A year after 38 cars in a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, igniting a massive chemical fire, ProPublica reporter Topher Sanders says America's aging freight systems ...

Rail freight is central to Europe's competitiveness, resilience and climate goals. Yet fragmentation in safety and liability rules is undermining the very system that makes it work. Stronger European ...

In 2021, the U.S. Congress directed the Secretary of Transportation to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine – Transportation Research Board (TRB) ...

What picture do you see in your head when you hear the word intermodal? The image I see is the world of containerized freight; a world where a shipper loads freight into an oceangoing 20’ or 40’ ...

RAILWAY AGE, SEPTEMBER 2025 ISSUE: Imagine a future where autonomous freight trains in North America operate across long distances. This future is one the industry must consider if it wants to compete ...

The World Bank's approach to supporting rail logistics focuses on enhancing the efficiency, sustainability, and resilience of rail transport systems globally, with a particular emphasis on shifting ...

In a move that signals a shift in how speed and logistics intersect, Japan has transformed one of its iconic bullet trains into a high-speed cargo carrier. The initiative by East Japan Railway Company ...

A BNSF freight train in Barrio Logan. (File 9hoto by Chris Jennewein/Times of San Diego) If California’s politically influential labor unions get their way, the state’s freight trains would get ...

Collaboration across freight modes and partners improves efficiency and strengthens the overall transportation system. NACFE recently joined the Advanced Freight Partners Group to break down silos and ...