Connecticut bond commission approves additional funds for NHHS rail program
Written by: Mischa Wanek-Libman, Engineering EditorThe Connecticut State Bond Commission approved an additional $50 million in funding for the New-Haven-Hartford-Springfield (NHHS) Rail Program. The...
View ArticleCaltrain Electrification delay: Railway suppliers step up
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefBalfour Beatty and Stadler U.S. Inc., the Peninsula Corridor Electrification Project’s principal contractors, have provided Caltrain with the flexibility...
View ArticleOrseno set to retire at year-end
Written by: Mischa Wanek-Libman, Engineering EditorDon Orseno, who began his career in 1974 as a ticket collector on the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific, will retire as Metra Executive Director and...
View ArticleTRAC Intermodal launches premium chassis pool
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefTRAC Intermodal’s TRAC Select is premium chassis pool “fleeted with a wide array of specialty chassis and services to meet specific customer and...
View ArticleAAR pens list of rail "priorities" for Trump White House
Written by: Stuart Chirls, Senior EditorThe Association of American Railroads on Tuesday outlined what it called a list of infrastructure priorities for the railroad industry in a letter to the Trump...
View ArticleRusty Spike Award for Dow’s hypocrisy
Written by: Frank N. Wilner, Contributing EditorSome three decades ago, the Association of American Railroads bestowed Rusty Spike Awards to recognize hypocritical posturing by those seeking...
View ArticleGreenbrier showing at Middle East Rail Expo
Written by: Stuart Chirls, Senior EditorRailcar builder The Greenbrier Companies announced it will be exhibiting at the Middle East Rail conference March 7-8 in Dubai, UAE. James Cowan, President of...
View ArticlePrendergast joins STV
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefThomas F. Prendergast, recently retired Chairman and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Railway Age’s 2017 Railroader of the Year, has...
View ArticleCoal on the rise: AAR
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefIn reporting U.S. rail traffic volumes for the week ending Feb. 25, 2017 and the month of February 2017, the Association of American Railroads noted that...
View ArticleBrohm named PNR RailWorks EVP
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefRailWorks Corp. has appointed John Brohm, a 30-year veteran of the transit and rail supply industry, as Executive Vice president with responsibility for...
View ArticleCowen and Company: “On the road” with Greenbrier
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefCowen and Company’s Matt Elkott and Jason Seidl (Railway Age’s Wall Street Contributing Editor) spent a couple of days “on the road” in Portland and...
View ArticleWabtec lands $97 million TEXRail C&S contract
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefWabtec Corp. has signed a $97 million contract to provide signaling and communication services for TEXRail, a new, 27-mile, double-track Fort Worth...
View ArticleFor RMS, Orange EV T-Series is green
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefRail Management Services LLC (RMS), one of the largest rail intermodal terminal operators in the U.S., is expanding use of electric trucks following a...
View ArticleChanges at the top for AllTranstek
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefAllTranstek LLC, Downers Grove, Ill., a provider of tank car fleet management and technical services, has made two key senior-level appointments. Andy...
View ArticleGreenbrier fulfilling Brazilian footprint expansion
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefThe Greenbrier Companies, Inc. on March 2 completed its agreement to increase ownership in Amsted-Maxion Equipamentos E Serviços Ferroviários S.A....
View ArticlePlease don’t toss the Angus burgers, OK?
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefI travel between the New York metro area and Washington D.C. several times a year on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor trains, and I always treat myself to one...
View ArticleCN sets share repurchase
Written by: Stuart Chirls, Senior EditorCanadian National Railway Co. announced that it plans to repurchase common shares under a specific share repurchase program. The program will form part of the...
View ArticleJessica Kahanek joins AAR
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefJessica Kahanek, the Press Secretary at the National Labor Relations Board since January 2015, begins March 7 as Press Secretary for the Association of...
View ArticleMichael Ward, railroader and philanthropist
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefNow that Michael Ward has retired as CEO of CSX, he will remain in Jacksonville and continue the work that he loves as much as running a railroad—giving...
View ArticleChicago Transit Authority plans 70th anniversary celebration
Written by: Stuart Chirls, Senior EditorIn 2017 the Chicago Transit Authority is marking its 70th anniversary as a governmental organization when it took over operations of the city’s buses, streetcars...
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