Vote on Vancouver crude-by-rail project

The state of Washington today could help decide the fate of a crude-by-rail export terminal proposed for the city of Vancouver.

Four new cranes boost Savannah lift

Georgia bid up the competitive balance among East Coast container ports as it took delivery of four Neo-Panamax cranes at the Port of Savannah, already the largest U.S. container facility.

Intermodal climbs higher in weekly carloads

The Association of American Railroads reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending November 18 of 554,066 carloads and intermodal units, up 1.2%, compared with the same week in 2016.

DOT tabs Batory as rail advisor

With his nomination as Federal Railroad Administrator awaiting Senate confirmation, Ronald L. Batory has been named as a special assistant on railroad matters to Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao.

Progress Rail to acquire Downer of Australia

Progress Rail has signed an agreement to acquire Downer EDI’s freight rail business, Downer Freight Rail, an Australian railcar company.

Caltrax chooses RailcarRx software

Caltrax is the latest railcar repair shop to switch to RailcarRx Repair Management System (RMS), for cloud-based RMS to manage its daily railcar repair operations.

MBTA selects Green Line extension contractor

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Green Line Extension project team held a “price opening” to choose the design-build team to carry out the Green Line Extension’s design and construction work.

Heritage loco a CSX gift to Santa Train

While CSX this year has made headlines for all the wrong reasons, it gave the railroad industry a surprise gift for the holidays, rolling out a heritage locomotive to lead its annual Santa Train.

Siemens LRVs enter Muni service

Siemens, San Francisco’s Municipal Transportation Agency, and city officials celebrated the first Siemens-built light rail vehicle entering revenue service.

Gehl appointed to NRC Board

The National Railroad Construction & Maintenance Association (NRC) announced the appointment of Russ Gehl, Vice President of Sales and Marketing (Maintenance of Way), at Holland, to its Board of Directors.

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