Vermont Rail System taps RailComm
Fairport, N.Y.-based RailComm said Monday it has been chosen to provide its Track Warrant Control (TWC) System for the Vermont Rail System. Burlington, Vt.-based Vermont Rail System oversees five short lines: the
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Amtrak to reopen Wilmington Station
Representatives from Amtrak, the State of Delaware, City of Wilmington, the First State’s congressional delegation, and Friends of Furness Railroad District will gather on March 19 to reopen Amtrak’s Wilmington Station, which
RSI Scholarship applications due April 1
The Railway Supply Institute has set April 1 as its deadline for applications for its 2011/2012 School Year RSI Scholarship which provides four or more $3,000 scholarships to students from universities and
Amtrak: Private investment not a panacea
Amtrak Vice President for Policy and Development Stephen Gardner says that while private-sector participation and investment is a desirable option for passenger rail growth, “private sector involvement is not the silver bullet
Atlanta OKs streetcar purchase funds
The Atlanta City Council moved forward with planning the Atlanta streetcar project by voting to approve $9 million to buy new streetcar vehicles and approving a construction contract with MARTA, said Duriya Farooqui, Atlanta’s deputy chief operating officer.
LaHood: Fla. HSR money will be used
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has affirmed plans to redirect $2.4 billion in federal high speed rail funding to other locations, saying, “There is a line outside of my door of governors, senators
Cincinnati streetcar faces new threat
Streetcar proponents in Cincinnati are bracing for potential action by Ohio Gov. John Kasich, an avowed opponent of passenger rail expansion in the Buckeye State, who already has rejected federal funds for “3C” passenger rail. Kasich has loudly criticized Cincinnati’s proposed $128 million streetcar project and has informed the city the state will not contribute any funding.
LA streetcar plan advances
Los Angeles’ City Council Wednesday unanimously approved $8.5 million in funding to implement a Downtown streetcar service. The city hopes to cooperate in a public/private venture designed to bolster economic activity. City
Canadian short line lands mining contract
Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Ltd. (LIM) has announced a “life of mine” Confidential Rail Transportation Contract with Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway Co., Inc. QNS&L, a wholly owned subsidiary of Montreal-based
More gains for U.S. carload, intermodal freight
U.S. freight carload and intermodal volume rose during the week ending March 5, 2011, measured against the comparable week in 2010, the Association of American Railroads said Thursday. Freight carload volume rose
Bombardier gets add-on order from V
Bombardier Transportation said Thursday it has received an order for six new three-car BOMBARDIER REGINA high speed trains from Sweden’s Västtrafik, thus increasing the latter’s fleet to a total of 26 trains.
Operation Lifesaver frets over accident rates
An improving economy may have contributed to an increase in vehicle-train and pedestrian collisions, deaths, and injuries in 2010, according to Operation Lifesaver, Inc., the national nonprofit rail safety education organization. OLI
Berkshire’s billion-dollar BNSF dividend
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has received a $1 billion dividend from BNSF Railway, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday. On top of last year’s $1.5 billion dividend, this brings Berkshire’s earnings from BNSF to
Amtrak marks continued ridership growth
Amtrak said Wednesday its February ridership rose 7.6% to 2,099,010 riders, up more than 147,000 passengers, from levels of February 2010, making the gain the 16th consecutive month of ridership growth. “The
2011 Short Line, Regional Railroads of the Year named
Railway Age magazine has named Blacklands Railroad the 2011 Short Line Railroad of the Year, and the Reading & Northern Railroad its 2011 Regional Railroad of the Year. The awards will be
AAR: Class I
Stressing that U.S. Class I railroads have committed “the three highest years of capital expenditure on record, in the middle of the greatest recession since the Great Depression,” Association of American Railroads
Rail Equipment Finance 2011, Day Two:
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF: Close to 300 people from the mechanical, operating, financial, and supply sectors of the North American freight railroad industry are attending Railroad Financial Corporation’s 25th annual Rail Equipment Finance
BNSF measures customers’ carbon footprints
BNSF has informed its customers that by shipping via rail rather than truck in 2010, they reduced emissions by more than 21 million metric tons of CO2, “also equivalent to reducing the
Rail Equipment Finance 2011 Day One:
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF: Close to 300 people from the mechanical, operating, financial, and supply sectors of the North American freight railroad industry are attending Railroad Financial Corporation’s 25th annual Rail Equipment Finance
NY-NJ port to expand ExpressRail
After experiencing near-record container traffic in 2010, the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey announced that it will invest $283 million in 2011 to upgrade the port road network, enhance