Frieght trains efficiently move goods all over our continent. A single intermodal train takes up to 280 trucks off our highways. Learn more about the freight rail industry and the history of trains by following the links below.

• Today's railroad system is half the size it was in the early 1900s. -transportationfortomorrow.org
• U.S. freight railroads are the world's busiest, moving more freight than any rail system in any other country. In fact, U.S. railroads move more than four times as much freight as do all of Western Europe's freight railroads combined. -aar.org

• The public benefits of freight railroads
• Washington State rail information
• Facts about freight railroads (pdf)
• Freight railroad traffic
• Map of U.S. railroads
• List of U.S. railroads
• Historical railroad and ship photographs
• Modern railroad pictures
• Railroad links, pictures, sounds, calendars, and other related materials
• Legislation, regulation, and research on freight and passenger trains
• Studies and facts on the freight rail industry