In response to ongoing social unrest and social injustice across the United States, Canadian Pacific (CP) is donating $1 million to three organizations to support the people of Minneapolis, home to the headquarters of CP’s U.S. operations, as well as support meaningful positive change nationally.
WTS International has elected a new board of directors, led by Paula Hammond, Multimodal Market Leader for WSP USA, as its chair, as well as Barbara Arens, WSP SVP, to serve on the WTS Foundation Board of Directors.
The League of Railway Women (LRW) has appointed Anne Schlegel, JD, Senior Contracts Manager, Holland, L.P., to the Membership Chair Position and promoted Erica Sander, Manager, Government Relations, Trinity Rail, to Board Secretary. Holland, L.P. and Trinity Rail are LRW Silver Corporate Partners.
There are many paths a company may take to reduce expenses in the midst of an economic downturn. Among them is downsizing the workforce, cutting middle management and/or eliminating nonessential travel. These may look like good ideas on paper, but they’re likely to affect training and development budgets via slashed scheduled trainings, suspended current training, limited development opportunities (trade shows, conferences, etc.) or myriad other reasons.
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ended May 30, 2020, as well as volumes for May 2020. And while the drops in traffic were there in both instances, AAR feels that there were some “heartening” signs.
Canadian Pacific (CP) has completed its previously announced acquisition of the Central Maine & Quebec Railway US Inc. (CMQ US).
CN has moved more than 2.52 million metric tonnes (MMT) of western Canadian grain, ahead of the previous May record of 2.40 MMT set in 2014 and more than 20% ahead of the three-year average.
Rail Propulsions Systems, LLC, (RPS) of Fullerton, Calif., has successfully restored and recycled locomotive 999, an early zero-emission battery prototype which was developed by NS more than 10 years ago to be a road switcher but did not meet the requirements and the project was abandoned.
John Scheib has stepped down as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of Norfolk Southern (NS), effective June 1. In conjunction with this change, the railroad also announced several “organizational enhancements.” Functions within the Service Optimization and Customer Engagement Division, which include Strategic Planning, Network Planning and Optimization, and Customer Operations, will be integrated into the Finance, Operations, and Marketing divisions, respectively.
After a period of unprecedented confinement, ensuring the safety of workers—no longer able to work remotely—in public transport is at the heart of concerns. At a time of progressive deconfinement, social distancing has become the norm in the public space and tends to become so in public transport. To contribute to the collective effort, ENGIE Solutions is committed to participate in reviving lifestyle habits in the best conditions.