For the week ending May 9, 2026, total U.S. rail traffic rose 3.7% from the same point last year, with gains in both carloads ...

Last week, President Joe Biden and establishment Washington railroaded 115,000 rail workers. The Senate voted by a wide margin to impose a major labor agreement between railroad companies and a dozen ...

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The Association of American Railroads (AAR) on May 12 reported that the U.S. House of Representatives has passed ...

On Dec. 18, an Amtrak train traveling from Seattle to Portland, Ore. derailed on a highway overpass in DuPont, Wash. So far, the accident has left at least three people dead and has injured hundreds ...

" A Cartographica book"--Half-title. Map list -- Introduction -- Opening the trade routes -- First railroads, 1700-1830 -- Origins of the streetcar -- Rail track developments -- Harnessing the power ...

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(CN) — The interests of two powerful industries clashed in the Fourth Circuit Wednesday over the authority of a state to streamline speedy internet access in rural areas. The Association of American ...

American railroads are still a long way from consolidating into two or three giant lines that would blanket the nation, but the trend is clearly in that direction. There have been 35 rail mergers ...

Santa Feans remember Ted Rose as a painter of steam railroads. He was also a master of landscapes and portraits. His watercolors of locomotives graced calendars, postage stamps, magazine covers, note ...