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Amsted Rail, GE form strategic partnership
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefAmsted Rail and GE Transportation have formed a joint venture “to combine GE’s experience in train management and locomotive monitoring with Amsted...
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Williams from Texas rails to Urban Services
Written by: Ben Vient, Managing EditorUrban Services, Inc. announced that Sherry Williams, PE, has been hired as a senior project manager. Ms. Williams comes to the firm with 20 years’ experience in...
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Cowan appointed President, Greenbrier International
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefThe Greenbrier Companies Inc. has appointed Jim Cowan President of Greenbrier International, reporting to Greenbrier Chairman and CEO William A. Furman....
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Parsons’ Walker Ford elected to APTA Board of Directors
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefJannet Walker Ford, Vice President and North America Director of Policy and Strategic Programs at Parsons, has been elected to the American Public...
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STB releases SAC rate reasonableness methodology study
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefA Surface Transportation Board study on the Board’s SAC (stand-alone cost) rate reasonableness methodology is complete and can be downloaded at the link...
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Union Pacific focus: Future
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefCover story, September issue: Like most Class I railroads, Union Pacific has had to make adjustments to deal with sharp declines in coal and other...
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Kelly named 2016 Gallery of Success awardee
Written by: Ben Vient, Managing EditorGregory A. Kelly, president and chief executive officer of the U.S. and Latin America region of WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff, has been named the 2016 Gallery of...
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AAR reaction to STB's SAC rate reasonableness methodology study
Written by: Ben Vient, Managing EditorThe Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) on September 22 released an independent study it commissioned from InterVISTAS Consulting LLC that examined the...
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CP strong into harvest season
Written by: Ben Vient, Managing EditorCanadian Pacific reports it's well-positioned and ready to move this year's western Canadian grain crop, which is forecast to be significantly bigger than the...
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Jason Seidl: Shippers want more rail service
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefCowen and Company Managing Director and Railway Age Wall Street Contributing Editor Jason Seidl attended the North East Association of Rail Shippers...
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The rail economy needs you!
Written by: David Nahass, Financial EditorA leasing company peer was lamenting the state of the railcar marketplace, the downward and steady pressure on railcar lease rates and the dim prospects for a...
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CP unveils hazmat website
Written by: Ben Vient, Managing EditorCanadian Pacific on Sept. 26 unveiled a new webpage, cpr.ca/HazMat, which showcases CP's dangerous goods response capabilities, training available to first...
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CN to double community tree planting program
Written by: Ben Vient, Managing EditorCN announced September 26 that 50 communities across Canada will be awarded grants of $25,000 to fund local tree planting projects in honour of the nation's 150th...
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Redefining medical fitness for duty
Written by: William C. KeppenFRA-regulated railroads are the only U.S. transportation mode that do not have comprehensive, federally mandated medical fitness-for-duty standards and monitoring...
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Talgo to refurbish Los Angeles metro trains
Written by: Keith Barrow, Associate Editor, International Railway JournalThe board of Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) has selected Talgo for a contract to refurbish up...
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Industry-Railway Suppliers Inc. partners with Panduit
Written by: Ben Vient, Managing EditorIndustry-Railway Suppliers Inc. announced a new partnership with Panduit Corp., a family owned business based in Tinley Park, Ill. The focus, says the company,...
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AAR: Total weekly U.S. rail traffic down 4.8%
Written by: Ben Vient, Managing EditorThe Association of American Railroads (AAR) today for the week ending September 24, 2016, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 539,609 carloads and intermodal units,...
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AAR to Congress: STB is over-reaching
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefOn the offensive following the Surface Transportation Board’s recent flurry of activity on multiple proposed regulations, the Association of American...
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$1.6 billion new train station for New York
Written by: Ben Vient, Managing EditorIn January 2016, Empire State Development, the New York MTA, Long Island Rail Road and Amtrak issued an RFP soliciting proposals for the comprehensive...
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NJT train crashes at Hoboken Terminal
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefAt least one person died and up to 100 have been injured, some of them critically, when an NJ Transit train went through an end-of-platform bumper and...
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