Premise: The golden age of railroads taking trucks off of the highways might be over. Why? Because the low-hanging fruit may already have been harvested. Translation: Most rail intermodal traffic may ...

This story appears in the Dec. 7 print edition of Transport Topics. Union Pacific Railroad opened a route through California’s Donner Pass to domestic double-stack intermodal container service, ...

GPS-guided cranes enable swifter cargo transfers in intermodal terminals, and automated optical scanners quickly and reliably identify trailers, containers and trucks as they enter and exit a transfer ...

DP World has announced that its two deep-water ports at Southampton and London Gateway have become the first in the country capable of handling Freightliner’s new 775 metre intermodal container trains ...

My opinion/report is based on what could have been added for “more beef,” and why the STB inquiry is actually an important public service to rail intermodal customers. Below is a selected commentary ...