Class I Briefs: UP, CPKC
Union Pacific (UP) participates in Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Also, Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) unveils its 2024 Holiday Train schedule and artist lineup.
Author: Carolina Worrell
BNSF Ratifies Five-Year Agreements With ATDA, SMART-MD (UPDATED 10/8)
BNSF recently announced that members of the American Train Dispatchers Association (ATDA) and the International Sheet Metal, Air and Transportation Railroad, Mechanical and Engineering Department (SMART-MD) voted to ratify a new agreement
NJ Transit Adds Conrail to Heritage Fleet
NJ Transit recently introduced its latest heritage locomotive—the GP40PH-2B No. 4208, freshly painted in Conrail livery.
Clamp It Down!
RAILWAY AGE, OCTOBER 2024 ISSUE: There’s more than one way to secure rail to crossties, from traditional spikes to a wide variety of clips, to suit any application. Gauge-holding capability, resiliency, noise
LA Metro Board Approves Joint Development, Measure M and R Transportation Projects
The LA Metro Board recently authorized entering into a Joint Development Agreement with NOHO Development Associates, LLC, an affiliate of Trammel Crow Company (TCC) and High Street Residential (TCC’s subsidiary), to build
SERTC Announces 2025 Course Schedule
The Security and Emergency Response Training Center (SERTC), a division of MxV Rail, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Association of American Railroads (AAR), on Oct. 2 announced the complete 2025 lineup
Small-Road Briefs: Universal Logistics Holdings, G&W, LongWater Partners, Watco
Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc., acquires rail terminal operator Parsec, LLC, Parsec Intermodal of Canada ULC, OB Leasing, LLC (Parsec). Also, Genesee & Wyoming (G&W) adds Mobile, Ala., railcar repair shop to its footprint; LongWater partners with industry executives to form Cypress Rail Solutions (Cypress); and Watco tests new railroad ties.
Liberty Development Partners Acquires Property to Expand Gulf Inland Logistics Park
Liberty Development Partners has completed the acquisition of 1,149 acres of prime industrial real estate in Dayton, Texas, along the Grand Parkway, south of Highway 90, from seller Sammi Damek to further expand Gulf Inland Logistics Park, which is in its second phase of a three-phase expansion that will total 3,800 acres.
Amtrak, NYMTA, NJ Transit Release NYP Feasibility Study
Amtrak, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and NJ Transit (the Railroad Partners) on Oct. 2 released a feasibility study that analyzes the potential of four concepts to double train capacity
NTSB Releases Illustrated Digest of East Palestine Investigation Report
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Sept. 24 released an illustrated digest of its investigation into the 2023 derailment of a Norfolk Southern (NS) freight train carrying hazardous materials in East