Indiana(polis) (in) action may scuttle Hoosier State
Amtrak’s Hoosier State, linking Indianapolis with Chicago four days a week, may be terminated due to the state capital’s reluctance to provide operating funding support.
Amtrak’s Hoosier State, linking Indianapolis with Chicago four days a week, may be terminated due to the state capital’s reluctance to provide operating funding support.
Splitting the modal difference, the Board of Directors for Denver’s Regional Transportation District (RTD) has approved a light rail transit exentsion along with a “rapid bus” route.
SEPTA has announced an intense, concentrated “Trolley Tunnel Blitz” beginning Aug. 1, 2014 and continuing through early Aug. 18, in an “around-the-clock” endeavor to upgrade and improve infrastructure. Service will be discontinued for the duration of the project.
Wi-Tronix®, LLC says it has signed a contract with Co-Operative Bulk Handling (CBH), an Australian grain logistics co-operative, to provide locomotive remote monitoring and hosting services. The Wi-Tronix array of mobile asset
The Greenbrier Cos. Wednesday, July 2, 2014, reported fiscal third-quarter net earnings of $33.6 million, or $1.03 per diluted share, compared with last year’s fiscal third-quarter net earnings, excluding a non-cash goodwill impairment charge, of $15.7 million, or 50 cents per diluted share.
One hears the word “green” more than ever at any given rail conference, not without reason. Most in the rail world, naturally enough, apply the allusion to themselves and their fellow human beings. Most want a cleaner, greener world, a better environment, for themselves and their children. I do that, too. But I also use the Box Turtle as a standard measurement, and I insist the latter measurement shows rail transport, once again, to be the superior land mode.
Railway Supply Institute Vice President of Government Affairs Nicole Brewin expressed concerns Wednesday, June 4, 2014, of potential negative impacts resulting from the U.S. Environmental Protectation Agency (EPA) proposal on carbon emissions.
Amtrak, the Federal Railroad Administration, Norfolk Southern, and the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) have embarked on constructing the $71.4 million Indiana Gateway project, which will upgrade the right-of-way between Porter, Ind., and the Illinois state line shared by Amtrak and NS trains.
Despite continued sniping from anti-rail partisans, Arlington and Fairfax counties in Virginia have awarded a contract to Parsons Transportation Group to manage the municipality’s proposed Columbia Pike streetcar program.
The Railway Supply Institute (RSI) said Monday, May 5, 2014 that its RSI scholarship program deadline is May 31.