Before CN or CSX rolled out Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR) under the leadership of the late E. Hunter Harrison, a much smaller terminal railroad company in the eastern U.S. was demonstrating ...

The fight between CSX Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. over Conrail raises the possibility of government intervention and means shareholders should look elsewhere for railroad investments, according ...

The days of Conrail will come alive again this weekend at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg. The museum, in conjunction with the Conrail Historical Society, will feature the equipment, ...

Asteria Vives peers into the shack that served as the "doctor's office" at "El Campamento." (Joel Wolfram for WHYY) As the second week of clearing out the heroin havens along the Conrail railroad ...

John G. Kneiling, by profession a consulting engineer, wrote Trains Magazine’s Professional Iconoclast column for many years. His column called out perceived problems with the rail industry and ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. The city of Detroit has agreed to buy 76 acres from ...

Brian E. Gorton, who began his career in 1987 as a Conrail conductor, has returned to his “home railroad” as President and Chief Operating Officer. He succeeds Timothy C. Tierney, who is retiring ...

CSX and Conrail said yesterday they have agreed to merge into a giant railroad system blanketing the East from New England to the Gulf of Mexico, a plan that would have a major impact on freight and ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The City of Philadelphia joined officials from Conrail on Monday to take the first step in a multi-pronged strategic effort to clean up the infamous railroad tracks in Fairhill ...

Philadelphia and Conrail are starting work today on a plan to clean up a notorious stretch of tracks in the Kensington and Fairhill neighborhoods where heroin users have lived and shot up for years.