Railroad News

If the Memphis and Shelby County Port Commission can win a sizeable grant from the federal government, work to build railroad capacity on Presidents Island - which would eventually allow for the future development of up to 1,500 acres there - could begin in August.

Twenty-seven cars of a Union Pacific Railroad train derailed early Sunday morning, disrupting rail traffic for about 18 hours.

CSX is suing a garbage truck driver and his company for negligence in the explosive derailment of a freight train near Baltimore.

Canadian Pacific says it has launched a faster intermodal freight train service on its key route between Toronto to Calgary, cutting the trip down by 20 hours.

The bulk of the work for the Broadway Bridge replacement project will be happening next year, a city official said last week.

Some Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus drivers are at odds with the company.

The Omaha Library Board will discuss the potential closure of library branches and other service cuts Wednesday in response to budget cuts proposed by Mayor Jean Stothert.

It's illegal to trespass on railroad tracks in Indiana, a little known fact that the Railroad Police hope to share with the public in an "educational blitz."

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Bus Driver Licensing Article 19-A of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law was enacted to further highway safety by creating standards for the qualification of bus drivers.

A convicted Kansas City terrorist was part of a foiled plot to bomb Wall Street, a deputy FBI director told members of Congress Tuesday.

Officials said the Burlington Northern Santa Fe train had slightly tipped on its side and was off the tracks along the intersection of Leeland and Hughes.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the city Department of Transportation are in talks to speed up the expansion of the Citi Bike share program to reach Long Island City and Greenpoint.

An investigator says the driver of a Union Pacific Railroad train that failed to comply with slow and stop signals before a deadly 2012 accident in the Oklahoma Panhandle had complained of failing eyesight in recent years.

CSX Corp. might be a rail giant, but it knows what it's doing in the IT department as well.

Norfolk Southern Corporation is a railroad company operating in the Eastern United States.

It's one of the oldest ways of getting around, but for drivers, railroad tracks can present a whole new set of dangers.

The 5:51 p.m. train was due in Hempstead at 6:46 p.m., Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokeswoman Marjorie Anders told WCBS 880.

The firm currently has a $180.00 price target on the company's shares. Citigroup's price objective points to a potential upside of 14.64% from the stock's previous close.

It is not confirmed if she was hit by a train, however, the RCMP are treating it as a train-pedestrian collision and Canadian Pacific Railway police are involved in the investigation.

The Los Angeles Times says more than 110 Metropolitan Transportation Authority drivers have signed a petition demanding a halt to the spraying, at least 14 are pursuing workers' compensation claims and a few are on medical leave or have quit.