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122 Siemens S70 LRVs for Sound Transit
Written by: Ben Vient, Managing EditorSiemens announced September 29 a contract to provide 122 new S70 light rail vehicles (LRVs) for Sound Transit, the regional transit system serving the Seattle and...
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MBTA develops Innovation Proposal Policy
Written by: Ben Vient, Managing EditorThe MBTA connects some of the country's busiest universities with the downtown business community and the heart of the state's thriving technology sector, and now...
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Canada to finance Angolan locomotive order
Written by: Dan TempletonCanada’s export credit agency, Export Development Canada (EDC), has agreed to provide Angola with a $US 429.5 million loan to finance the purchase of 100 locomotives from...
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Chicago's Red Line extension project to 130th street moves forward
Written by: Ben Vient, Managing EditorThe Chicago Transit Authority announced on September 29 a series of upcoming events that will advance the Red Line Extension Project, a plan to extend Red Line...
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Mid-Coast Transit Contractors awarded $921.8 million San Diego contract
Written by: Ben Vient, Managing EditorSkanska announced on September 30 that Mid-Coast Transit Contractors – a joint venture of Stacy and Witbeck, Herzog and Skanska – has been awarded a $921.8 million...
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STB finalizes arbitration rules
Written by: Ben Vient, Managing EditorThe Surface Transportation Board announced September 30 that it is adopting final rules to modify its arbitration procedures in accordance with the requirements of...
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Suppliers to Congress: STB shooting first, asking questions later
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefThe industry groundswell attacking the Surface Transportation Board’s pending actions on forced access and commodity reregulation has grown to include...
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Testing begins on Salvador metro Line 2
Written by: Keith Barrow, Associate Editor, International Railway JournalConstruction of the second phase of the metro network in the Brazilian city of Salvador reached a milestone on September 29 with...
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Mehdi Nezami promoted to LJA Senior Project Manager
Written by: Ben Vient, Managing EditorLJA Engineering announced that Mehdi Nezami, PE has been promoted to Senior Project Manager in its Land Division. Mehdi Nezami has over 15 years of experience in...
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UP's "Living Legend" returns
Written by: Ben Vient, Managing EditorUnion Pacific's 'Living Legend' No. 844 steam locomotive will travel more than 1,200 miles one-way to celebrate the Oct. 22 opening of Big River Crossing in...
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NTSB updates on Hoboken crash
Written by: Ben Vient, Managing EditorThe National Transportation Safety Board continues to update information regarding the September 29 crash of NJ Transit Pascack Valley Line train #1614 into the...
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LRIW honors Metro-North’s Bonilla
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefThe League of Railway Industry Women (LRIW) named MTA Metro-North Railroad Assistant Chief Engineer Track and Structures Anamaria Bonilla, P.E., 2016...
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ASLRRA: BRACE Act achieves majority support
Written by: Ben Vient, Managing EditorThe American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) announced October 4 that the current bi-cameral Building Rail Access for Customers and the...
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Caltrax launches in Calgary
Written by: Ben Vient, Managing EditorCaltrax Inc announced the October 3 launch of its Mobile Repair Unit in the Calgary area. Repairing railcars since 1992, Caltrax Inc expands further in Western...
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Signs of renewed life in the freight car market
Written by: William C. Vantuono and Bruce Kelly Obtaining an accurate read on the current freight car market is like trying to fine-tune a multiple-carburetor setup on a classic performance car. Adjust...
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Event recorder, camera recovered from NJT Hoboken wreck
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefThe NTSB has recovered the event recorder and Railhead Corp. video recorder from the control cab of the lead car of New Jersey Transit Pascack Valley...
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Ticketing opens for Amtrak's Autumn Express
Written by: Ben Vient, Managing EditorAmtrak announced the Amtrak Autumn Express will operate this year on Oct. 29 and 30 through parts of New York, New Jersey and northeastern Pennsylvania. Once...
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FRA directive on 111 tank cars
Written by: Ben Vient, Managing EditorOn September 30, 2016, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) issued a Railworthiness Directive (Directive or RWD) to all owners of Department of Transportation...
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AAR: total weekly U.S. rail traffic down 4%
Written by: Ben Vient, Managing EditorThe Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported total U.S weekly rail traffic for the week ending October 1, 2016 was 549,171 carloads and intermodal units,...
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New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund receives reauthorization
Written by: Mischa Wanek-Libman, Engineering EditorNew Jersey officials reauthorized the state's Transportation Trust Fund at $2 billion a year for the next eight years. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie...
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