FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. —  A man was killed after an Amtrak train crashed into his pickup truck, authorities said.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — “America takes its first step toward transforming its transportation system,” said HNTB Corporation’s Peter Gertler in response to President Barack Obama’s announcement allocating $8 billion to high-speed rail projects across the country.
Gertler, high-speed rail services chair for the national infrastructure firm, said these projects – along current and proposed rail lines [...]

CHICAGO – Amtrak will perform a high-speed rail improvement study that will focus on determining what infrastructure upgrades are needed to provide 110 mph train service on the Norfolk Southern-owned rail corridor between Kalamazoo, Mich., and Detroit.
“Amtrak believes 110 mph train service across Michigan is critical for the future and we’re committed to understanding what [...]

TAMPA, Fla. — President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden today announced the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is awarding $8 billion to states across the country to develop America’s first nationwide program of high-speed intercity passenger rail service.

NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corp. reported fourth-quarter 2009 net income of $307 million, or $0.82 per diluted share, compared with $452 million, or $1.21 per diluted share, for the same quarter of 2008.
Net income for 2009 was $1.0 billion, or $2.76 per diluted share, compared with $1.7 billion, or $4.52 per diluted share, for [...]

MONTREAL — CN reported its financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31, 2009.
Fourth-quarter and full-year 2009 highlights:
– Net income and diluted earnings per share for the final quarter of 2009 increased two per cent from the year-earlier period to C$582 million and C$1.23, [...]

NORFOLK, Va. — Thomas D. Bell Jr., chairman of SecurAmerica LLC, has been elected a director of Norfolk Southern Corp., Norfolk Southern CEO Wick Moorman announced today.
Bell retired as chairman and chief executive officer of Cousins Properties in July 2009. He previously served as chairman and CEO of the advertising and communications firm Young and [...]

WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board has launched a team of investigators to today’s Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) accident in Rockville, Md.
At 1:45 am (EST) a hi-rail vehicle, in the work zone on the red line near Rockville Station, struck and killed two employees on the track.
The Metro employees, both males, were [...]

WASHINGTON — Two Metro track workers were struck and killed by a piece of track equipment early this morning, Jan. 26, near the Rockville Metrorail station.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Placing a substantial vote of confidence in rail transportation, customers committed to 92 new or expanded facilities on CSX Transportation (CSXT) lines in 2009.
Upon completion, these projects will create nearly 1,400 new jobs, the company said.
Located in 18 states and across markets that include energy, consumer goods and manufacturing, the projects ultimately [...]