Author: William C. Vantuono

With Railway Age since 1992, William C. Vantuono has broadened and deepened the magazine's coverage of the technological revolution that is so swiftly changing the industry. He has also strengthened Railway Age’s leadership position in industry affairs with the conferences he conducts, among them Next-Generation Train Control, Light Rail, and Rail Insights. He is the author or co-author or editor of several books, among them All About Railroading; John Armstrong’s The Railroad: What It Is, What It Does; Railway Age’s Comprehensive Railroad Dictionary; and Planning, Engineering, and Operating Light Rail, With Applications in New Jersey.

FRA Releases L-D Final Report

In the closing moments of the Biden Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration released its Amtrak Daily Long-Distance Service Study Final Report, the purpose of which was to evaluate the restoration of daily intercity

Prendergast Named GDC CEO

The Gateway Development Commission (GDC) on Jan. 16 appointed railway industry veteran and Railway Age’s 2017 Railroader of the Year Thomas F. Prendergast as Chief Executive Officer. Prendergast comes to GDC from

CN, KLW Partner on Hybrid Locomotive

CN has deployed a new medium-horsepower hybrid electric locomotive developed in collaboration with Knoxville Locomotive Works (KLW). The 3,200-hp hybrid unit, numbered 7100, is based on a CN low-horsepower diesel-electric locomotive operating

RailPulse™ Offers ‘Grandfathering Incentive’

The RailPulse™ consortium is offering a “Grandfathering Incentive” for railcar owners/lessors that have already equipped their railcars with telematics from a current RailPulse™ certified vendor partners but have not yet joined the

TTC Sets 2025 Ops, Capex Budgets

The Toronto Transit Commission has set a 2025 operating budget of C$2.8 billion and a capital program of C$16.4 billion. TTC touted the program as freezing fares for the second straight year,

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Biden’s DOT Boasts BIL ‘Big Deal’

Among the incoming President’s favored, frequently used words is “deal,” defined as “an agreement entered into by two or more parties for their mutual benefit, especially in a business or political context.”