CHSR: USDOT Drives Another Coffin Nail. (Updated with Full CHSRA Response)

The U.S. Department of Transportation on June 4 released a Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Compliance Review Report finding that the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) high speed rail project is “in default”

Alstom Supporting Ontario Tech Engineering Students

Alstom is providing C$106,000 over a three-year period to support Ontario Tech University Engineering students considering careers in the railway industry. “This new funding comes during the lead-up to the launch of

Columbia Rail Selects TekTracking’s TIMPS Platform

Columbia Rail, which operates 166 miles of short line railroads in Eastern Washington and Eastern Oregon, has chosen TekTracking LLC’s Track Inspection Maintenance Planning & Scheduling (TIMPS) platform to digitize and streamline

STB: AAR Issues RSAM State Tax Figures

The Surface Transportation Board has published and is providing the public an opportunity to comment on the 2024 weighted average state tax rates for each U.S. Class I railroad, as calculated by

Commentary

New York State of Chaos

FROM THE EDITOR, RAILWAY AGE JUNE 2025 ISSUE: Here are a few “different”  lyrics I’ve thought of to Billy Joel’s iconic song,  “New York State of Mind” (Turnstiles, 1976). Given the current

For CSX, Lowest PDT in 20 Months

CSX on June 10 reported reaching “a new milestone,” posting a May 2025 Process Dwell Time (PDT) of 20.01 hours—a slight improvement from its previous PDT low of 20.47 hours in January

Raffa Promoted to RBMN EVP Marketing & Sales

Reading & Northern (RBMN) executive Jim Raffa has been promoted to Executive Vice President Marketing and Sales. He will assist CEO Andy Muller Jr. and President Wayne Michel in creating and implementing the company’s

Ida Posner Named RDC COO; Asplund Supporting Pop-Up Metro/TDI JV

Railroad Development Corp. (RDC) has promoted Ida Posner to Chief Operating Officer (COO) of RDC and appointed Nate Asplund, President of Pop-Up Metro, to lead the integration of the newly formed RDC/TDI

BNSF, JBHT, GMXT Launch ‘Quantum de México’ 

BNSF, J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. (JBHT) and Grupo Mexico Transportes SAB de CV (GMXT, better known as Ferromex) have launched “Quantum de México, a J.B. Hunt, BNSF and GMXT Service™, described

Arbitrator Rules on CPKC/TCRC Collective Agreements

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) on May 30, 2025 received an arbitrator’s ruling establishing new collective bargaining agreements with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) – Train and Engine (T&E) division and

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