From the April 2016 issue of Railway Age: “Progress is about harnessing technology that promotes safety, efficiency and better customer service,” according to CSX. “Machine vision gives us new vantages of passing cars, from top-of-car views to undercarriage shots.”
From the April 2016 issue of Railway Age: How machine vision is revolutionizing automated vehicle health monitoring.
From the April 2016 issue of Railway Age: No matter the environment, fastening systems need to be resilient, easy to install and customizable to a variety of specifications.
“All four publicly traded railcar builders reported top-to-bottom first quarter misses, with our Outperform-rated Trinity (TRN) and Greenbrier (GBX) enjoying positive post-earnings stock reactions, while not-rated American Railcar Industries (ARII) and FreightCar America (RAIL) saw their shares decline and seem to now be contributing to pressure on TRN and GBX,” said Cowen and Company analyst Matt Ellcott on May 4, 2016.
“We are seeing an increase in interest in European rail technology from the North American railroads,” said Norwin Voegeli, President and CEO of United Rail, “In North America, transportation systems – especially rail transportation – has a strong need for technologies that will help reduce their environmental impact and that can help reduce operating costs through fuel efficiency. Ganser CRS has the system that will help our rail operators in these areas, and we are excited about the future with this great European company.”
“We are seeing an increase in interest in European rail technology from the North American railroads,” said Norwin Voegeli, President and CEO of United Rail, “In North America, transportation systems – especially rail transportation – has a strong need for technologies that will help reduce their environmental impact and that can help reduce operating costs through fuel efficiency. Ganser CRS has the system that will help our rail operators in these areas, and we are excited about the future with this great European company.”
The North American crude-by-rail (CBR) saga “is that of a victory of good old U.S. ingenuity over the lack of pipeline capacity that stranded booming shale oil production in 2012,” writes RBN Energy LLC analyst Sandy Fielden in the final installment of hisSlow Train Coming series on the rapid rise and fall of CBR.
Norfolk Southern, having shaken off unwanted suitor Canadian Pacific, reported “strong first-quarter [2016] results [that] demonstrate the significant progress we are making in line with our strategic plan,” according to Chairman, President and CEO James A. Squires.
An RBN Energy LLC analysis shows that about 1.7 million barrels per day of crude by rail (CBR) unload capacity has been built out and is operating in the Gulf Coast region. But this capacity “represents a whopping 12 times January 2016 shipments—a massive overbuild that is continuing today as new terminals are still planned.”
Crude by rail (CBR) shipments to California oil refineries have dwindled to a trickle, compared to their December 2013 peak, according to RBN Energy LLC analyst Sandy Fielden.