Metra seeks easy terms, as many cars and locos “as possible”

The builders’ line forms to the right.

Miner hopper outlet gate a popular pick

Miner Enterprises said that industry adoption of the company’s Double Groove pneumatic outlet gate for plastics continues to accelerate, and has been specified on more than 2,400 new railcars in recent months.

Improvement seen on CP Q1 results

Canadian Pacific Railway announced revenues of $1.19 billion (C$1.6 billion) for the first quarter of 2017, an increase of 1% from the year-ago quarter, and earnings per share of $2.17, down from or $2.60.

Intermodal employees ratify CP contract

Canadian Pacific and the United Steelworkers Local 1976 announced that the union had ratified a five-year labor agreement covering approximately 600 administrative support and intermodal employees in Canada.

Coal leads modest U.S. weekly carload gains

Coal again led just three of 10 tracked commodity groups posting on-year carload gains for the week ending April 15, according to the Association of American Railroads.

Eurostar selects Masergy for digital deployment

Masergy Communications Inc. announced that UK-based Eurostar has selected the company’s Hybrid Networking and Managed Security solutions to facilitate the high-speed railway’s digital transformation initiatives for customer-facing transactions.

WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff adds executives in New Jersey, Michigan

WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff has made two appointments in its New Jersey and Michigan offices.

Charger loco starting Caltrans revenue testing

Siemens said that the first SC-44 Charger diesel-electric passenger locomotives for the California Department of Transportation will begin revenue testing on the Sacramento-Oakland-San Jose Capitol Corridor before the end of April.

Simons leading WTS LA chapter

Kathy Simons has been elected president of the Los Angeles chapter of WTS International, the organization founded to advance women in transportation.

California formally petitions for zero-emissions locomotives

The California Air Resources Board has petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to take action to adopt more stringent emission standards for locomotives, saying that the move is needed to clean up the air in “high-risk” communities in and around the nation’s railyards.

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