In an effort to strengthen the long-term reliability of Connecticut’s freight rail network, the Connecticut Department of ...

Six short line and regional railroads will receive $20 million in grants under Connecticut’s Freight Rail Infrastructure Program, the state Department of Transportation announced on Wednesday, March ...

Dec. 14 (Reuters) - BNSF Railway, one of the crown jewels of Warren Buffett’s sprawling Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate, calls itself an environmental leader in the U.S. rail industry with the ...

The United States marks its 250th anniversary this year — a milestone that invites reflection not just on our founding ideals but on the practical systems that turned a young nation into the world’s ...

*(CNN) — This Friday, tens of thousands of railroad workers are poised to go on strike, potentially bringing nearly a third of all US freight to a grinding halt. It would be the first national rail ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -A U.S. railroad industry plan to rely more heavily on technology instead of humans to conduct routine track safety inspections has drawn a backlash from labor groups and ...

By Apratim Sarkar March 5 (Reuters) - U.S. railroads including CSX Corp, Union Pacific and BNSF are moving to recapture ...

Two and a half years after a derailed train spewed toxic gases across eastern Ohio, none of the nation's largest freight railroads have fulfilled promises to join a voluntary federal close call ...

In the early 1820s, before electricity or telephones railroads expanded and helped a growing nation expand. It was 200 years ago, and the steam engine whistle and sound of an approaching train ...

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BNSF accounts for a third of rail industry's NOx emissions Aging locomotives contribute to high pollution levels Rail industry resists adopting clean technologies due to cost concerns Dec. 14 (Reuters ...