The popular U.K. railway podcast, Green Signals, offers an in-depth interview with Andy Byford, who ran the three largest transit systems on three continents and is currently Senior Vice President High Speed
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on June 21, 2024 ordered the Federal Railroad Administration to cease its attempt to limit BNSF’s use of ATI (Automated Track Inspection).
In a 6-3 decision extremely important to railroads and their regulators, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled on June 28 to overturn a long-standing precedent that set the framework
The Railroad Retirement Board June 27 reported that the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies has allocated $100 million for the agency’s Fiscal Year 2025
New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul has unexpectedly—but perhaps not surprisingly—halted the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s controversial congestion pricing (Central Business District Tolling Program) plan, which was expected to raise up
Following are National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy’s concluding remarks from the June 25, 2024 public meeting in East Palestine, Ohio on the agency’s investigation, Norfolk Southern Railway Train Derailment with Subsequent
At approximately 11:00 PM Central Time June 23, amid the heatwave, torrential rain and flooding plaguing the Midwest in recent days, the center span of BNSF’s Aberdeen Subdivision bridge over the Big
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on June 25 held a public meeting in East Palestine, Ohio, site of the Feb. 3, 2023 derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train that resulted
RSI President Patty Long will discuss “Supplier Opportunities for Growth in Freight and Passenger Rail” at Railway Age’s 2024 virtual Rail Insights conference, June 20. Long and Railway Age Editor-in-Chief William C.
Norfolk Southern on June 17 released its 2024 Midyear Report on Safety Accomplishments (download below), which summarizes the railroad’s organizational actions, safety improvements and partnerships enacted in the past 16 months. “When
