To “fulfill its biennial requirement to update the California Legislature on the development and implementation of intercity high-speed rail service,” the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) has issued its 2023 Project Update Report.
Since 2017, when CSX began transforming its operating model, the company has achieved new levels of safety and operating performance through a “rigorous and comprehensive approach that includes investments in infrastructure technology; a growing workforce; fluid network operations; and a safety culture that emphasizes employee training and coaching,” the Class I reported on March 7.
RAILWAY AGE, MARCH 2023 ISSUE: Critical components like couplers, draft gears and end-of-car cushioning units must be capable of managing thousands of tons of force.
Adam Nori and Nick Borders have joined RailState’s sales and business development team. Also, the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA) appoints Lona Edwards Hankins as permanent CEO; and Union Pacific (UP) Executive Vice President and CFO Jennifer Hamann is named a recipient of The Manufacturing Institute’s 2023 Women MAKE Awards.
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) rolls out modifications to Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) Grand Central Madison train service. Also, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) officials express concern about the quality of work performed by China Railway Rolling Stock Corp. (CRRC).
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) on March 6 awarded a new contract to Crosstown Partners, a consortium of Thales and TC Electric (TCE), for the supply of SelTrac™ communications-based train control (CBTC) technology and to maintain the Crosstown Line system for 25 years. TCE as the construction contractor will upgrade the stations, wayside and track.
Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) on March 3 ratified an implementing agreement with Kansas City Southern (KCS) and Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern (DM&E), as well as a new collective bargaining agreement with the Union Railroad of Pittsburg, Pa.
Following the derailment of 11 Norfolk Southern (NS) hazardous materials (hazmat) tank cars in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 3, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) says it is “marking significant early progress on its efforts to hold the rail industry accountable to work with Congress on key rail safety reforms that will improve safety for communities and rail workers in the long-term.”
STV on March 1 announced its new 2023-2025 Strategic Plan outlining three key priorities and unveiled a new rebrand that “embodies the company’s bold new direction with updated purpose and values.”
CN announced March 1 that February 2023 was the “best February ever” for Western Canadian grain movement on the Class I’s network, moving more than 2.4 million metric tons of grain over the course of the month and exceeding the previous record set in February 2021 by more than 200,000 metric tons.