Stadler US will use ABB traction converters and batteries for the new trainsets it is building for Metra commuter rail in Chicago and for future Valley Rail passenger service between Merced and
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) on March 17 reported the permanent appointments of LaShanda Dawkins as Chief Administrative Officer, Jonathan Hunt as Chief Legal Counsel, and Steven Parker as Chief of
United Steelworkers (USW) ratifies a new collective bargaining agreement with Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC). Also, BNSF provides an intermodal network update; and Norfolk Southern (NS) pledges $500,000 to help expand the National Center for Civil and Human Rights.
The Montreal, Quebec-based Women in Governance (WiG) organization has awarded Alstom Canada with Parity Certification ™ for its “commitment to gender equity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace” in 2024. Parity Certification™
Operation Lifesaver, Inc. (OLI) has honored Robert “Bob” Crawford of Oklahoma City, Okla., with the 2024 F. Tom Roberts Memorial Volunteer Award in recognition of his “outstanding dedication to railroad safety education.”
California’s Caltrain has begun installing Herzog’s LiDAR and camera-based artificial intelligence (AI) system at its Churchill Avenue highway/rail grade crossing in Palo Alto to mitigate collisions between commuter rail trains and vehicles, people, or other objects, following an earlier installation at the Broadway Crossing in Burlingame.
Alongside Canada’s new Prime Minister, Mark Carney, Chrystia Freeland on March 14 was sworn in as Minister of Transport and Internal Trade in a ceremony presided by the Governor General, Her Excellency the Right Honorable Mary Simon, at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.
Pinsly Railroad Company (Pinsly) elevates Steve Laird and Jared Sleeth to Vice President Commercial and Assistant Vice President Business Development, respectively. Also, Steve Levene joins Network Rail Consulting as Regional Director, Canada.
The city of Winter Haven, Fla., lands a $1.5 million grant to extend rail access within the Central Florida Integrated Logistics Park, which is served by CSX. Also, Norfolk Southern (NS)-partner The Anderson-DuBose Company breaks ground on a Tennessee distribution facility; and BNSF welcomes to its network ALCIVIA, which recently completed major construction milestones at its new train shuttle loading facility in Hager City, Wis.
The Ontario government has awarded the construction contract for the East Harbour Transit Hub in Toronto, an interchange station connecting to Metrolinx’s Lakeshore East and Stouffville GO commuter rail lines and providing access to the future Ontario Line subway and future Toronto Transit Commission streetcar extension.