Track Record of Failure: Past railroad mergers have delivered service meltdowns and financial extraction instead of promised efficiencies. Yet, regulators may still approve Union Pacific's $250 ...

Following Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) approval in April and launch of Phase 1 in June, Parallel Systems, in partnership with Genesee & Wyoming (G&W), has transitioned to Phase 2 of its first ...

The business of moving goods in the United States is dominated by trucks, which handle about two-thirds of the 20.2 billion tons of freight that’s transported annually. Parallel Systems founder and ...

Two of the U.S.'s largest railroad companies, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, say they plan to merge, which would create the country's first coast-to-coast freight railroad. Two of the largest ...

How a once-in-a-generation Interstate reconstruction provided an opportunity to improve the railway network. The $1.4 billion Council Bluffs Interstate System Improvements Program—the largest highway ...

Dozens of rail routes launched in recent years are making it easier to journey across European country borders. But a newly announced proposal from a Copenhagen-based think tank has a much more ...