The Chicago-based Midwest Association of Rail Shippers (MARS) has announced it will host its annual Winter Meeting January 13 ...

A man has died after being struck by a freight train near the Louise M. Slaughter Train Station on Wednesday morning. READ ...

The freight industry, which includes trucking, rail, maritime shipping, air, logistics, and warehousing, has faced a downturn ...

A thriving rail industry is foundational for the U.S. economy. Since the 1800s, railroads have powered the U.S. by hauling ...

A landscaping worker killed in a crash last month had virtually no warning that a freight train was coming before it hit ...

After 20 years as an aerospace engineer, including 13 years at SpaceX, Matt Soule sought a new transportation challenge he could channel into a startup. He chose electric battery autonomous freight ...

Autonomous all-electric train cars may soon help deliver freight more effectively, thanks to Parallel Systems.

Fifty years ago, three IBM System 370 mainframes powered a pioneering scheduling system run by the UK’s national rail operator, British Rail. Called Total Operations Processing System (Tops), when it ...

A mega-merger of railroads would have to reverse a slow years-long market for freight to produce growth touted by Union ...

Houston, Tex.-based HyOrc Corporation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Cincinnati, Ohio-based Zeltech ...

The Minnesota Department of Transportation is encouraging railroads, rail shippers, cities and counties to apply for up to $4 million in state grant funding for projects that enhance freight rail ...

In 1989, a runaway freight train tore through a California neighborhood in one of America’s most shocking rail disasters. This documentary uncovers how the train lost control, the devastation it left ...