O’Neill stirs crowd with keynote address
There are a few occasions when one is fully aware of who the baddest dude in the room is. Such was the case during the Railway Interchange 2015 keynote address by retired Navy SEAL Robert O’Neill.
Author: Mischa Wanek-Libman
Zetica, Balfour Beatty Rail’s RASC Pod brings versatility to trackbed inspection
Zetica Rail and Balfour Beatty Rail call the Railway Asset Scanning Car Pod (RASC Pod) a new concept for trackbed inspection combining most elements of dedicated track recording cars on a flexible platform.
Loram unveils new shoulder ballast cleaner at RI2015 outdoor exhibit
Loram Maintenance of Way, Inc., introduced the industry to the next entrant in its ballast maintenance product line with the launch of the Shoulder Ballast Cleaner 2400 at Railway Interchange’s outdoor exhibit.
voestalpine Nortrak executes special trackwork encapsulation for NORTA streetcar project
voestalpine Nortrak’s encapsulation of the Half Grand Union located at Canal and Rampart on New Orleans Regional Transit Authority’s (NORTA) streetcar expansion is the first large scale field application of insulating material to the trackwork components undertaken in North America.
The industry converges for start of biennial event
The largest gathering of the North American rail industry kicks off Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015 and will focus on the technology and trends that keep railroads going.
AREMA’s Bowman: Railway Interchange is the most significant industry event of the year
I’m truly looking forward to Railway Interchange 2015 in Minneapolis next month. The first one was held here four years ago and was a huge success. This one promises to be even bigger and better and is by far, the most significant industry event of the year.
Coal decline dents British freight performance
Britian’s Office of Rail and Road (ORR) published its rail freight statistics for the first quarter of the 2015-16 financial year on September 24, revealing total volumes fell by 17.7% compared with the first quarter of 2014-15 to 4.6 billion net tonne-km.
Rep. McMorris Rodgers tours L.B. Foster concrete tie facility
On September 22, 2015, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-05) joined Railway Engineering-Maintenance Suppliers Association and National Railroad Construction & Maintenance Association member L.B. Foster Company for a tour of its concrete tie manufacturing facility.
Frauscher’s US subsidiary plans exhibit debut at Railway Interchange 2015
Frauscher, an Austria-based inductive sensor technology company, will be exhibiting for the first time at Railway Interchange 2015.
RailComm plans new product launch for Railway Interchange 2015
RailComm will launch its new smart monitoring and analytics platform, RailComm Insight™, as well as new software and hardware products for yard automation and mainline dispatching at Railway Interchange 2015.