2+ hour, 12+ min ago  (186+ words) U. S. freight railroads hauled 501, 328 carloads and intermodal units during the week ending April 4, up 0. 1% compared with total traffic from the same week in 2025, according to Association of American Railroads data. Carloads for the week reached 229, 243, up 1%, while weekly intermodal volume totaled…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (186+ words) Progressive Railroading Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner to gain daily roundtrip next month The Los Angeles-San Diego-San Luis Obispo (LOSSAN) Rail Corridor Agency, Ventura County Transportation Commission and Santa Barbara County Association of Governments plan to launch a new daily Amtrak Pacific…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (457+ words) Railroad industry news about: Minnesota Department of Transportation, Mn DOT, Cloquet Terminal Railroad Co. Inc, Minnesota Northern Railroad, Lake Agassiz Bean LLC, JMJ Properties, Denco II LLC, grant funding, infrastructure improvements. From the editors of Progressive Railroading Magazine Minnesota DOT…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (148+ words) Progressive Railroading Idaho city advances quiet zone project at UP crossings In late March, the city of Caldwell, Idaho, approved a plan to advance a quiet zone project involving seven Union Pacific Railroad grade crossings. Estimated to cost $240, 000, the quiet…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (177+ words) The unemployment rate in the U. S. transportation sector fell to 3. 4%versus 4. 6% in March 2025, according to the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). "Unemployment in the transportation sector was lower than overall unemployment," BLS officials said in a press release. The U. S. unemployment rate,…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (196+ words) Norfolk Southern Railway has named its terminal in Elkhart, Indiana, the terminal of the year based on safety performance and reliable service. The terminal has previously been recognized by NS for its safety culture, reflected in its low injury reports,…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (216+ words) Progressive Railroading Rail-served export facility reaches completion at Milwaukee port Port Milwaukee, The Delong Co. Inc. and other organizations recently marked the completion of a second phase expansion of an agricultural product export facility. Owned and operated by De Long,…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (346+ words) Transload X to add short-line operations to service offerings'Progressive Railroading Transload X to add short-line operations to service offerings By Jeff Stagl, Managing Editor Since it was founded in 2023 as a transloading service provider, Transload X LLC has expanded its…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (270+ words) Progressive Railroading AAR sues New Jersey over 2-person crew law The Association of American Railroads (AAR) sued the state of New Jersey on March 30, seeking an injunction against a law that, among other provisions, would require two-person crews on trains…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (12+ words) People news from DART, NTSB, Omaha Track, Transdev, Miner and VRE'Progressive Railroading...