ZTR: Engineering a Sustainable Future for the Railway Industry Through Clean Technology – RAIL GROUP ON AIR PODCAST

In this edition of Rail Group On Air, sponsored by ZTR, Business Development Manager – Rail Division Brodie McLellan and Railway IoT Program Manager Neil Shipley focus on the environmental and safety aspects

Phillip C. Hess, January 29, 1953 – June 20, 2021

Phillip Clayton Hess, Western Sales Manager at Rails Co. and a former RSSI (Railway Systems Suppliers Inc.) President, died June 20, 2021, at home, surrounded by his family. He was 68.

CG Railway President Hoffman Lijeron: RAIL GROUP ON AIR PODCAST with MARINE LOG

Two new rail ferries, the Maya and the Cherokee, will enter Gulf of Mexico service this year for CG Railway LLC (CGR), a joint venture of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. and SEACOR Holdings Inc. CGR, which

Fernandez Confirmed as FTA Head

The U.S. Senate on June 10 confirmed Nuria Fernandez as the 15th Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). Fernandez is also the first Senate-confirmed woman of color to lead FTA, and the first confirmed Administrator in more than a decade.

Sure-Footed Sorting

RAILWAY AGE, JUNE 2021 ISSUE: Through technology, railroads can say
bye-bye to classification yard bottlenecks.

Commentary

Revenue Adequacy Rhetoric Redux (Yawn)

It’s déjà vu all over again, and I’ve observed a lot by watching. Yes, ladies and gentlemen (present company included, I hope?), it’s time once again when we’ve come to that diverging approach on the railroad regulatory right-of-way called “revenue adequacy,” as defined by the Surface Transportation Board. Let’s take that turnout, even though no one, except perhaps railroad and shipper attorneys, goes there anymore, because it’s too crowded. So wye does it matter?

CHSRA Federal Funding Restored

The Biden Administration and the State of California on June 7 reached a settlement to restore a $928.6 million grant agreement that Donald Trump had tried to kill—an action that prompted a lawsuit.

Commuter Rail Coalition – The Liability Insurance Crisis: RAIL GROUP ON AIR PODCAST

Commuter Rail Coalition Vice Chair Mike Noland (South Shore Line) and Director of Government Affairs John Cline (Cline Strategic Consulting) discuss how the decidedly unsexy issue of excess liability insurance has become

Commentary

SCDTF: Without Rail, It’s Just Another Acronym

As part of a larger initiative stemming from “key findings” from reviews directed under President Joe Biden’s Feb. 24, 2021 Executive Order (E.O.) 14017, “America’s Supply Chains,” as well as “immediate actions the Administration will take to strengthen American supply chains to promote economic security, national security and good-paying, union jobs here at home,” the Administration has established a Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force (SCDTF).

Feinberg Named First Woman MTA Chair

Feinberg, 43, and a Railway Age 2020 Women in Rail honoree, has been Interim President of MTA New York City Transit since March 2020. Foye is expected to be appointed as Interim President and CEO

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