CONCORD, Calif. — Pacer International Inc. announced expanded intermodal services between its Pacer Stacktrain unit and BNSF Railway which allows Pacer Stacktrain to begin full service on their network effective April 1, 2008.
Pacer Stacktrain […]

WASHINGTON — To encourage educators, parents and caregivers to teach children that trains and railroad tracks may be dangerous places, Safe Kids USA and Canadian National are launching Safe Crossing Week, which begins today and runs through Nov. 18.
Each year in the United States, an average of 916 people are killed and 8,300 are seriously […]

WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board today determined that the probable cause of a fatal train collision was the failure by the crew to comply with wayside signals requiring them to stop at North Anding. The crew’s attention to the signals was most likely reduced by fatigue, the Board said, although other factors cannot […]

WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board has released letters from Class I railroads outlining their “peak season” service plans.
In June, Chairman W. Douglas Buttrey sent letters to the chief executive officers of the seven largest railroads and to the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA), asking the railroads to inform the STB of […]

MONTREAL — CN, Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and Norfolk Southern Railway (NSR) today announced an agreement that will significantly improve freight service between Eastern Canada and the Eastern United States.
The three-party arrangement will give CN and NSR a seamless, direct north- […]

Class I Railroads have offered their 2004 “Fall Peak” service plans via a letter sent to Surface Transportation Board (STB) Chairman Roger Nober, the STB announced.
Nober on June 9 sent a letter to the presidents of each Class I railroad asking them to inform the Board of their plans to meet this fall’s expected increase […]

MONTREAL – Canadian National on May 10 completed its acquisition of the rail and marine holdings of Great Lakes Transportation LLC (GLT).
CN will now commence the step-by-step integration of two railroads and a rail switching company into its 17,500-mile North American system. The railroads are:

The 212-mile Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Company (DM&IR) - […]

MONTREAL — Canadian National and the Canadian Auto Workers union have reached a tentative agreement.
CN, however, is withholding details of the agreement until it is ratified. The railroad said the agreement is retroactive to Jan. 1, 2004.
CAW shopcraft, intermodal and clerical members remain on strike at CN, as they have been since […]