Wabtec Delivers PowerHaul Locomotives to Operail

After completing customization work to meet the 1,525mm gauge requirements at Tulomsas in Turkey, Wabtec has delivered the first two of nine PowerHaul locomotives to Operail in Finland. They’re undergoing testing and certification, after which they’ll be able to go into service.

CS Adds Patel, Levan to Its Transit + Shared Mobility Practice

Cambridge Systematics (CS) recently added two senior leads to its Transit + Shared Mobility Practice with Satyen Patel, National Asset Management Lead, and Dalia Leven, National Planning Lead for Transit + Shared Mobility.

SISCOG Study Touts VIA Rail

Software company SISCOG has released a case study that highlights the financial and management advantages of VIA Rail’s decision-support and optimization system, which includes savings of C$10 million.

ASLRRA Honors Jimenez, Herod With Safety Awards

The American Short Line Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) has honored Jose Jimenez, Machinist, The Belt Railway Company of Chicago (BRC) as Safety Person of the Year, and Travis Herod, SVP of Environmental, Health and Safety at Watco Companies (Watco) as the Safety Professional of the Year.

Swanson, Wacker Join H&H as Sr. Project Managers

H&H announced that Howard Swanson and Earl Wacker have joined the company as Senior Project Managers in the Rail Practice.

Report: NYMTA to Freeze Capital Projects Amid Financial Woes

According to a report in THE CITY, the New York MTA is expected to announce that a 60-day hold on capital projects announced in March will remain in place while the transit agency tries to secure another $3.9 billion in emergency federal funding.

Phase 1 Complete on GITC

Stonemont Financial Group announced that construction has officially finished on phase one of the Georgia International Trade Center (GITC) in Effingham County, Ga., near Savannah.

Rail Traffic Still Down

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ended June 20, 2020, and, for this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 457,278 carloads and intermodal units, down 12.9% compared with the same week last year.

Sukow Hired as WSP VP, Construction Services Lead

Derich Sukow has been named Vice President and Construction Services Lead for the Southwest district at WSP USA.

Mahoney Named RailSolutions SVP

RailSolutions, LLC has named Mike Mahoney as Senior Vice President, effective June 22, 2020. In his new role, Mahoney will be responsible for customer relationships and day-to-day projects.

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