The optimisation of railroad classification yards is a critical area of research within the broader field of transport logistics. These yards are complex operational hubs where inbound trains are ...

When the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad reached Lincoln in July 1870, it was probably considered no more than a destination point on a ribbon to the west. Six years later, there were only two ...

Derailing 140 jobs, Norfolk Southern Corp. is ending regional rail car sorting at its Roanoke "hump yard," an operation that railroad experts estimate is about 100 years old. The railroad said the ...