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In 1997, Norfolk Southern and CSX Corp. together anted up $10 billion -- $5.8 billion from NS and $4.2 billion from CSX -- and now they begin the official dismemberment of Conrail.

Conrail's disappearance this week means the end of a relatively short -- but fairly eventful -- railroad history.

The Agricultural Transporters Conference will hold its first legislative and leadership convention June 14-15 at American Trucking Associations offices in Washington, D.C., and Alexandria, Va.

Interstate 44 has long been known as a major route for drug trafficking, and Missouri officials have seized a bonanza of marijuana this year.

A lucky black cat that rode unscathed on the rear axle of a tractor-trailer from Yakima, Wash., to Eugene, Ore., may soon have a new home.

Rep. Frank Wolf is forcing a showdown over federal motor carrier safety programs by moving to cut off all funding for truck safety projects unless the Department of Transportation quickly agrees to shift them out of the Federal Highway Administration.

The May 20 closure of NationsWay Transport Service, one of the largest less-than-truckload operations in the country, caught many shippers and employees by surprise, even though the Colorado-based freight carrier had been unprofitable in recent years.

On June 1, two of the biggest players in the railroad industry will each grab one side of a wishbone that joins somewhere around Cleveland and make a wish.

Truck drivers will get back to the 80% tax deduction for meals more quickly if legislation introduced in Congress May 19 becomes law.

Although Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater declined an invitation to speak at the Truckload Carriers Association Safety Council’s annual meeting, more than 200 safety managers were ready to deliver a message to him: More regulation and tougher enforcement will not produce safer highways unless trucking management is fully committed to safety.