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DART awards five-year advertising contract to Intersection
Written by: Carolina Worrell, Managing EditorDallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) has awarded a five-year contract to technology and media company Intersection for the rights to sell and manage transit...
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Greenbrier CCO transitions from role
Written by: Carolina Worrell, Managing EditorThe Greenbrier Companies, Inc. announced Feb. 26, 2016 that William Glenn, Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer has decided to pursue...
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CSX named one of World’s Most Admired Companies
Written by: Carolina Worrell, Managing EditorFor the sixth consecutive year, CSX Corporation has been named one of FORTUNE’s World’s Most Admired Companies, the company announced Feb. 24, 2016. The...
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KCS elects Garza to Board of Directors
Written by: Carolina Worrell, Managing EditorKansas City Southern announced Feb. 29, 2016 that effective Feb. 26, David F. Garza, age 54, has joined its Board of Directors. “KCS is pleased that David...
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RBN Energy: Western Canada CBR load capacity "overbuilt and underutilized"
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefAccording to an analysis conducted by Sandy Fielden of RBN Energy LLC, based on current demand, rail load capacity for crude by rail (CBR) in Western...
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GFRR deploys Railinc's Interline Settlement System
Written by: Carolina Worrell, Managing EditorThe Georgia & Florida Railway, LLC (GFRR), an affiliate of OmniTRAX, Inc., “continues to make shipping by rail easy” with the implementation of...
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Railinc, LGS Innovations complete cybersecurity risk assessment
Written by: Carolina Worrell, Managing EditorLGS Innovations recently announced it has successfully completed a comprehensive cybersecurity risk assessment contract with Railinc Corp., the railroad...
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UTLX retrofitting DOT-111s, CPC-1232s at new Ohio plant
Written by: Carolina Worrell, Managing EditorUnion Tank Car Company’s Repair Business Unit has established a tank car remanufacturing facility in Marion, Ohio, the company announced March 1, 2016. The...
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Prototype MP54AC delivered to Metrolinx, GO Transit
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefWabtec Corp. subsidiary MotivePower has delivered a prototype MP54AC diesel-electric locomotive to Metrolinx, the regional transportation authority for...
View ArticleNS: Three’s a crowd, two makes for a better company
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefNorfolk Southern’s 22-state eastern U.S. network consists of 10 operating divisions spread across three larger operating regions—Eastern, Western, and...
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Intermodal continues to carry the day
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefDespite a labor dispute at West Coast ports affecting volume, intermodal traffic experienced a spike of nearly 13% in February 2016, compared to the...
View ArticleCP+NS and the Humpty Dumpty effect
Written by: Frank N. Wilner, Contributing EditorThe chasing by suitor Canadian Pacific of grand dame Norfolk Southern has reintroduced to the railroad chattering classes the nebulous term “public...
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CP files with STB for declaratory order
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefCanadian Pacific, still in hot pursuit of Norfolk Southern, has filed a petition with the Surface Transportation Board seeking an expedited declaratory...
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Purple Line Transit Partners selected for LRT project
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefPurple Line Transit Partners, a consortium of Fluor Enterprises Inc., Meridiam Infrastructure Purple Line, LLC, and Star America Purple Line, LLC, was...
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Harsco: $10 million in Northeastern contracts
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefHarsco Rail’s track maintenance division has won two contract services projects totaling approximately $10 million in projected revenues from undisclosed...
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NJT to customers: The Way You Can't Go
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief“Commuters are advised to expect unusual congestion and delays on all travel modes”: An ominous yet highly understated warning from New Jersey Transit as...
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Transit hub planned for downtown Kitchener, Ontario
Written by: John D. Thompson, Canadian Contributing EditorThe Region of Waterloo, which includes the twin cities of Kitchener and Waterloo in Southwestern Ontario, plans to build a $43 million dollar...
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Riverside Rail launched in Chicago
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefThree Chicago-based investors, affiliates of Allstate, Duchossois Capital Management and CC Industries, Inc., announced March 4, 2016 formation of a new...
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UP: Safest U.S. railroad in 2015
Written by: Carolina Worrell, Managing EditorUnion Pacific (UP) employees set an all-time reportable personal injury rate record in 2015, improving 11% from 2014 to 0.87, making UP the safest Class I...
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New LRVs rolling on LA Gold Line extension
Written by: Carolina Worrell, Managing EditorKinkisharyo International’s new P3010 light rail vehicles (LRVs) rolled into their first revenue service on March 5, 2016 as the Los Angeles County...
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