Commentary

Defining Private Railcar Storage Best Practices

There are things the regulators don’t tell you about marshaling and storing freight cars, such as how to detect rail head wear. Most railroad executives would not know how to do this. This commentary will include a few pointers that your favorite Class I railroad salesperson won’t typically pass on as business intelligence. Bad things can and do occasionally happen in rail yards. Therefore, it is prudent risk management to consider these matters ahead of time.

Coalition Against Bigger Trucks Law Enforcement Advisory Board: Rail Group On Air Podcast

Some of the nation’s largest shippers and retailers right now are renewing their pursuit of major increases to the size and weight of trucks allowed on the nation’s highways. For example, as

Digital Twins and Building Information Modeling for Rail Transit Facilities: Rail Group on Air Podcast

Bentley Systems Director, Product Management – Building, Electrical, Plant and Structure Eduardo Lazzarotto discusses Building Information Modeling and Digital Twins technologies, especially how they can be applied to rail transit station design

O’Malley Departing RSI

After just over two years at the helm, Railway Supply Institute (RSI) President Mike O’Malley is leaving the organization at the end of July. O’Malley, who has served as RSI’s leader since early 2018, is “pursuing an opportunity with a corporation outside the Washington, D.C. area,” RSI said in an announcement. O’Malley joined the organization after serving in a government relations capacity with CSX.

2020 MIDYEAR REPORT: NORTH AMERICAN MOMENT

RAILWAY AGE, JULY 2020 ISSUE: In a world turned upside-down, opportunities abound. Will railroads seize the moment?

InnoTrans’ Kerstin Schulz: 2021 a “Unique Opportunity”

Kerstin Schulz, Show Director of InnoTrans, discusses the transition of InnoTrans 2020 to InnoTrans 2021, as well as the new elements that will be debuting at its next gathering, with Railway Age Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono.

For KCS, PSR Personnel Adjustments

Kansas City Southern on July 1 implemented several organizational changes “designed to further support the company’s ongoing Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR) strategy and provide development opportunities for several KCS leaders.”

USMCA, In Force, Offers Challenges, Opportunities

As the U.S.-Mexico-Canadian trade agreement (USMCA) officially becomes the governing statute for commerce across North America, Marc Brazeau, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Railway Association of Canada (RAC), Iker de Luisa Plazas, Director General of Asociacion Mexicana de Ferrocarriles (AMF) and Ian Jefferies, President and CEO of the Association of American Railroads (AAR) issued the following statement:

BNSF’s Carl Ice, Katie Farmer and Steve Bobb: Rail Group On Air Podcast

Railway Age Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono talks with the leadership team at BNSF Railway: Carl Ice, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Railway Age’s 2016 Railroader of the Year; Executive Vice President

Librera Exiting NYCT Subways

Sally Librera, the first woman appointed MTA New York City Transit Senior Vice President Subways, has resigned, effective July 24.

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