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.
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Continuous Real-Time Checkups

RAILWAY AGE, NOVEMBER 2023 ISSUE: Technologies that leverage AI are improving the way railroads operate and maintain equipment and infrastructure.

Left to right: Iowa Traction Railway Roadmaster Mike Rumeliote, former Iowa Traction Railway owner Dave Johnson, National Railway Historical Society representative Mike Yuhas, Railway Age Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono, Railway Track & Structures Editor-in-Chief David C. Lester.
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Iowa Traction Railway, Living History

FROM THE EDITOR, RAILWAY AGE, NOVEMBER 2023 ISSUE: Congratulations to Class III Iowa Traction Railway (IATR) for receiving the inaugural National Railway Historical Society, Railway Age and Railway Track & Structures “Outstanding Railroad Historic Preservation Award,” the intent of which is “to honor and recognize a North American common-carrier railroad for a historically significant preservation project.” 

For UP, an Organizational ‘Reset’

Union Pacific on Nov. 1 announced a major initiative whose intent is changing the railroad’s culture. UP is enacting “organizational changes to reduce layers, expand spans of control and focus on empowering

US Steel Goes Battery-Electric

United States Steel Corporation has converted two of its diesel-electric switcher locomotives at the Mon Valley Works Edgar Thomson and Clairton Plants to battery-electric. Innovative Rail Technologies (IRT), a provider of customized

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Safety : Number 1 Concern of the Railroad Industry!

Railcars contain hundreds of parts and critical components that are inspected frequently to ensure safe and reliable operations for more than 1.6 million railcars traversing 200,000 miles of track in North America.