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.

Nebraska, West Virginia, Georgia GOP AGs Support UP+NS

Shortly after nine Republican state attorneys general wrote to the Surface Transportation Board expressing serious concerns about the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger, three counterparts, also Republicans—Mike Hilgers, Nebraska; J.B. McCuskey, West

For Amtrak, ‘A Year of Records’

Amtrak closed its Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25, Oct. 1 2024 – Sept. 30, 2025) on Sept. 30 with “record ridership and revenue—marking another year of growth and strong performance, “underscoring the growing

Commentary

BNSF vs. UP, Take Three

I will attempt to clarify a rather “interesting” indirect exchange involving Union Pacific’s Jim Vena, who hopes to one day head the first East-West U.S. transcontinental Class I railroad, and BNSF’s Katie

UP, NS Shareholders Greenlight Merger

The votes are in: Shareholders of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, in Special Meetings held Nov. 14, approved the merger of the two railroads to form a U.S. transcontinental, with in-favor margins

FTA Finalizes CIG Guidance

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has finalized guidance (download below) for its Capital Investment Grants (CIG) program, described as “the largest federal discretionary grant program for transit capital investments, including heavy rail, commuter rail,

CPKC, Soo Line BLET Reach Tentative Agreement

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) on Nov. 13 it has reached a new tentative five-year collective agreement with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET). The tentative agreement, CPKC said, provides