Railroads

Despite the relative flattening in the broader market, the transportation sector has continued to trend strongly higher and has yet to show signs of slowing down. This sector is often closely associated with the health of the domestic economy, as a result of goods and services being shipped...

In the world of investing, there are literally thousands of companies, and dozens of industries, which qualify as great investments. Many of these may not have the same prestige as that of some other companies, and some may go entirely unknown to the public. Railroad companies exemplify this...

In the wake of two major train derailments and explosions involving tank cars carrying crude oil from North Dakota, the nation's railroad trade groups are calling on federal safety regulators to require all tank cars used in the rail transport of flammable liquids to be either retrofitted to more...

Another major accident involving a train carrying crude oil from North Dakota is drawing attention to the vulnerabilities of transporting oil by rail. Officials are still trying to determine what caused a 90-car train, reportedly carrying 2.7 million gallons of crude oil, to derail and explode...