Amtrak power renewal: 75 Siemens Chargers for long-distance trains

Amtrak will acquire 75 new Siemens Charger diesel locomotives for $850 million to replace aging power in its National Network locomotive fleet.

Tentative pact for CN, union

The largest Canadian freight railroad said that it has reached agreement following negotiations with a key union in its nationwide network.

Baulsir to lead Trinity Metro

The Trinity (Texas) Metro Board of Directors named Robert Baulsir as the agency’s new president and chief executive, effective April 15, 2019.

Energy commodities lead carload data

Traffic on U.S. railroads was 568,941 carloads and intermodal units for the week ending December 15, up 3.9% compared with the same week in 2017.

VIDEO: Elon Musk rolls out transit tunnel test

In the latest example of what’s old is new again, Elon Musk demonstrated a prototype of a high speed tunnel he believes could revolutionize vehicular traffic in cities.

OmniTRAX sees a hit in new Georgia & Florida line

Short line operator OmniTRAX is partnering with forest products giant Georgia-Pacific on a transportation solution for the latter’s new plant in Albany, Ga.

Stucki expands locomotive services with Savage Fuel pick-up

SCI Rail Holdings LLC announced that it has acquired Savage Fueling Corp., the locomotive fueling and mechanical services subsidiary of Savage Services Corp.

Blume Global to power global digital platform for BNSF Logistics

BNSF Logistics has selected Blume Global as its digital supply chain platform, providing solutions to assist BNSF in optimizing the intermodal transport services it offers to customers worldwide.

$121M for Indiana crossing upgrades

Weeks after federal officials called for improvements in grade-crossing safety nationwide, Indiana has stepped up with millions in state funding to help pay for life-saving projects. Gov. Eric Holcomb, along with officials

Intermodal traffic takes up slack carload volume

For the week of December 8, U.S. weekly rail traffic was 570,225 carloads and intermodal units, up 3.1% from the same week in 2017.

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