Genesee & Wyoming is considering a major change to its financial structure and ownership, and is exploring either taking on a strategic investment partner or an outright sale, according to a report from Bloomberg.
Canadian Pacific announced that it is appealing Transport Canada’s Feb. 8 Ministerial Order to address the securement of trains on mountain grades after a train is stopped by an emergency brake application.
At its Winter Meeting in January, the Midwest Association of Rail Shippers (MARS) elected its 2019 slate of officers.
Thomas Jenkins, P.E., has joined HNTB Corp. as a national transit/rail consultant.
Trackmobile, manufacturer of bi-modal mobile railcar movers, announced the recipients of its 2018 Distributor Awards, which acknowledge distributor leadership and overall excellence within the railcar mover industry.
Construction is under way on BNSF’s new Logistics Center Hudson, located approximately 25 miles north of Denver International Airport and 30 miles northeast of downtown Denver, and “designed to help customers reach Denver and its surrounding markets via rail-served sites in an easy fashion.” BNSF announced the new center concurrently with a rebranding of its logistics subsidiary, BNSF Logistics LLC.
On the heels of securing an order to supply the New York City Transit subways with gangway systems last year, Germany-based HÜBNER Group now has plans to build a new factory in the southeast U.S.
It’s better to be safe than sorry—even in sub-freezing weather.
Locomotive electrical components provider Ekyrail Enterprises has announced that Yan Taillon will serve as the company’s new president.
Conrail has tabbed Trainyard Tech to install the CLASSMASTER™ hump yard process control system at Oak Island Yard in Newark, N.J.