Read more freight stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/36699/freight.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorFri, 25 May 2012 22:50:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51550/boxcars-idled-by-recession-become-residential-blight.htmlKatherine Thompson<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=184337&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331232140' border='0' />Miles of boxcars that used to rumble through rural US communities now sit idle—and though quieter, towns are finding them much more obtrusive, reports the Wall Street Journal . With shipping down across the world, 30% of America’s boxcars have nothing to transport, and rail yards just can’t hold some...In towns across the US, unused boxcars sit idle, angering residents but earning rent for the track owners.http://www.newser.com/story/51550/boxcars-idled-by-recession-become-residential-blight.htmlMon, 23 Feb 2009 13:50:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45040/slowdown-stalls-nations-freight-carriers.htmlJim O'Neill<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=161362&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331235649' border='0' />With freight carriers predicting 2009 could be the worst year in three decades, some haulers say they’re “settling in for nuclear winter,” holding off on making capital expenditures, mothballing equipment and laying off employees, reports the Wall Street Journal . From truckers to railroads to ocean shipping, companies are scaling back...Brakeman C.K. Hoyle, gets off a Norfolk Southern engine as it prepares to throw a switch in a Hopewell, Va.http://www.newser.com/story/45040/slowdown-stalls-nations-freight-carriers.htmlThu, 11 Dec 2008 15:21:01 CST