Railroad News

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg made another stride to tighten up New York City's communication systems by setting up a tour of the city's 311 call center for Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials.

The Amtrak station in Fullerton is one of the most popular places in Southern California for train buffs to congregate.

Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has agreed to buy the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad, a transaction valued at nearly $44 billion.

They are fires that sent people running for their lives. One man didn't get away.

It's bad enough that striking Philadelphia transit workers rejected what Gov. Ed Rendell called a "sensational" deal.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - SunRail backers in the state Senate continue to press for a special session to jump start the Central Florida commuter rail project.

By CCJ Staff J.B. Hunt Transport Services announced Thursday, Nov. 5, that it has reached an agreement with Norfolk Southern Corp.

CAMBRIDGE, Md. - CSX is the first transportation provider selected to join the Maryland Green Registry, a voluntary self-certification program that promotes and recognizes sustainable practices by organizations throughout the state.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and Burlington Northern Santa Fe are being sued by investors over claims Berkshire's acquisition of the railroad would not maximise shareholder value.

The weak economy is creating some unanticipated troubles in suburban Contra Costa County.

Trains lined up in the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway's freight yard in Saginaw on Tuesday.

The chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority says the new head of the agency that runs New York City's buses and subways will be Thomas Prendergast.

Two men have been struck and killed by a freight train in Orange County. Police say the men were on the tracks in Fullerton shortly before 11:30 p.m. Wednesday when they were struck.

Hundreds of commuters were stranded at a regional rail station Thursday after service was suspended when a worker was struck and killed on the tracks, creating further havoc on the system already crippled by a transit strike.

Alarmed by a rise in people jumping to their deaths in front of trains, some Japanese railway operators are installing special blue lights above station platforms they hope will have a soothing effect and reduce suicides.

The avuncular chief of New York City's buses and subways, Howard H. Roberts Jr., resigned on Wednesday after the new leadership at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority asked him to step down.

Montana political and agricultural leaders hope Berkshire Hathaway's planned purchase of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad will lead to lower shipping costs in Montana, but they doubt much will change.

For the feather in his cap at age 79 and still going strong, the world's second richest man, Warren Buffett, bought himself a railroad.

FORT WORTH - It's hard to nail down the economic impact of having Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.

Nov. 3 -- Bloomberg's Deborah Kostroun reports on the performance of the U.S. equity market today.