Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, Canada, announced plans to acquire Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W), Darien, Conn., for approximately $8.4 billion.

Dachser Air & Sea Logistics, Plantation, Fla., launched an office for air and sea freight in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W), Lyons, Ga., announced that its subsidiary Georgia Central Railway, L.P., will serve a major new plastics distribution facility under construction on its line in Pooler, Ga.

The Greenbrier Cos., Inc., Lake Oswego, Ore., entered into an agreement to acquire the manufacturing business of American Railcar Industries (ARI), Saint Charles, Mo., from ITE Management LP, New York, for $400 million.

Norfolk Southern (NS), Norfolk, Va., launched construction of its new corporate headquarters building in Atlanta.

At the end of 2018, the nation’s largest freight railroads were operating positive train control (PTC) across the vast majority – 83.2% – of the required Class I PTC route miles nationwide, according to data from the Association of American Railroads (AAR), Washington, D.C.

Norfolk Southern Corp., Norfolk, Va., announced plans to relocate its headquarters to Atlanta.

Norfolk Southern Corp., Norfolk, Va., released its 2018 Corporate Social Responsibility Report, detailing achievements that include record locomotive fuel efficiency and reduced greenhouse gas emissions.

The Greenbrier Cos., Inc., Lake Oswego, Ore., and Saudi Railway Co. (SAR), Saudi Arabia, signed an agreement under which the parties will invest and generate $270 million investments in the Saudi rail industry.