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High Expectations, Hot Market

RAILWAY AGE, MARCH 2025 ISSUE: In terms of freight car types, the North American covered hopper car interchange fleet, at 570,000 units, is the largest. Within the next eight years, approximately 53,000

NJT, BLET Reach Tentative Agreement

NJ Transit and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen—the only union holdout in long and contentious negotiations—have announced a tentative contract agreement, averting a possible locomotive engineer strike or lockout on

AAR, HDR Tear Apart Catenary

Should freight railroads consider catenary electrification? Absolutely not, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) stresses in a study “highlighting the overwhelming financial, operational and infrastructure challenges of transitioning the U.S. freight rail

Commentary

Will Duffy Deep-Six CHSR? (UPDATED)

Passenger rail projects, as many industry observers have been pointing out since POTUS 45 won a second term this past Presidential election, will suffer under the POTUS 47 regime. California’s High Speed

Hydrogen Locomotive Power on Tap at NGFR 2025 (Updated)

The 2025 edition of Railway Age’s Next-Gen Freight Rail (NGFR) conference offers a presentation focused on rapidly evolving hydrogen-powered locomotive initiatives for main line freight rail applications. “Hydrogen Power for Main Line

IAROO, AARS Holding Joint Annual Meeting at Railway Interchange

The International Association of Railway Operating Officers (IAROO) has announced plans for its Annual Meeting, to take place at Railway Interchange in Indianapolis, May 20-22, 2025. The meeting will be joint with

Muni ATCS Replacement Under Way with Hitachi Rail SelTrac™ (Updated Feb. 13, 2025)

In 1998, the SFMTA (San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency) Muni Metro was the first U.S. rail transit system to place CBTC (communications-based train control) in revenue service. Also known as TBTC (transmission-based

Wabtec: ‘Strong’ 4Q24, Full-Year Results

Wabtec Corp. on Feb. 12 reported “strong” fourth-quarter 2024 results that included 350-plus bps (basis points) of adjusted operating margin expansion, mid-single-digit revenue growth and a double-digit adjusted EPS (earnings per share)

CSX: Fortune’s 5th Most Admired Transportation Company

Fortune has once again placed CSX its “World’s Most Admired Companies” list for 2025 in the Transportation sector, bumping the Class I railroad up one spot, from 6th to 5th, globally. This

Vonashek Succeeding Rinaldi at Metro-North

MTA Metro-North Railroad Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Justin Vonashek will succeed Catherine Rinaldi as President of the second largest (by ridership) regional/commuter railroad in the U.S. Rinaldi, the first

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