CN Presents Winter Plan, Safety Awards
CN on Oct. 5 released its 2023-24 Winter Plan on the preparations under way to meet customer demand, as well as its 30th-annual Safe Handling Award honorees.
Railway Interchange
UP Launches Mexico-Southeastern U.S. Domestic Intermodal Service
Union Pacific (UP) announced that it is introducing a new intermodal service connecting rapidly growing industrial markets in Mexico to areas of high demand in the Southeastern U.S. via Memphis, Tenn.
FRA Issues Safety Advisory on Roadway Maintenance Machines
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has issued a Safety Advisory emphasizing the importance of rules and procedures regarding the safety of roadway workers who operate or work near roadway maintenance machines (RMM).
GT38H Testing Under Way in Brazil
Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company, has delivered two EMD® GT38H locomotives to Rumo Logística (formerly América Latina Logística, ALL), Brazil’s largest railway operator. Rumo placed the order in September 2022. The GT38H, one
Commentary
RAILROAD SAFETY WHITE PAPER: ECP Brakes – Moving the Industry Through the 21st Century
This series began with multiple versions of a White Paper titled “Management of In-Train Forces.” The conclusions regarding the factors underlying the problem may have been controversial, but the theme was not. Likely
Class I Briefs: CN, CSX, NS
CN partners with maritime and logistics company Crowley to offer Mexico Gulf Express service, and celebrates President and CEO Tracy Robinson’s latest achievement. Also, battery-electrics are coming to the CSX terminal at the Port of Baltimore; and Norfolk Southern (NS) launches an API Resource Platform, seeks an “Artist in Residence,” and announces a new video series hosted by Paul Duncan.
RailComm Transitions to Tracsis
Fairport, N.Y.-based RailComm has rebranded as Tracsis North America, following its 2022 acquisition by Tracsis PLC Group, a provider of software, hardware, data analytics/GIS and services for the rail, traffic data and
Watco Electric Switchers Receive High Marks
After more than a year in production, Watco’s newly commissioned battery-powered switching locomotives are receiving high marks as they “outperform original assumptions around functionality and sustainability,” the short line holding company announced in the October 2023 issue of its magazine, The Dispatch.
Hitachi Secures British Approval for Thales Acquisition
The two companies expect to receive clearance from the European Union for the deal early next month.
Border Issues Impact Trinity’s Quarterly Deliveries
Trinity Industries, Inc. (Trinity) on Oct. 3 announced that it delivered 4,325 new railcars in the third quarter, 685 units below the company’s third-quarter projection, due to “the closing of the U.S.-Mexico border by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP).”