U.S. rail freight narrowly up despite flat intermodal

Freight on U.S. railroads stayed narrowly ahead of year-ago levels as chemicals and grain led carload improvement in the ...
Railway Age

AAR: North American Rail Volume Up Slightly Through Week 11

North American carload and intermodal traffic for the first 11 weeks of 2026 (ending March 21) was up 2.1% from the ...
Logistics Management

U.S. rail carload and intermodal volumes see annual gains, for week ending March 21, reports AAR

Rail carloads, at 227,252, rose 1.2% annually, and intermodal containers and trailers, at 274,669, units, were up 1.2% ...
Railway Age

Freight Rail AI Evolution

RAILWAY AGE AUGUST 2025 ISSUE: Artificial Intelligence is a controversial subject—though not for railroads when it comes to safety, if used properly. The North American freight rail industry needs ...
Yahoo

FRA study sees new locomotive tech as gateway to electric freight trains

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NJ Transit's ALP-45 locomotive is an example of dual-mode power. (Photo: Stuart Chirls/FreightWaves) The agency that oversees the ...
Lincoln Journal Star

Railroads seek one-person crews for freight trains

OMAHA — When American freight trains delivered cargo after World War II, the steam-belching beasts commonly had seven people aboard — an engineer, a conductor, as many as four brakemen and a fireman.