Testifying before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials last week, Railway Supply Institute President Tom Simpson asserted “decisions made during the
Canadian National announced Monday that it has acquired more than 1,000 new domestic containers. Around 800 are heated for moving temperature-sensitive goods. The remainder is standard dry containers. Jean-Jacques Ruest, executive vice-president
Wabtec Corp. announced Monday that its MotivePower subsidiary has won a contract to build 22 new locomotives for CBH Group, a leading transporter of grain in Australia. The contract includes a combination
At least $1.5 billion of the $2 billion belatedly added to Fiscal Year 2011 budget cuts last week come from the Obama Administration’s high speed rail initiative, along with some urban programs,
The California High-Speed Rail Authority is offering grants for station planning to seven cities located near the project’s initial construction segment in the state’s Central Valley. Gilroy, San Jose, Merced, Fresno, Tulare/Kings,
Amtrak’s Portal Bridge, considered one of the Northeast Corridor’s weakest infrastructure links, has received $38.5 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding for design work, in preparation for the bridge’s eventual
The congressional budget accord reached late Friday night, averting a federal government shutdown, has in essence evaporated $271 million New Jersey forfeited, then sought to reclaim, for transit purposes. New Jersey Gov.
By William C. Vantuono, Editor It gives me great pleasure and satisfaction to turn this month’s column over to Norfolk Southern Chief Executive Wick Moorman, Railway Age’s 2011 Railroader of the
Ansaldo STS subsidiary Ansaldo STS Australia has been awarded a A$96 million (US$101 million) railway signaling and communications contract by Rio Tinto Iron Ore. The award is the first major contract to
With the threat of a government shutdown at midnight Friday night/Saturday morning looming, Federal Transit Administrator Peter M. Rogoff has released a “Dear Colleague” letter outlining FTA’s plans and curtailed activity. The
Kansas City Southern has entered into a comprehensive new agreement for tie disposal with St. Louis-based Wood Energy Group, a wholly-owned subsidiaryof Banyan Rail Services Inc. The original agreement called for KCS
Backers of Detroit’s planned Woodward Avenue light rail transit line now say the line won’t open until 2015, two years later than originally expected. But the line will open in its entirety,
Amtrak, determined to sell its utility amidst a background of serious budget cuts and threats, has reported its 17th consecutive month of year-over-year ridership growth, with the railroad anticipating an annual ridership
Robert H. Glines, an icon in the railway signaling and communications supplier community for many years, died Saturday, March 26, 2011 at the Keuka Comfort Care Home in Penn Yan, N.Y. He
U.S. freight carload traffic notched “record gains” for the week ending April 2, 2011, up 5.7% over the comparable week in 2010, the Association of American Railroads said Thursday. The week’s carload
Volkswagen Group of America, Chattanooga Operations on Wednesday held a ceremony to commemorate the completion of rail improvements that will allow the company to move nearly 85% of the cars built in
The Association of American Railroads Thursday called on Congress to continue supporting grade-crossing safety programs, tax credits that help short line railroads remain competitive, and policies that encourage public-private partnerships for rail
Lake Oswego, Ore.-based Greenbrier Cos. Thursday reported a narrow net loss of $550,000, or 2 cents per share, for its fiscal second quarter ending Feb. 28, an improvement over a lost of
Plans to extend Edmonton’s light rail transit system 3.3 kilometers (2 miles) have received a C$497 million provincial funding boost from Alberta, according to Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel. The funding comes from
Since the Department of Transportation announced the availability of an additional $2.4 billion for high speed rail projects last month—money granted to, and then rejected by, Florida—it has received more than 90
