Amtrak leases Empire Corridor from CSX
Amtrak has reached agreement with CSX Corp. to lease roughly 100 miles of the Empire Corridor between Poughkeepsie and Schenectady, N.Y., to take effect early next year. A CSX spokesman said the
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Railway Interchange 2011: An event to remember
Let me make one thing perfectly clear: I have never fueled a locomotive in my life, much less in a suit and tie. But in the photo above, taken at Railway Interchange 2011, I couldn’t resist a hands-on experience with a new piece of technology—in this case, the MPL Technologies SpillX system.
Dahlman Rose 2011 survey:
According to Dahlman Rose & Co.’s proprietary Third Quarter 2011 Rail Shipper Survey (completed by participants with over $10 billion in combined transportation purchasing power), railroad shippers anticipate an average base rate
Brunel industrial design award for Metro-North
MTA Metro-North Railroad received a prestigious Jury Prize for Overall Design Excellence for 2011 from The Watford Group and The Center for Industrial Design in Transportation at the Oct. 14 Brunel Awards
CP taps Raildecks flat-rack containers
Canadian Pacific on Monday said it will be the exclusive Canadian rail transportation provider for trailer supply company Contrans, using innovative multimodal flat rack containers from Calgary, Alberta-based Raildecks Intermodal. CP has been
Bombardier receives LRT supplier award
Bombardier Transportation said Monday that for the second year running, it has received the Worldwide Supplier of the Year Award. Bombardier was recognized at the 2011 Light Rail Awards, held in London,
KeyBanc: Railcar deliveries to keep growing
An analysis from KeyBanc Capital Markets released Sunday sees continued growth in railcar deliveries in 2011 and 2012, basing its estimates in part on dialogue with industry leaders. KeyBanc’s Steve Barger and
Woodward LRT project receives $2 million grant
The Department of Transportation selected 11 Michigan transportation projects to receive funding, including the Woodward Light Rail project, which will receive $2 million. “Many families depend upon public transportation to shop and
RMI sets branding for core product lines
Atlanta-based RMI, whose RailConnect and other software offerings are found throughout the North American rail industry, on Friday announced the launch of new branding for its five core product lines. "The new
J.B. Hunt Intermodal 3Q revenue up 23%
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. announced record third-quarter 2011 net earnings of $68.7 million on operating revenue of $1.17 billion. That compares with net earnings of $52.2 million in third-quarter 2010 on
OneRail on deficit: Invest in infrastructure
In a two-page letter addressed to the co-chairs of the congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, the One Rail Coalition urges Congress “to embrace this opportunity to stabilize our country’s finances
Amtrak Wilmington Station gets Brunel Award
Recognized for design excellence, Amtrak’s historic Wilmington, Del., rail station on the Northeast Corridor was honored in Washington Friday at the 2011 Brunel Awards International Railway Design Competition. Amtrak also was recognized
Amtrak sets rider, revenue records in FY11
Amtrak says it carried a record 30.2 million passengers in its fiscal year 2011, ending Sept. 30, 5%from fiscal 2010 and its eighth record annual ridership in the last nine years. The
AAR: U.S. freight traffic up in latest week
U.S. freight carload traffic for the week ending Oct. 8 was up 2.1% measured agains the comarable week in 2010, the Association of American Railroads reported Thursday. U.S. intermodal volume for the
Oregon short line begins operations
Coos Bay Rail Link (CBR), a 133-mile short line headquartered in its namesake Oregon town, began revenue operations Wednesday with a tain moving from Union Pacific Railroad at Eugene to Cordes on
Genesee & Wyoming traffic up in September, 3Q
Greenwich, Conn.-based Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. said Thursday its September carload traffic rose 13.3% compared with the same month a year ago, while its third-quarter carload traffic also rose, up 15.1%, compared
Two Amtrak trains collide in Oakland
At least 16 people were injured, none critically, late Wednesday in Oakland due to a collision between two Amtrak trains, one of which ran a red signal, according to Amtrak. With Amtrak’s
Antwerp touts solar-assisted HSR
Solar panels installed this summer atop a 3.6-kilometer (2-mile) rail tunnel in Belgium is helping to power high speed rail service linking Amsterdam, Antwerp, Belgium, and Paris. A photovoltaic solar site covering
Fatalities trigger yard safety advisory
Three fatalities in recent months led Federal Railroad Administrator Joe Szabo to issue a safety advisory Tuesday to the railroad industry “to help prevent injuries and fatalities from employees working between rail
Bombardier signs pact with Polish Railway Lines
Bombardier Transportation said Wednesday it has signed a four-year agreement with PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe SA, the Polish Railway Lines Administration, for the delivery of its rail traffic control equipment and spare