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In the news this morning: California names Oregon trucker as its 'Highway Hero;' N.M. job program gets a grandmother into a big rig; and Indiana jury finds trucker, trucking company liable in fatal 1996 crash.

The largest railroad in Canada and the second-biggest in the United States announced a $6 billion merger plan that would crown a new king in North American rail freight transportation with a stock market valuation in excess of $19 billion.

More than two months into a strike by the Teamsters union, Overnite Transportation Co. says its freight operations are close to normal and that it is operating at an all-time record for on-time deliveries during December.

Companies and agencies that have made Y2K preparations will face the moment of truth at midnight Dec. 31, and unless someone's bluffing or badly miscalculating, disruptions from computer snafus related to the much-anticipated glitch will be minimal.

When she started trucking over the road nearly 30 years ago, Dorothy “Dottie” Bryant figured she was probably one of the first of her gender to drive a big rig for a living. But she later discovered that at least one woman had preceded her — and by several decades.

Don't expect Congress to act on proposals to increase truck sizes and weights in 2000, Rep. Nick J. Rahall II said.

Ryder System's latest restructuring marks an effort to combine operations for greater efficiency and to recapture the momentum that helped it grow into one of the largest and best known companies in the transportation industry.

Regulators are working to breathe life into the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration as 1999 comes to a close.

The chairman of Gainey Transportation Services said it is time for truckload carriers to “stop talking cents, and start talking percent.”

The owner of Charger Inc. is calling it quits two years after buying the former J.B. Hunt Transport flatbed division for $40 million.