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NMRR expands its LDVR platform
Written by: Carolina Worrell, Managing EditorRailhead Corporation has announced that New Mexico Railrunner will be enhancing its current Locomotive Digital Video Recorder (LDVR) systems. NMRR is...
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CP, NS complete D&H South sale
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefCanadian Pacific Railway Ltd. has completed the sale of a 282-mile segment of its Delaware & Hudson subsidiary to Norfolk Southern Corp.—the D&H...
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AFHK, CSX provide grants to 292 schools
Written by: Carolina Worrell, Managing EditorAction for Healthy Kids® (AFHK) has announced the 292 recipients of School Grants for Healthy Kids for the 2015-2016 school year, provided through funding...
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Congresswoman Graham and staff tour Georgia & Florida Railway
Written by: Carolina Worrell, Managing EditorOn Sept. 15, 2015, Congresswoman Gwen Graham’s (D-FL-02), District Director Mary Lee Kiracofe and Economic Development Liaison Kent Watson toured the...
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WSP-Parsons Brinckerhoff taps Hamm for Second Avenue Subway
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefDelano Hamm has been named a supervising technical specialist in the New York City office of WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff, with responsibility for...
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Stone Canyon Industries purchases A. Stucki Company
Written by: Carolina Worrell, Managing EditorHarris Williams & Co., a preeminent middle market investment bank focused on the advisory needs of clients worldwide, has announced the sale of A....
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Leadership transition at Norfolk Southern
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefContinuing a tradition of smooth leadership transitions, Norfolk Southern Executive Chairman Charles W. “Wick” Moorman will be stepping down effective...
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Battelle lands MTA QBL West Phase 1 CBTC ISA contract
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefThe New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has awarded a $3.1 million contract to Battelle to perform an Independent Safety Assessment (ISA) and...
View ArticleSchumer shoots his mouth off—again
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefU.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), everybody’s favorite publicity-seeking, TV-camera-loving narcissistic politician, has been saying publicly that...
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AAR: Rail traffic takes a slight dip
Written by: Carolina Worrell, Managing EditorFor the week ending Sept. 19, 2015, total U.S. rail traffic was 566,734 carloads and intermodal units, down 2.5% compared with the same week in 2014, the...
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Alstom-led consortium to supply Panama Metro Line 2
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefMetro de Panama has awarded Consórcio Línea, a Brazilian/Spanish consortium of Alstom, CIM, Sofratesa, Thales and TSO, a $2.2 billion contract to supply...
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CSX’s Gooden receives intermodal achievement award
Written by: Carolina Worrell, Managing EditorCSX Corporation President Clarence Gooden received the 2015 Silver Kingpin Award from the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) for his...
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WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff fills transportation planning role
Written by: Carolina Worrell, Managing EditorRichard J. Marcus will support the management of complex transportation planning projects as a senior supervising planner in the Los Angeles office of WSP |...
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Fisher heads up WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff’s San Francisco office
Written by: Carolina Worrell, Managing EditorJohn Fisher has been appointed the San Francisco area manager for WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff, the firm announced Sept. 28, 2015. In his new position, Fisher...
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CSX, mechanical unions reach tentative agreement
Written by: Carolina Worrell, Managing EditorCSX Corporation and two leading mechanical unions, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and the International Association...
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AngelTrax welcomes Maritza Valentin to executive sales team
Written by: Carolina Worrell, Managing EditorAngelTrax, a leading supplier of mobile video surveillance technology for the rail, student transit, waste management and law enforcement industries,...
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OCTA chooses HNTB for new streetcar line
Written by: Keith Barrow, Associate Editor, International Railway JournalCalifornia’s Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) has appointed HTNB to design a 4.16-mile streetcar line linking Santa...
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NS’s Butler honored with yard renaming
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefNorfolk Southern is honoring Executive Vice President Planning and Chief Information Officer Deborah Harris Butler, who is retiring Oct. 1, 2015, by...
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Progress Rail to acquire RPS from Amsted
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefProgress Rail Services Corp., a Caterpillar company, on Sept. 28, 2015 entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Rail Product Solutions, Inc. (RPS)...
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PEB issues recommendations in NJT labor dispute
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefPresidential Emergency Board (PEB) 248 has issued recommendations to settle a contract dispute between New Jersey Transit and the Rail Labor Coalition of...
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