Railroad News

Analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of RailAmerica from $17.00 to $21.00 in a research report issued to clients and investors on Friday.

A Buffalo Bill re-enactor will be speaking at the Union Pacific Railroad Museum in Council Bluffs, Iowa, as part of the museum's second Saturday guided tours program.

Springfield police are looking into a gruesome discovery near some railroad tracks.

NEW YORK &#8212 Shares of some top railroads companies were mixed at the close of trading: CSX s rose $.33 or 1.5 percent, to $22.28. Canadian National Railway Co.

Experts in engineering and seismology on Tuesday told the Beverly Hills City Council a more complete study and risk assessment should be done before the Metropolitan Transportation Authority makes a final decision on the route of the Westside Subway Extension.

CSX Transportation Inc.'s attempt to get a $1 million tax refund from Jefferson County won't happen in Jefferson County Circuit Court , according to a ruling today in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Birmingham.

The man killed Tuesday evening while walking along the Union Pacific Railroad tracks has been identified at Robert Lawrence Baker of Canby.

A former railroad worker who was allegedly hurt while working for Union Pacific Railroad Company is allowed a new trial for knee injuries he sustained on the job, the Fifth District Appellate Court of Illinois ruled Friday.

Union Station finished out a second year with an operating surplus, underscoring the financial turnaround for the historic depot that was on the brink of disaster as recently as 2009.The station ended 2011 with a net operating surplus of $3.25 million before depreciation, and revenues were ahead of budget in every area except for the KC Rail ... (more)

Cities opposed to the proposed 710 Freeway extension say a new Regional Transportation Plan would close the door for alternative transit options and influence the environmental study that began last month.

A variety of safety measures will sweep New Jersey Transit lines within the next year or so, transportation officials announced Wednesday, in an effort to reduce the number of accidental train deaths across the state.

An Irvington fire boat passes police officers on the shore in Tarrytown,Westchester County where a body was found south of the Tappan Zee Bridge, directly behind the Lyndhust estate.

The plaintiff in an injury case has returned to Madison County Circuit Court this week from his home in North Little Rock, Ark.

General Prosecutor's office spokeswoman Aida Salyanova said Tuesday that health and customs officers allowed the coal to be sent to schools, an orphanage and an old people's home.

Skanska USA's civil construction business unit announced today that it has signed a contract with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for the Second Avenue Subway Systems project in New York City.

William Ackman has momentum working in his favor in his battle to shift the balance of power on Canadian Pacific Railway's board and install his hand-picked candidate as chief executive of North America's worst-in-class rail operator.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has written an open letter to Mayor Barry Brucker after anA independent agency hired by City Council concluded that tunneling under Beverly Hills High School with students present is unsafe .

Ten rail cars rolled off the tracks at the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway's Clovis yard.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has amended its five-year capital plan to budget for light diesel "scoot" trains on the Montauk and Greenport branches of the the Long Island Rail Road, a move that could make life much easier for commuters on the East End come 2014.

Brent Bozell to Media: Tell the Truth About Obama's Assault on Religious Freedom, Millions Served by the Catholic Church If you needed more proof of liberal media bias, just look at the orgasms created by Friday's announcement that unemployment in January dropped to 8.3 percent.