FreightCar America buys Navistar assets at Alabama plant

FreightCar America, Inc. has agreed to acquire Navistar’s railcar operations in Cherokee, Ala.

South Shore expands railcar storage options

Short line Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad (CSS) is offering expanded capacity for railcar storage.

Nice price: Metra to buy Amtrak locomotives

Chicago’s commuter rail agency is bargain-hunting as it looks to buy used locomotives to help bolster its motive power fleet.

Intermodal trending higher in latest week

Intermodal traffic as it has for most of the year outpaced carload volumes that were flat among U.S. railroads for the week ending Feb. 17.

PTC costs to shut Utah commuter line

Transit officials in Utah plan to suspend services on a segment of commuter rail connecting the suburbs north of Salt Lake City, citing the prohibitive cost of complying with new federal safety rules mandating PTC (Positive Train Control).

BNSF SoCal yard project headed to state Supreme Court

New York isn’t the only place with a problem getting a Gateway rail project built.

CP introduces TempPro, one-stop-service for perishable products

Canadian Pacific Railway has launched CP TempPro™, for perishable products, expanding the company’s business with perishable protective service (PPS) customers. 

Pentair offers Schroff Interscale platform for IoT applications

Pentair offers the Schroff Interscale plartform, a new concept for building embedded systems that offers design flexibility and affordable customization for industrial Internet of Things (IoT) applications.

Siemens and Atlanta Streetcar in data partnership agreement

Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), which operates the Atlanta Streetcar 2.7-mile Downtown Loop light rail line, has contracted with Siemens to maintain the fleet of four S70 LRVs which it supplied prior to the opening of the line in December 2014.

NJ Transit OKs new light rail route

NJ Transit has chosen a route for its expansion of its light rail network that will enable the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail to finally live up to its name.

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