Trackmobile recognizes best-performing distributors

Trackmobile announced its top four performing Distributors with Awards of Excellence for 2016.

More rain whipsaws BNSF with outages in NorCal, PNW

High water blocked BNSF’s Lakeside Subdivision between Spokane and Pasco, Wash., Thursday in the twisting, narrow Hatton Coulee between Hatton and Connell.

SoftBank buys Florida East Coast owner

SoftBank Group Corp. has acquired Fortress Investment Group LLC, parent of Florida East Coast Railway and TRAC Intermodal, for $3.3 billion in cash.

CP campaign touts preventative use of in-cab cameras for safety

Canadian Pacific Railway on Tuesday launched an awareness campaign highlighting the safety benefits of the prevetative use of inward-facing cameras in the cabs of locomotives.

STB adjusts rail productivity measure, calls public meeting

The Surface Transportation Board announced that it is adopting a tentative new measure of average change in railroad industry productivity for 2011-15.

Brooks new CMO for Canadian Pacific

Canadian Pacific has promoted John Brooks to senior vice-president and chief marketing officer, responsible for business units and sales and marketing staff based throughout North America.

New Amtrak Charger locomotives testing on Cascades route

National certification testing of Amtrak’s new Charger locomotive is being conducted by the Washington State Department of Transportation.

CSX calls special shareholders meeting to consider Harrison proposals

CSX late on Feb. 14 called a special meeting of shareholders to consider what it termed “extraordinary requests” by hedge fund Mantle Ridge LP and former Canadian Pacific CEO Hunter Harrison.

VIDEO: In Chicago, Norfolk Southern opens locomotive repair center

Norfolk Southern today opened a new locomotive maintenance and repair facility in Chicago, enhancing its services in the largest U.S. rail hub.

Port of Virginia: Record TEUs as terminal expansion begins

The Port of Virginia set a record for monthly volume, 228,516 TEUs in January, an increase of 18.5% from the same month the previous year, and up 8% year-to-date.

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