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Will New FRA Administrator Be ‘Elbows Up’ on Defense?
WATCHING WASHINGTON, RAILWAY AGE APRIL 2025 ISSUE: As the dust settles following a tendentious Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) superintendency of Amit Bose, stakeholders await a...
View ArticleFTA Administrator Nominee Backed By Senate Banking Committee
Molinaro, a former U.S. Representative for New York’s 19th congressional district (2023-25), was nominated by POTUS 47 in February for the top FTA job. He would succeed Nuria Fernandez, who retired...
View ArticleREF 2025: Searching for Sanity in ‘Interesting’ Times
FINANCIAL EDGE, RAILWAY AGE APRIL 2025 ISSUE: The 39th Rail Equipment Finance Conference, held March 2-5, 2025, reflected an atmosphere of cautious optimism in very uncertain (some say crazy) times,...
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Port of Savannah: Busiest March on Record
In February, 479,850 TEUs were handled—a 6% gain over the same month in 2024. CSX and Norfolk Southern serve the port. “The rate of growth [in March] was due in large part to two factors: Cargo...
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Rail Reinforcers
BNSF in 2025 is devoting nearly 75% of its $3.8 billion capital plan, or $2.84 billion, to maintenance, including 11,400 miles of track surfacing and/or undercutting work and the replacement of 410...
View ArticleNorth Alabama Inland Port Marks Second Consecutive Year of Growth
The Port of Huntsville, Ala., on April 3 reported that 2024 was the second consecutive year of cargo operations growth and the best year since 2008 for rail lifts at its International Intermodal...
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‘This is Nuts! I Feel Like I Am in a Bad Movie’
Leave it to Eric Starks, Chairman and CEO of FTR Transportation Intelligence, to cut right to the chase on how POTUS 47’s worldwide tariff torpedoes and retaliatory strikes from “friend and foe alike”...
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Transit Briefs: MDOT MTA, TTC, Caltrain
MDOT MTA The Purple Line is testing light rail vehicles! A major milestone as we transform communities. See testing video on our YouTube page: https://t.co/NzPUHaKwuc #PurpleLinePoweredUp...
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Grade Crossing Collision Testing at the TTC
TTC OPERATED BY ENSCO, RAILWAY AGE APRIL 2025 ISSUE: Every day, trains collide with people or vehicles an average of eight times across the U.S. According to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA),...
View ArticleRR Mergers & Acquisitions Brokers Gravity Rail Acquisition of RRTC Colorado
Houston, Tex.-based Gravity Rail LLC has acquired Denver-based RRTC of Colorado, Inc. in a transaction facilitated by RR Mergers & Acquisitions (RRM&A), an advisor to rail service providers,...
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