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The country’s freight and passenger railways are operating with automatic braking system technology, according to the Federal Railroad Administration.

U.S. railroads have completed installation of an automated crash-prevention system that covers 57,536 miles of freight and passenger tracks ahead of an end-of-year deadline that was previously extended, the Federal Railroad Administration announced Dec. 29.

U.S. railroads are back, with freight volume posting the first quarterly gain in two years.

CSX Corp. has agreed to buy Pan Am Railways Inc., North America’s largest regional railroad based in New England, extending CSX’s reach in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York and adding Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont to its 23-state network.

CSX Corp. reported a slip in third-quarter financial results due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on shipments.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has made available $50 million in grant funding to commuter rail agencies that are conducting projects to improve safety at railway-highway crossings.

Class I railroad Union Pacific saw second-quarter income and revenue fall amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Canadian National Railway is the latest Class I railroad to feel the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Railcar leasing and repair company American Railcar Industries has changed its name to American Industrial Transport, the company announced July 21.

Positive train control technology is either in advanced field testing or operational on 98% of the required route miles mandated by Congress, according to an assessment.