This article appears in The American Prospect magazine’s February 2022 special issue, “How We Broke the Supply Chain.” Subscribe here. When the Union Pacific Railroad closed its Global 3 Intermodal ...

Following the Surface Transportation Board’s April 26-27 ““Urgent Issues in Freight Rail Service,” the Association of American Railroads has issued a statement saying that the Class I’s that testified ...

On Friday, September 16, the United States could see its first major rail strike and/or rail lockout since the early ’90s. Railroad workers have reached the end of their rope after years of enduring ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit is hearing a case brought by Union Pacific (UP) and the Association of American Railroads (AAR) that challenges the Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) Final ...

Four pleas and plans laid before four Interstate Commerce Commissioners last week by truckmen and railroaders sounded as if the U. S. railroad and trucking industries were either getting ready for a ...

Remote-controlled railroad locomotives have been in use in U.S. railroad yards for decades, railroad experts say. A worker with a controller is often on the ground with their eyes on the train during ...

President Joe Biden was in the unusual position Tuesday of being praised by business interests and attacked by his normal allies in the labor movement after calling for Congress to move immediately to ...

Before we dive into the railroad investment, we have to spend a few words on what many already know about Buffett and Munger's mind frame when investing. In their most recent shareholder letter they ...