Signs everywhere in Braceville, Illinois, say trains could come barreling through at 80 mph. But workers at the Union Pacific intermodal terminal in Joliet can’t always unload freight that fast. So ...

Premise: The golden age of railroads taking trucks off of the highways might be over. Why? Because the low-hanging fruit may already have been harvested. Translation: Most rail intermodal traffic may ...

The rocky ride that the freight rail carload and intermodal segments have experienced over the last couple of years appears to continue due to reduced demand, lower volume, inflation, and a host of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Union Pacific eastbound container train heads through Rock Creek in the Feather River Canyon, Calif., on June 22, 2013. (Photo: ...

This story appears in the Jan. 31 print edition of Transport Topics. FedEx Freight, the second-largest less-than-truckload carrier in the nation, said it plans to use rail intermodal service for the ...

Rising 8.8 cents, the national average, for the week of March 2, came in at $3.897 per gallon, following a 9.8-cent gain, to $3.809, for the week of February 23. Rising 8.8 cents, the national average ...