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Netherlands to AnsaldoBreda: Get your gear
Written by: Douglas John BowenNetherlands Railways has told AnsaldoBreda the Italian railcar manufacturer can pick up its 16 V250 Fyra high speed rail trains whenever it wants. NS has rejected the...
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Alaska Railroad notes Fairbanks yard mishap
Written by: Douglas John BowenAlaska Railroad Corp. said Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, that nine flatcars loaded with pipe separated and rolled away during a switching operation at the southeast end of its...
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Purple Line public comment period extended
Written by: Douglas John BowenMaryland Transit Administration (MTA) says the public comment period for the Purple Line Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) has been extended 15 days, with the...
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New president for MTA New York City Transit
Written by: Douglas John BowenNew York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Chairman and CEO Thomas F. Prendergast announced Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013 that he has appointed Carmen Bianco as...
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Six dead as bus hits VIA Rail Canada train
Written by: Douglas John BowenA double-decker OC Transpo bus struck a VIA Rail Canada passenger train at a fully protected grade crossing with functioning gates, lights, and bells in Ottawa, Wednesday...
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Norfolk Southern sets port coal-loading record
Written by: Douglas John BowenNorfolk Southern says it loaded a record amount of coal into a single ocean-going vessel on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, at Pier 6 at Lamberts Point, Port of Hampton Roads,...
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More digital kiosks set for New York subways
Written by: Douglas John BowenEncouraged by results a pilot program tested in five key subway stations, MTA New York City Transit will add 120 additional digital kiosks at 21 subway stations by year's...
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Kenosha commission OKs streetcar expansion
Written by: Douglas John BowenA plan to expand Kenosha, Wis.'s current PCC streetcar operation got the go-ahead Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, after the Transit Commission approved plans to add a...
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AAR: U.S. freight traffic gains again
Written by: Douglas John BowenMake it three weeks in a row, and the fourth week in the last five, that U.S. freight carload traffic increased when measured against the comparable week in 2012,...
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Hunter Harrison to regulator: Don’t mess with my productivity
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefThe Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) on Sept. 13, 2013, ordered Canadian Pacific Railway to immediately cease and desist “load testing” and idling...
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PB, Fluor awarded Saudi Landbridge contract
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefParsons Brinckerhoff, in association with Fluor Corp., will provide project management consulting services for the design and construction of the Saudi...
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For A&M, new power from EMD
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefElectro-Motive Diesel has delivered three SD70ACe demonstrator locomotives to the Arkansas & Missouri Railroad—the first AC traction locomotives for...
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Biden, Foxx visit CSX Northwest Ohio Intermodal Terminal
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefVice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx visited CSX's Northwest Ohio Intermodal Terminal in Wood County on Wednesday, Nov....
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APTA, UNIFE sign MOU
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefThe European Rail Industry Association (UNIFE) and the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...
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CSX CFO outlines railroad’s intermodal strategy
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefCSX Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Fredrik Eliasson, in a presentation at the Baird Industrials Conference in Chicago, said that...
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CN: Capital-intensive, customer-driven
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefA model of efficiency and productivity, CN is investing strategically in its network to assure a safe, fluid system, and grow its service-oriented...
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A closer look at LNG
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefOver its roughly 200 years of history, the North American railroad industry has been shaped by numerous technological milestones, among which are steel...
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Bombardier joins AAR; committee seat nominations open
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefBombardier Transportation has joined the Association of American Railroads as a new Gold Associate Member. Bombardier’s rail business employs U.S....
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Columbia Basin Railroad seeds Pacific Coast Canola
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefThe Columbia Basin Railroad (CBRR) delivered its first unit train of canola seed for Pacific Coast Canola (PCC) at PCC’s facility in Warden, Wash. on the...
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Talgo USA to Scott Walker: Pay up!
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefWisconsin’s arch-conservative, Tea-Party-favorite governor, Scott Walker, may have gotten more than he bargained for (or didn’t bargain for) when he...
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