When last we heard from American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) President Chuck Baker, he was testifying before the Senate Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Transportation and Safety on the role Class II and III railroads play in supporting intermodal connections across the U.S. surface transportation network. He also urged support for the Short Line 45-G Tax Credit.
The Short Line Safety Institute (SLSI) announced on March 29 that it has hired Dr. Kim Davies-Schrils as Director, Research and Organizational Development. She will be responsible for providing design, development, oversight and analysis of key programs, and also primary research and scientific and technical reports based on program outputs.
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) on March 29 launched a new Human Trafficking Awareness and Public Safety Initiative, which includes two Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) totaling $4 million to prevent human trafficking and other crimes that may occur on buses, trains and other modes of public transportation.
Strategic Rail Finance (SRF) on March 20 named Scott Spencer as Executive Consultant of the firm’s business advisory practice.
AECOM on March 26 named Beth McCluskey Associate Vice President, Director of Business Development, Transit and Freight Rail of the global infrastructure service firm’s Chicago office.
A gain in intermodal partly offset what was otherwise a dismal week for freight rail traffic, according to figures for the week ending March 23, 2019 released by the Association of American Railroads (AAR) on March 27.
Kansas City Southern announced on March 26 that it will expand the deployment of the CloudMoyo Crew Management tool (CCM) currently used in Mexico on KCSM to its U.S. operations.
Kansas City Southern confirmed on March 21 that the Investigation Authority of the Mexican Federal Competition Commission (COFECE) published an excerpt of its preliminary report about its assessment of effective competition in the market of freight railway transportation services “regarding certain chemical and petrochemical products shipped in certain specific routes with an origin or destination in the southern region of the State of Veracruz.”
The Greenbrier Companies announced March 22 that it had received orders for 3,800 new railcars with an aggregate value of nearly $450 million during its fiscal second quarter ended Feb. 28. At the same time, the company announced preliminary financial results for its fiscal second quarter.
John Ponzio has been promoted to Senior Vice President of STV’s National Systems Group.