I’m a conservative and a believer in free markets — always have been. But free markets don’t mean anything goes. They mean ...

This article appears in The American Prospect magazine’s February 2022 special issue, “How We Broke the Supply Chain.” Subscribe here. When the Union Pacific Railroad closed its Global 3 Intermodal ...

In any case, the video is structured according to three characteristic periods, as follows: 1. The beginning and the peak of the American railroads (1828-1916), 2. The period of competition and ...

When President Biden signed a new law last week requiring railroad employees to accept contracts that railroads and unions had negotiated in September, it ended—at least for now—the threat of a strike ...

Railroads are the quiet workhorses of our economy — moving the goods that keep manufacturers humming, farmers exporting, and small businesses stocked. They invest billions in infrastructure without ...

The train wreck in East Palestine could have been worse. In 2013 rail tank cars carrying oil separated from their locomotives and derailed in Lac-Megante, Quebec. The explosion killed 47 people and ...

DURANGO, Colo. (KRQE) – Two popular attractions are up for a national award. The Cumbres Toltec Scenic Railroad and the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad are both nominees for USA Today’s ...

There are 23 miles of railroad in the United States. President Millard Fillmore signs the first Railroad Land Grant Act. By encouraging railroad construction in undeveloped territories, particularly ...

A national railroad strike could begin Friday if additional agreements are not reached, which industry experts warn would shut down 30% of the country’s freight and halt many passenger and commuter ...

At 11 o’clock one bitter cold morning in Chicago last week, a deafening din arose from the Illinois Central Railroad’s yards. Whistles shrieked, bells clanged, diesel engines blatted their air horns ...

America’s freight railroads have already stopped accepting shipments of hazardous and other security-sensitive materials because of the looming threat of a strike Friday. Union Pacific, one of the ...

WASHINGTON – The Dec. 31 deadline to install automatic braking on trains only requires the largest railroads to operate on a majority of their routes by the end of the year, industry officials said ...