The Surface Transportation Board on June 13 issued an order directing the “Big 4” Class I’s—BNSF, CSX, Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific—to correct what STB says is “deficiencies in their rail service recovery plans” filed in response to the Board’s May 6 order requiring them to “develop service recovery plans as a result of the severe service deficits presently permeating their rail networks.”
At Railway Age’s Eighth Annual Rail Insights Conference, to be held virtually June 23, Amtrak President and Chief Executive Officer Stephen Gardner will speak about his company’s plans for growth.
At Railway Age’s Eighth Annual Rail Insights Conference, to be held virtually June 23, Watco Companies Chief Executive Officer Dan Smith will speak about what all railroads need to do to become an indispensable part of the freight transportation supply chain.
Cervello, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based cybersecurity firm, has been granted what it’s calling the ”first-ever U.S. patent (U.S. Pat. No.: US11247706B2) covering Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based cyber protection for railways.”
At Railway Age’s Eighth Annual Rail Insights Conference, to be held virtually June 23, Union Pacific chief executive Lance Fritz leads off in a discussion that will be largely focused on service recovery and supply chain congestion.
Keolis North America has named Kim Kuziak as Vice President of Business Development in North America, responsible for “continuing Keolis’ strategic growth objectives and expanding its portfolio through new partnerships with public transit agencies across the United States and Canada,” the company said.
Trainyard Tech, LLC is the winning bidder for the upgrade of the U.S. Sugar Corp. rail facility in Clewiston, Fla., with a Routemaster™ control system. The facility consists of two leads with 34 switches feeding a dumping facility for processing raw sugar cane, an operation that must take place within eight hours of harvest to avoid spoilage.
A group of politicians from both sides of Washington’s great divide have joined the parade of people and organizations professing before the Surface Transportation Board the perils of poor railroad service, painting the carriers and PSR as a prime accelerant of U.S. economic problems, everything from inflation to high fuel prices to undernourished cows.
On May 23, Railway Age Publisher Jon Chalon and Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono toured Amtrak’s new Alstom-built Acela II high-speed Northeast Corridor trainset at Philadelphia 30th Street Station. Three of the 28-unit order are on the property.
Class II Reading & Northern Railroad (RBMN) took delivery of its first unit train of frac sand around 10:30 am on May 15. Norfolk Southern delivered the train to RBMN’s North Reading Yard.