One of the most practical ways to lower costs rarely gets enough attention: modernizing freight to make it cheaper and faster ...

Union Pacific announced a deal to merge with Norfolk Southern, a combination that would create the nation's first coast-to-coast freight railroad. - Brandon Bell/Getty Images Two of the largest US ...

FedEx Freight details June 1 spin-off, sets stage for independent growth Leadership at FedEx Freight, the less-than-truckload subsidiary of Memphis-based global freight transportation and logistics ...

Voltify, a start-up, has a bold ambition to convince U.S. Class 1 railroad companies to switch to battery-electric power. Powering locomotives using batteries rather than diesel would save U.S. rail ...

The major freight railroads say a disagreement over whether they will be allowed to discipline some workers who use a government hotline to report safety concerns has kept them from following through ...

OMAHA, Neb. — Passenger railroads nationwide will now be required to install video recorders inside their locomotives, but the head of the National Transportation ...

(CNN) — Two of the largest US railroads, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, announced on Tuesday a plan to combine in a $72 billion deal that would create America’s first transcontinental freight ...