The Railway Association of Canada (RAC) has released a report on work stoppages in Canada, highlighting “the impacts of labor uncertainty on Canada’s GDP, workers’ earnings, and trade, and the outsized impacts
The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) on May 29, 2025 upheld 8-0 (with Justice Neil Gorsuch recusing himself) the Surface Transportation Board’s approval of the Uinta Basin Railway project, a $1.5 billion, 88-mile
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has selected WSP–PGH Wong Joint Venture (JV) to provide program management support for the Muni Metro system Train Control Upgrade Project (TCUP), a new communications-based
Norfolk Southern hosted its annual Short Line Conference on May 14, bringing together nearly 200 representatives from its network of more than 270 short line partners. “Throughout 2024 and into 2025, Norfolk Southern has
In January 2026, The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. will have a new CCO (Chief Commercial Officer): Ted Baun, who has joined the company’s North American Commercial Team as Senior Vice President. He will
Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) is donating an R-VACIS (Rail Vehicle and Cargo Inspection System) Integrated Rail 6500 setup to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for a border security initiative
MxV Rail is expanding its laboratory capabilities for rail component testing. “With a suite of new machines and test capabilities available and more laboratory test services rolling out soon, MxV Rail continues
The Association of American Railroads (AAR), in reporting freight rail traffic for the week ending May 17, 2025 (Week 20), noted that total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 490,775 carloads and intermodal
For the first time since the September 2024 devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, freight rail service has returned for Asheville, N.C.-area businesses and points west along Norfolk Southern’s AS Line (Knoxville District
The Hudson Yards Concrete Casing – Section 3 (HYCC-3) Project, a major component of the Gateway Program Hudson Tunnel Project (HTP), is “more than 50% complete, on track to be finished in 2026,
