This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Los Angeles startup Parallel Systems has raised $100 million to develop autonomous, electric freight trains ...

Second generation Parallel Systems autonomous-electric rail vehicle. Vehicle is designed to carry cargo containers that might otherwise by transported by trucks or traditional freight trains. No ...

For the last 200 years, freight trains haven’t changed much; massive locomotives still move relatively dumb freight cars. Certainly, rail fans could argue that plenty has changed—they’re not ...

This column is focused on the U.S. rail freight economy, starting with the near term, 2022 into 2023, followed by an overview toward 2030. Near the beginning of the year this outlook task may be a ...

Early this summer, farmers worried that millions of chickens in California’s Central Valley might soon peck each other to death. The birds were running perilously low on feed, which should have been ...

According to MnDOT’s forecast, over the years, Minnesota, which ranks fourth in the nation for tons of freight exported by rail, has “provided only limited state support for rail infrastructure and ...

Just when new vehicle inventory was improving in the United States and prices for new and used vehicles were easing, the auto industry faced a potential new crisis as Canada’s two major freight ...