Wabtec Corporation recently announced that it completed delivery of five diesel-electric PowerHaul® series locomotives to Körfez Ulaştırma A.Ş., the subsidiary of Turkey’s largest refinery Tüpraş operating in railway transportation.
After about only a year and a half in service, Virgin Trains recently surpassed one-million riders.
The Railway Supply Institute (RSI) recently announced that Railworks CEO Kevin Riddett has been named to the RSI Board of Directors.
New York & Atlantic Railway (NYA) recently announced that its Director of Transportation, Peter Oliver, is the winner of the 2019 Ones to Watch Award from the American Association of Railroad Superintendents (AARS).
Bytemark, Inc., a pioneer in mobile commerce ticketing and integration for the mass transit industry, recently announced the appointment of Eric Reese as Chief Operating Officer.
Reading & Northern Railroad recently announced the promotions of Jonathan Barket to Vice President of Communications and Signals and Matthew Collins to Assistant Vice President of Communications and Signals.
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported total U.S. Class I rail traffic for the week ended July 20, 2019 of 526,010 carloads and intermodal units, down 4.9% compared with the same week last year. For Canada’s railroads, traffic is on the rise, compared to 2018.
Commuter railroad Caltrain recently released its draft Service Vision for the next 20-plus years of service on the line. Under the vision recommended by Caltrain’s staff, “fast and frequent service would be the standard on the line.”
The U.S. DOT Volpe National Transportation Systems Center recently announced its recommendations for the 2019 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) solicitation, which includes VisioStack’s proposal Aerial Crossing Inspection System (AXIS).
Norfolk Southern (NS) noted that during the first week of July it was able to roll out the railroad’s new TOP21 Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR) operating plan “in a seamless changeover with minimal impact to customer service and network operations.”