Engines of Change
RAILWAY AGE, MARCH 2024 ISSUE: The locomotive market is in a state of flux with numerous options in multiple stages of design and test. Apologies for the all-too-obvious wordplays, but the market
RAILWAY AGE, MARCH 2024 ISSUE: The locomotive market is in a state of flux with numerous options in multiple stages of design and test. Apologies for the all-too-obvious wordplays, but the market
Union Pacific on March 25 announced the retirement of three executives effective April 1, and their replacements: Shane Keller, Senior Vice President Operations, Northern Region; David Giandinoto, Senior Vice President Operations, Southern Region;
Société de Transport de Montréal (STM) has awarded Thales Canada a contract for a CBTC (communications-based train control) system for the Montreal Métro Blue Line. Thales’ SelTrac™ G8 technology—the first CBTC system
Veteran railroad operating officer John Orr has departed Canadian Pacific Kansas City as Executive Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer and joined Norfolk Southern as EVP and COO, effective immediately. Orr replaces
OptiFuel Systems will be showcasing its OptiFuel Total-Zero™ Locomotive at the 2024 ASLRRA Annual Conference & Exhibition in Kansas City, March 24 to 26. The linehaul locomotive is described as “the industry’s
Paddy O’Neil, who in 2002 retired from Norfolk Southern as Assistant Vice President Fleet Planning and Optimization, will be a featured speaker at the NEARS (Northeastern Association of Rail Shippers) Spring 2024
The U.S. Senate on March 7 confirmed by voice vote President Joe Biden’s nomination of Republican Loren Sweatt to succeed Republican Gerald W. Fauth III on the National Mediation Board (NMB). The
RAILWAY AGE, MARCH 2024 ISSUE: William H. Galligan’s remarkable book on the history of a remarkable railroad, Kansas City Southern, isn’t a pure history book. Instead, it’s a chronicle of a company
STB Chairman Marty Oberman and Federal Railroad Administrator Amit Bose are definitely sharing credits on Capitol Hill in an odd soap opera, the likes of which I’ve never seen in all my
Norfolk Southern Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Ed Elkins began his railroad career at Norfolk Southern in 1988 as a Road Brakeman after serving in the United States Marine Corps.