Railway freight

BNSF petitions STB to review how conditions from the 1996 Union Pacific–Southern Pacific merger are being applied, arguing that the commitments made nearly three decades ago are no longer being fully honored.

Opposition to Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger is in focus as more than 60 trade associations and chambers of commerce urge the Surface Transportation Board to reconsider Union Pacific Corp.

The BNSF petition on Union Pacific has become the focal point of a new Surface Transportation Board review. BNSF Railway is asking regulators to revisit the 1996 UP–SP merger conditions and, in doing so, safeguard competitive rail access for shippers in markets where the railroad says Union Pacific has not met those earlier commitments.

Automated railroad track inspections are set to take on a larger share of the work of monitoring the nation’s freight infrastructure.

Fremantle Rail Interchange project is at the centre of DP World’s new rail investment in Western Australia.This is reported by the railway transport news portal Railway Supply.

In the CN 2024 Delivering Responsibly Report, released on Dec. 2 and published on the CN’s Delivering Responsibly page, the railway outlines how it is lowering emissions and reducing train accident frequency.

The Seminole Gulf Railway track improvement project, as reported by Trains. com, is a $32.

The Texrail and Nymwag freight wagon plant in Kolkata has started operation as a new site for producing freight rolling stock.

CSX insurance coverage dispute is now playing out in federal court, with CSX Transportation suing a group of major insurers over worker injury suits tied to a Chicago rail construction project.

The Union Pacific Norfolk Southern merger has set off warnings from a coalition of U. S.

Norfolk Southern REDI Site investment in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, is set to anchor SODECIA AAPICO JV’s new $120 million manufacturing facility and further strengthen the state’s fast-growing automotive supply chain.

Traxtion rail freight investment in South Africa will see the private operator commit Rand 3. 4bn ($US 197m) to 1067mm-gauge locomotives and wagons.