There are strong signs the Australian commodities cycle has bottomed, and a new investment phase may be about to begin....

Mega rail projects, with an eye on exports to Asia, have not been stalled by the global economic slowdown....

A robust attitude by Western Australian rail network owner Brookfield Rail (BR) towards the state’s grain producers/handlers is having app...

Asciano-owned Pacific National (PN) has taken delivery of five new generation locomotives in Australia....

Asciano-owned Pacific National has taken delivery of five new generation SDA2 diesel locomotives in Australia. Designated “Class 88”, th...

The Western Australian Government has given the green light to plans by Hancock Prospecting to build a 300 km railway from the Pilbara’s R...

The global recession hit rail companies hard, as demand for bulk commodities such as coal was affected. But green shoots of recovery are now...

There has been a spate of news reports during the last few months concerning investment in rail freight infrastructure around the world as o...

Australia is in the grip of what is predicted to be the worst drought ever, and certainly the harshest since 2002-03. The impact is already ...

Australian railfreight operator Pacific National is to upgrade almost 1,000 grain wagons at a cost of A$45 mill....

AWB Ltd and Pacific National have unveiled 51 new grain wagons, as part of an A$100 mill investment in the New South Wales grain industry....