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.

ARCI: Freight Car Orders Pick Up in 2Q24

Newly released data by the Railway Supply Institute (RSI) American Railway Car Institute Committee (ARCI) shows a significant increase in railcar orders and only minor decreases in deliveries and backlogs in 2024’s second quarter,

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RAILWAY AGE, AUGUST 2024 ISSUE: BNSF brings remote locomotive health monitoring to new levels. BNSF’s approximately 7,500 locomotives comprise the North American rail industry’s largest fleet. The average age of its high-horsepower

SC&H Acquires Historic GVT RS-3s

Genesee Valley Transportation Co. Inc. (GVT Rail System) has sold two historic ALCO RS-3 locomotives to tourist railroad Saratoga Corinth & Hudson Railway (SC&H). Locomotives 4103 and 4118, former Delaware & Hudson

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CSX ‘Executing Through Shifting Markets’

Merchandise and Intermodal revenue and volume growth, partially offset by a decline in coal and other factors, characterized CSX’s second-quarter and first-half performance.  The railroad is embarking on an all-encompassing safety improvement

‘Train Daddy’ Andy Byford Leads Off NGTC Conference

Next-Gen Train Control 2024 (NGTC), presented by Railway Age and Parsons, has a phenomenal lineup of industry leaders and experts in rail communications, signaling and advanced technology. We’re thrilled to announce that leading this year’s program

MINER FCS™ Attains 400MM Service Miles

Since introduction in 2018, Miner’s FCS™ (Friction Cushioning Systems) have been installed on nearly 10,000 railcars and accumulated a combined 400 million car-miles of service, “revolutionizing railcar cushioning systems by protecting assets,