The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has release ALTRIOS (Advanced Locomotive Technology and Rail Infrastructure Optimization System), described as “the world’s first fully integrated, open-source software designed for exploring deep decarbonization of
FROM THE EDITOR, RAILWAY AGE AUGUST 2023 ISSUE: Picking up where I left off with last month’s column, which was based on Loop Capital Managing Director Rick Paterson’s conversation with CSX Executive
For reasons unexplained, CSX on Aug. 4 said that Executive Vice President Operations Jamie Boychuk “is leaving the company” after six years. “President and CEO Joe Hinrichs thanked Boychuk for his role
On July 14, 2023, Amtrak submitted two Requests For Amendment (RFA) to the Federal Railroad Administration for its ACSES II system. The first, for Amtrak’s FRA-approved Positive Train Control Safety Plan (PTCSP)
Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s second-quarter 2023 results, which include Kansas City Southern figures on a consolidated basis from April 14, 2023 (two weeks into the quarter), the date CP acquired control of
Alberta-based Cando Rail & Terminals is developing a battery-electric switching locomotive through its Li-Ion (Lithium-Ion) 2025 Project, which involves retrofitting a legacy, non-tier-compliant diesel-electric locomotive with a lithium-ion battery propulsion system. The
CSX ES44AH No. 1976, in Conrail colors, is the fourth in a series of heritage locomotives created by employees at the company’s Waycross Locomotive Shop in Georgia “as a way of celebrating
The National Railway Historical Society recently entered into a new partnership with Railway Age and Railway Track & Structures to present the “Outstanding Railroad Historic Preservation Award,” designed to recognize a railroad for its efforts
Following a Request for Qualifications (RFQ), Canada’s High Frequency Rail (HFR) project in Ontario and Quebec has advanced three consortiums to the Request for Proposals (RFP) stage: The RFQ “was a crucial
New Jersey Transit has set its Fiscal Year 2024 operating and capital funding budgets, which the agency said “continue investments in personnel, infrastructure and equipment to maintain the system in a state-of-good-repair