Rail Freight

Union Pacific Railroad has announced it will investment more than $13 million to enhance the rail line that runs from Provo to Lynndyl in Utah. The more than 84-mile project includes removing and installing more than 106,000 ties, renewing the...

Livestock wandering in the railway corridor is 'dangerous for the animals, trains, and our customers', KiwiRail says. The state-owned-enterprise has asked farmers to check their fences and gates alongside the 4000km of rail tracks throughout New Zealand to make sure...

Macmahon Holdings Limited has announced that it has been awarded preferred contractor status to construct the first stage of the Solomon Rail Spur in the Pilbara region of Western Australia for Fortescue Metals Group (FMG). The final contract is expected...

Brunswick Rail, Russia’s leading railcar operating lessor, announced today that it has raised an additional $120 million via an increase on $300 mn EBRD and IFC loan facilities. The company also improved operational flexibility and loan facility terms in general, which reflects...

In order to further improve traffic efficiency, enhance safety and optimise resource management, Europorte has taken the decision to fit GPS beacons in all its locomotives. Starting in September, some 50 traction units will be fitted with a rail movement...

The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) has entered into its first contracts with coal producers for mine to port access to the Hunter Valley rail network. Following the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) approval of the ARTC Hunter Valley Access...

Alstom and mining company PT Freeport Indonesia have signed a contract representing around €90 million for the supply of a turnkey rail system to develop mining operations at the Grasberg mine, in the province of West Papua, Indonesia. Alstom's will supply the...

The appointment by Network Rail of a Freight Director has been welcomed by the Freight Transport Association (FTA) as further reassurance that rail freight’s interests will be protected. Christopher Snelling, FTA’s Head of Rail Freight and Global Supply Chain Policy,...

The opening of the UK to the operation of regular European sized freight trains on High Speed 1 was celebrated yesterday by the naming of a high speed freight locomotive. The naming ceremony took place at DB Schenker Rail's Channel Tunnel...

Union Pacific Railroad will continue improving the transportation infrastructure in Minnesota and Wisconsin with more than $7 million in investment to enhance the rail line that runs from St. Paul, Minnesota, to Hudson, Wisconsin. The nearly 24-mile project includes removing...