South Florida Coastal Link seeks an operating agency. Also, KC Streetcar #807 is ready for passenger service; Trinity Metro adds four new Stadler DMU FLIRT vehicles to its fleet; and Alstom renews its contract to operate and maintain the Automated People Mover (APM) system at Denver International Airport.
The National Carriers Conference Committee (NCCC) reaches a tentative agreement with the National Conference of Firemen & Oilers (NCFO). Also, members of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division-International Brotherhood of Teamsters’ (BMWED-IBT) American Rail System Federation (ARSF) on the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis (TRRA) and the Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad (NPBL) ratify new collective bargaining agreements (CBAs).
After a long career in the association management profession, Railway Supply Institute (RSI) President Patty Long will retire, effective March 31, 2025.
A. Stucki Company names Michelle Baker as Chief Transformation Officer. Also, HDR’s Tyrone Gan is honored with Canadian Urban Transit Association’s (CUTA) William G. Ross Lifetime Achievement Award; and CN President and CEO Tracy Robinson is celebrated at the Horatio Alger Awards gala in Toronto.
CSX on Nov. 21 welcomed thousands of area residents to its yards in Erwin, Tenn., for a special CSX Holiday Express celebration.
The South Dakota Railroad Board on Nov. 19 voted to send $12.6 million to the Davison Regional Rail Authority for upgrades to service the state’s largest soybean processing facility, according to a
Following an assessment of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) pilot program, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), in a report to congressional committees, recommended three actions that the transit agency should take to “safeguard Inspector General (IG) independence and evaluate capital investment outcomes.”
A new Georgia Central Railway (GC)-served transload location opens. Also, Fastfrate Group opens a new facility at CentrePort Canada Rail Park.
Norfolk Southern (NS) recently announced that three of its rail-served industrial sites, located in Kentucky, South Carolina and Virginia, have received designations from the Site Selectors Guild’s Readiness Evaluation and Designation Initiative (REDI) Sites Program.
LA Metro continues ridership rebound with one million weekday boardings in October. Also, TriMet launches new vending machines to improve access to Hop Fastpass fare cards.