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Canadian Pacific Invests in New High-Capacity Hopper Cars for its Grain Trains

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd (CP) has 1000 announced high-capacity grain hopper cars from National Steel Car. The total capacity for grain i…

Deutsche Bahn and Georgian Railway Sign Agreement Strengthening European-Asian Rail Freight

Deutsche Bahn and Georgian Railway signed an agreement on 12 June 2018 that lays the foundation for future co-operation in European-Asian ra…

Association of American Railroads: U.S. Freight Operators Jet Forward on Technology

The improvements to rail services provided by new technology are a recurring theme in the industry, but innovations can be difficult to impl…

Eurotunnel and EY Present Report on UK–EU Channel Tunnel Trade Flows

Eurotunnel and EY have released a report on Channel Tunnel trade between the UK and the EU. The report describes the traffic flow between th…

Texas: GE Reveals First Evolution Series Locomotive for Canadian National

The first of the 200 new Evolution Series locomotives for Canadian National (CN) by GE Transportation was completed at the manufacturer’s pl…

Slovenia: EU Funding for Upgrade of Divača-Koper Railway Line

The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA), has signed an agreement within the Connecting European Facility (CEF) Transport framewo…

Railway Association of Canada Requests Federal and Provincial Support for Short Lines

The Railway Association of Canada has expressed its disappointment neither federal nor provincial governments provide support for short-line…

Tech, Innovation and Safety: 5 Things You Didn’t Know about US Freight Rail

There is nothing old-fashioned about rail technology. From drones and big data to automation and mobile phone apps, U.S. freight railroads a…

Missouri's Transportation Infrastructure Receives $25 million Boost from Union Pacific

Missouri’s transportation infrastructure will receive a $25 million boost from Union Pacific Railroad in 2018. The company’s planned private…

Railroad Day 2018: The US Industry Presents a United Front to Congress

On Wednesday 7 March 2018 hundreds of representatives from around the United States from companies and organisations involved in the rail in…

GoRail Goes to Washington for Railroad Day 2018

Betsy Cantwell, Communications Director of GoRail, tells Railway-News what Railroad Day was like for them. With the philosophy of 'all polit…

6 Critical Reasons Why Rail Weighing Scales Are Important For Your Facility

Kevin Hill weighs in on his top 6 reasons why rail scales are a must for every rail freight business, from controlling costs to safety.

Helping Rail Freight Deliver for Its Customers

The Freight Transport Association has updated its policy advice to operators in the optimisation of rail in the multimodal supply chain.

GB Railfreight And Sibelco Extend Contract

The GB Railfreight Sibleco contract has been extended for a further five years, with GB Railfreight leasing new wagons to fulfill the terms.

Transnet Receive First 45D Diesel Locomotive

South African freight transport and logistics company, Transnet, have received the first 45D diesel locomotive from CRRC at a ceremony in Du…

Eurotunnel Freight Transport Millionth Truck of 2016

Eurotunnel has announced that its Eurotunnel freight transport ed its millionth truck of 2016 setting a new record on previous years.

United Wagon Co. to Mass Produce Ammonia Tank Cars

Russia’s United Wagon Company has announced the launch of mass production of ammonia tank cars with a projected annual production of up to 1…

United Transport & Logistics Celebrates Milestone

United Transport & Logistics Company has celebrated a milestone with China this week by seeing the dispatch of its 500th container train of …

Russian Railways Invest €43m in Finland Railways

Russian Railways invest just under €43 million to reconstruct railway approaches to ports on the Gulf of Finland’s southern shore this year.

DB Cargo UK Open Pop Up Rail Depot

DB Cargo UK and CEMEX have announced the opening of a pop up rail depot to meet the needs of the growing construction market in the North We…

Kühne Holding AG Purchase 20% Share of VTG Aktiengesellschaft

Kühne Holding AG purchase more than 20% shareholding of VTG Aktiengesellschaft, making it the second largest shareholder of the rail logisti…

24th Annual Rail Freight Group Conference 2016

Germany: Alstom Supplies Metrans Rail GmbH 2 Prima H3 Hybrid Shunting Locomotives

Asia: China – Iran Freight Train Makes Inaugural Direct Journey