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Rep. Cartwright tours Atlantic Track & Turnout’s Pa. facility
Written by: Carolina Worrell, Managing EditorU.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-Pa) on March 9, 2016 joined National Railroad Construction & Maintenance Association (NRC) member Atlantic Track &...
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OmniTRAX, ECIDA to develop hub served by CSX and NS
Written by: Carolina Worrell, Managing EditorOmniTRAX, Inc., one of the largest privately held transportation services companies in North America and an affiliate of The Broe Group, and the Effingham...
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WSDOT celebrates new locomotives milestone
Written by: Carolina Worrell, Managing EditorThe first engine has been installed in a new Siemens Charger locomotive, moving the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) one step closer to...
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SCPA announces improved Charleston – Charlotte rail service
Written by: Carolina Worrell, Managing EditorSouth Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) on March 10, 2016 announced a significant enhancement to international intermodal rail service between the Port of...
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Rep. Young tours Paxton & Vierling Steel Co.’s Iowa facilities
Written by: Carolina Worrell, Managing EditorU.S. Rep. David Young (R-Iowa) joined National Railroad Construction & Maintenance Association (NRC) member Paxton & Vierling Steel Co. (PVS) for a...
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BNSF announces certified, rail-served sites for development
Written by: Carolina Worrell, Managing EditorBNSF Railway Company (BNSF) on March 10, 2016 announced a new Site Certification Program aimed at identifying optimal rail-served sites for customer...
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Metrolink launches mobile ticketing app
Written by: Carolina Worrell, Managing EditorMetrolink on March 3, 2016 launched the first version of its mobile ticketing app, which will allow its riders the option to purchase their ticket on a...
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AAR to FRA: No basis for two-person crews
Written by: Carolina Worrell, Managing EditorCiting the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) acknowledgement of “little evidence or safety data” in its attempt to mandate two-person train crews, a...
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Reading & Northern names Nemeroff VP Forest Products
Written by: Carolina Worrell, Managing EditorReading and Northern Railroad on March 14, 2016, announced the appointment of Rian J. Nemeroff, CTL as Vice President - Forest Products. He will be...
View ArticleTRB accepting proposals for Rail Safety IDEA Program
Written by: Carolina Worrell, Managing EditorThe Transportation Research Board (TRB) is accepting proposals for the Rail Safety IDEA Program, which supports the development and testing of innovative...
View ArticleLet’s keep spinning our wheels
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefThe other day I found a buried snippet of information on the Federal Railroad Administration website pertaining to high speed rail. Dated March 11, 2016,...
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STB: Let's chat about rate cases
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefThe Surface Transportation Board will hold what it’s calling “informal meetings with stakeholders” during April 2016 “to explore and discuss ideas to...
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New from Wi-Tronix: Violet™
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefOn May 17, Wi-Tronix, a global provider of LDARS (Locomotive Data Acquisition Recording Systems), will unveil an all-new remote monitoring technology...
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Maurath heads WSP | PB LA office
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefWSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff has appointed Lisa Maurath as Vice President and Area Manager of its Los Angeles transportation and infrastructure office....
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KeyBanc at REF 2016: A transition to "normal" demand
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefKeyBanc Capital Markets attended the 2016 Rail Equipment Finance Conference, and after numerous presentations from railcar OEMs, lessors, shippers and...
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RBN Energy: The decline and fall of East Coast CBR
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefAs RBN Energy LLC analyst Sandy Fielden describes in Slow Train Coming: The Decline and Fall of East Coast Crude by Rail, the economics of shipping crude...
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WMATA imposes 29-hour Metrorail safety shutdown
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefA major electrical cable fire in a tunnel just outside the Washington Metro McPherson Square station early Monday, March 14, 2016 has led to the entire...
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Carloads, intermodal down in latest week
Written by: Carolina Worrell, Managing EditorFor the week ending March 12, 2016, North American freight rail traffic experienced a 12.8% drop in carloads and a 10.3% drop in intermodal, the Association...
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Future BART car heads west
Written by: Carolina Worrell, Managing EditorThe inaugural railcar from Bay Area Rapid Transit’s (BART) Fleet of the Future has been completed and is now headed on a cross-country journey from...
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FRA launches redesigned public-safety website
Written by: Carolina Worrell, Managing EditorThe Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on March 17, 2016 launched a redesigned website described as “a one-stop shop to help drivers, pedestrians, and...
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