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CSX Corp. has agreed to buy Pan Am Railways Inc., North America’s largest regional railroad based in New England, extending CSX’s reach in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York and adding Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont to its 23-state network.

CSX Corp. reported a slip in third-quarter financial results due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on shipments.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has made available $50 million in grant funding to commuter rail agencies that are conducting projects to improve safety at railway-highway crossings.

Class I railroad Union Pacific saw second-quarter income and revenue fall amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Canadian National Railway is the latest Class I railroad to feel the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Positive train control technology is either in advanced field testing or operational on 98% of the required route miles mandated by Congress, according to an assessment.

More than $311 million in funding is available for projects designed to improve freight and passenger rail connectivity, federal railroad regulators announced this month.

Implementation of automatic braking technology for freight railroads is nearly complete, an industry group indicated recently.

Canadian shipments of crude by rail are poised to surge next year, spurring investment in new export infrastructure.