An anti-rail citizens coalition has abandoned its legal challenge against Ion light rail transit development in Ontario’s Region of Waterloo, which includes the municipalities of Waterloo, Kitchener, and Cambridge.
The Surface Transportation Board is requiring Canadian Pacific and BNSF “to publicly file their plans to timely resolve their backlogs of grain car orders, as well as weekly status reports pertaining to grain car service.”
The Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) and the Association of American Railroads (AAR) will jointly offer educational sessions highlighting intermodal’s significant and growing role in railroads’ transportation mix, beginning with this year’s Intermodal EXPO 2014.
The League of Railway Industry Women (LRIW) says it is now accepting nominations for its 2014 Outstanding Woman of the Year Award.
Plans to electrify the GO Transit regional rail network, previously pegged as a 10-year, C$1.8 billion endeavor, may prove problematic, Metrolinx CEO Bruce McCuaig has acknowledged.
All three major North American nations saw freight traffic gains during the week ending June 14, 2014, measured against the comparable week in 2013, the Association of American Railroads said Thursday, June 19. But U.S. intermodal volume, maintaining its longstanding momentum, was a star performer.
Holland LP said Wednesday, June 18, 2014 it has received the “TTX Excellent Supplier” designation based on its overall SECO (Supplier Evaluation Committee) evaluation.
A projected $12 million funding gap will not deter continued planning for Detroit’s M1 (or M-1) streetcar line, project supporters have vowed.
St. Paul’s Central Corridor light rail line, making its service debut Saturday, June 14, 2014, will feature Siemens S70 light rail vehicles tailored to address the city’s specific needs, a Siemens spokespersons said Thursday, June 12.
OmniTRAX said Thursday, June 12, 2014, it will manage the Brownsville & Rio Grande International Railroad, a short line railway based in Brownsville, Tex. As well, OmniTRAX will also develop a large-scale industrial park on land owned by the Brownsville Navigation District (BND) of Cameron County, the parent governmental body of the Port of Brownsville.
