FRA reports new rail safety gains
The Federal Railroad Administration’s preliminary safety report for the period January-August 2012 shows continued safety gains in key areas of freight railroading.
The Federal Railroad Administration’s preliminary safety report for the period January-August 2012 shows continued safety gains in key areas of freight railroading.
At least 19 measures involving rail and public transit are on the ballot Tuesday across the U.S., with Los Angeles County potentially the biggest player involved. Voters in America’s second-largest city and surrounding munciipalities will decide whether to extend a half-cent sales tax (the existing Measure R, approved in 2008) by 30 years.
Omaha, Neb.-based Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. continues to reap handsome returns from its purchase of BNSF Railway. Berkshire late Monday announced that total third-quarter revenue grew 22% year-over-year to $41.1 billion, with a particularly strong performance from BNSF.
Attorneys for Seattle-based Talgo, Inc. on Monday announced they had filed a lawsuit on behalf of the rail equipment manufacturer against the state of Wisconsin, based on the state’s decision “to terminate its contract with the State of Wisconsin to build passenger trains to be used by the State for Amtrak’s Hiawatha line between Milwaukee and Chicago.”
Domestic container volume recorded double digit growth for the fourth quarter in a row, according to the Intermodal Association of North America’s (IANA) Intermodal Market Trends & Statistics report, released Monday.
New York-area residents attempted some resumption of “normal” travel-to-work routine Monday, with varying degrees of success. But New Jersey residents may be deprived of adequate rail transit alternatives for far longer than their counterparts in New York State and Connecticut may expect, in large part due to damaged rolling stock and locomotives.
New York Air Brake and its Train Dynamic Systems Division announced that the company’s facility in Irving, Tex., has passed an intensive audit and has been recommended for accreditation for the ISO 9001:2008 standard.
Fiscal year 2012 was a record one for The Greenbrier Cos., both in terms of earnings and revenue, the Lake Oswego, Ore.-based company said. The company’s fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2012.
Norfolk Southern announced Friday that Timothy J. Drake, vice president engineering, will retire Oct. 31 and will be succeeded by Michael J. Wheeler, formerly vice president transportation. Succeeding Wheeler will be Terry N. Evans, formerly vice president process engineering.
Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART), expanding its system from its namesake territory into California’s Silicon Valley, has awarded a $10 million contract to Cubic Transportation Systems, Inc., to install a regionally interoperable Clipper® Card payment system to its new customers.