formally rejected a revised offer from Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd, saying it was worth less than CP's earlier proposal.

Norfolk Southern has confirmed it received an unsolicited, low premium, non-binding highly conditional indication of interest from Canadian Pacific to acquire the company.

The Prime Minister and Mayor of London Boris Johnson celebrated the completion of Crossrail’s tunnels by going 40 metres below the capital to thank the men and women who are constructing the new £14.8 billion east-west railway.

China, and its national railway operator China Railway Corporation (CRC), are in the midst of a particularly favorable environment towards reforming the rail intermodal sector.

Six of the BNSF Railway train’s 105 cars derailed Thursday in a rural area where the Galena River meets the Mississippi, two of those cars burst into flames.

The logistics of creating a new 118-km (73-mile) rail route with 10 new stations and 42 km (26 miles) of new tunnels underneath one of the world’s major cities are staggering.

Following the recent CSX incident, someone asked me “Why do we transport something so dangerous via rail?” That’s a good question. Why do we do it?

Railroads are playing a critical role in this energy renaissance, with rail shipments of crude oil growing in recent years due to the flexibility and other advantages that moving crude oil by rail offers.

Due to the driver shortage, highway congestion, lack of sufficient investment in highway infrastructure, and the current capacity crunch in trucking, savvy shippers are turning to rail with the help of their 3PL.

A White Paper Sponsored by the Association of American Railroads and the Intermodal Association of North America.

Through record-high investments and a keen focus on service, rail and intermodal providers are still delivering on their service promise to shippers - and doing it with improved efficiency.

Chinese experts 'in discussions' over building high-speed Beijing-US railway - 'China-Russia-Canada-America line' would run for 13,000km across Siberia and pass under Bering Strait through 200km tunnel.

Reducing Inefficiencies, Costs and Community Impact by Streamlining the Supply Chain.

As the shale energy revolution is gaining speed in the U.S., transportation and logistics companies are experiencing an immediate and dramatic impact, according to a new PwC US report, Shale Energy: A potential game changer – Implications for the US transportation & logistics industry.