New Siemens Plant to Build Brightline West AP 220s

Siemens Mobility is building a new plant in Horseheads, N.Y. to manufacture the American Pioneer 220 high-speed trainsets for Brightline West. Described as “North America’s first true high-speed rail production facility,” the

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40 Years Ago …

RAILWAY AGE, SEPTEMBER 2024 ISSUE:  The story behind Greenbrier’s Twin Stack. Think “intermodal,” and the term “double-stack” instantly comes to mind, right? That was not the case in 1984, when the then-radical

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A Boxcar Is Just a Box on Wheels—or Not

FROM THE EDITOR, RAILWAY AGE SEPTEMBER 2024 ISSUE: Don’t box me in here, because I usually try to think outside the box for this column. How many boxes can you spot on

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Boxcar Requiem

RAILWAY AGE, SEPTEMBER 2024 ISSUE: Part 1: Can this multi-purpose railcar drive carload growth? Perhaps the most basic of freight cars, the boxcar has been around almost as long as the railroad

NS, VPRA Cooperating on Passenger Service Expansion (Updated Sept. 6)

Norfolk Southern and the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) have finalized a deal to expand passenger rail service in the Commonwealth of Virginia without impacting freight operations. It involves, in part, a

LIRC Cements Major Carload Growth

Thanks to one customer’s new manufacturing plant, Anacostia Rail Holdings Class III Louisville & Indiana Railroad (LIRC), Railway Age’s 2019 Short Line of the Year, expects to be hauling 10,000 additional railcars

John Delano Thompson, 1948-2024

Well-known railway journalist, photographer, rail transit expert and historian John D. Thompson, for many years a Railway Age Canadian Contributing Editor, died Sept. 2. He was 78. Thompson was born and raised

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RailPulse ‘Open for Enrollment’

Following two years of development and testing in collaboration with coalition members and telemetry suppliers, RailPulse says it is now “open for enrollment and welcomes stakeholders from across the industry to join

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Texas Central: Amtrak to the Rescue? (UPDATED, Sept. 4, 2024)

I did a double take a year ago when an Amtrak press release with this headline hit my inbox: “Texas Central and Amtrak Seek to Explore High-Speed Rail Service Opportunities between Dallas

Report: Circuit Court Rules CSX vs. NS Case ‘Came Too Late’

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, in CSX Transportation Inc. v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. et al., case number 23-1537, ruled Aug. 29 that CSX’s antitrust case against Norfolk Southern over ‘exclusionary’ fees

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