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Railway inspectors assessing Hudson Bay Railway track and bridge infrastructure

Hudson Bay Railway Maps a Path to Heavier Trains

CANADA: SYSTRA Canada has begun a Hudson Bay Railway capacity study to identify infrastructure upgrades needed for heavier trains and growing freight traffic to the Port of Churchill.

Rail track infrastructure on Aurizon’s Central Queensland Coal Network

Aurizon Network’s EBIT Climbs 10% to $640M

AUSTRALIA: The part of Aurizon that doesn't haul a single tonne of coal — it just charges other trains to use its tracks — grew its earnings faster than the company's freight operations did in the past fiscal year.

Freight wagon bogies inside an Indian Railways workshop

Titagarh Deliberately Caps Wagon Output at 650

INDIA: Titagarh Rail Systems could build up to 1,000 freight wagons a month if it wanted to — instead, it's deliberately holding output to 600-650 units, betting that a mega-tender still working its way through Indian Railways will make the wait worthwhile.

An Aurizon coal train on the Central Queensland Coal Network, Australia

Aurizon’s BMA Coal Contract Could Run to 2040

AUSTRALIA: Nearly a quarter of all the coal Aurizon hauls across Queensland moves for a single customer — and that relationship just got locked in for potentially the next 14 years.

The fire-damaged Centennial Mills warehouse in Portland, Oregon, adjacent to Union Pacific tracks

Portland Detonates Centennial Mills Water Tower

USA: Railway Supply previously reported on the freight-safety standoff between Portland and Union Pacific over the fire-damaged Centennial Mills warehouse; the demolition itself finally began Monday, Aug. 17, with a controlled explosion rather than the crane work that had marked the site's first week of preparation.

India’s first Vande Bharat-based freight electric multiple unit during trial runs

India’s First Freight Vande Bharat Hits 145 km/h

INDIA: India's first Vande Bharat-based freight train reached 145 km/h on the very first day of its trial run — a speed few of the country's own passenger expresses can match, let alone conventional freight, which typically tops out at 60-70 km/h.

Container stacks and gantry crane at the Appalachian Regional Port in Crandall, Georgia

Georgia’s Appalachian Port Posts Record July

USA: Georgia's Appalachian Regional Port just posted its busiest July on record — an acceleration that comes weeks after Railway Supply reported the same inland terminal's full-year volume record for fiscal 2026.

Portland vs. Union Pacific Over Hazmat Cars at Fire Site

Portland Presses Union Pacific Over Hazmat Rail Cars

USA: As demolition finally begins on Portland's fire-damaged Centennial Mills warehouse, a separate dispute has surfaced: the city says Union Pacific ran 13 rail cars carrying residual hazardous materials past the unstable building, despite the railroad's earlier promise to restrict such traffic through the collapse zone.