Rail Freight

DB Schenker Rail UK has said it is planning to introduce 'carbon free' rail freight services for customers using trains hauled by electric locomotives. The freight company is proposing to work with Renewable Energy Systems (RES) to build three wind...

DB Schenker Rail said it is introducing a second weekly service between Poland and the UK this September. The freight operator said it is also looking to introduce up to five trains per week running between the two countries in...

BNSF Railway Company has said it plans to invest around $3.9 billion in its network, a $400 million increase over its 2011 capital spend. The company said it will spend around $2.1 billion on its core network and ‘related assets’. $1.1 billion will be spent on locomotives, freight cars and ‘other equipment acquisitions’. The program [...]

CN has opened its new intermodal terminal at Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. The terminal was opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony attended by Governor Scott Walker. The terminal offers twice weekly train service with fifth morning availability from the west coast for intermodal containers. Located on 8.5 acres of land at CN’s Chippewa Falls Yard, the [...]

Vladimir Putin has opened a new rail car building plant in Tikhvin, Russia. The new Tikhvin Freight Car Building Plant will become a 'remarkable benchmark for the Russian industry', he said. The plant was built in conjunction with the ICT Group and...

BHP Billiton had said its plan to build a rail corridor alignment to the Port of Abbot Point is ‘on track’. The global mining company is studying the construction of its own dedicated rail line travelling from the Goonyella Mine to a proposed BHP Billiton coal export terminal at Abbot Point, which will allow the export of up [...]

Oscar Munoz has been named as CSX’s new chief operating officer and executive vice president. Fredrik J. Eliasson has been announced as chief financial officer. CSX said Munoz has replaced David A. Brown, who ‘is no longer with the company’, but their decision to this change in personnel ‘is unrelated to CSX’s financial condition’. “Oscar Munoz [...]

Steelcast LLC is awaiting certification from the Association of American Railroads (AAR) for its manufacturing facility in Bhavnagar, Gujarat. The joint venture between Gujarat-based Steelcast Ltd and US-based Michigan Steel, is set to make casnub bogies for railways in the US. "An inspection team will visit...

Anna Beninati, 18, from Sandy, Utah, has spoken after losing her legs whilst trying to jump onto a moving freight train four months ago. The teenager was studying music therapy at Colorado State University in Fort Collins when she tried to board the 18mph train with three male friends last September in Longmont. Anna said she [...]

Anna Beninati, 18, from Sandy, Utah, has spoken after losing her legs whilst trying to jump onto a moving freight train four months ago. The teenager was studying music therapy at Colorado State University in Fort Collins when she tried to...