New Jersey’s two U.S. Senators joined Amtrak President Joseph Boardman Monday in Newark, N.J. to advance a plan, this time led by Amtrak and dubbed the “Gateway Tunnel,” to increase capacity on the Northeast Corridor under the Hudson River.
Ports of Indiana, operator of the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor on Lake Michigan, has selected Norfolk Southern as the port’s exclusive provider of onsite rail-switching service. Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor, which opened
Following strong fourth-quarter and full-year 2010 financial reports, Class I railroads “remain compelling investments,” say Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. transportation analysts William Greene, John Godyn, Adam Longson, and Elizabeth Thys. This
Nordco Inc. has merged its Nordco Rail Services and Dapco Industries subsidiaries into a single business unit called Nordco Rail Services & Inspection Technologies. The restructured company “ offers the North American
U. S. railroads reported 705 fatalities in 2010, up 9.5% from the 645 reported in 2009, according to a preliminary count released by the Federal Railroad Administration’s Office of Safety Analysis. Train
New York City has awarded a $250,000 contract to Parsons Brinckerhoff to quickly study the potential of extendin the city subway’s No. 7 line from Manhattan’s West Side under the Hudson River
The United States will host the 2011 Brunel Awards International Railway Design Competition. This prestigious competition recognizes and promotes the best in railway architecture, engineering, landscape and environmental design, product design, locomotive
As the U.S. economy emerges from a deep recession, the railroads’ fortunes are improving, and along with them, that of freight car builders, according to the latest Railcar Overview from Economic Planning
Norfolk Southern assisted in new on-line plants and expansions in 2010 thatit anticipates will create 2,000 jobs in the railroad’s territory andeventually generate more than 132,000 carloads of new rail traffic annually.
Claude Mongeau, Canadian National president and chief executive officer, announced Thursday that CN has signed service agreements withthe Port of Montreal, Gateway Terminals Partnership, and Termont Montreal that will significantly improve productivity
Nordco Inc. says it has “two changes in its senior management team that are part of a coordinated effort to build closer, more productive relationships with its Maintenance-of-Way customers.” The company says
U.S. freight carload traffic advanced 4.7% during the week ended January 29, compared with the same week in 2010, The Association of American Railroads (AAR) said Thursday. U.S. intermodal volume also rose,
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will speak on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, during Railway Interchange 2011 (www.railwayinterchange.org), the combined industry exhibition and technical conference being held in Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 18-21, 2011.
In a move welcomed by Maryland advocates of the “Purple Line” light rail transit project, University of Maryland President Wallace D. Loh says the university now is “absolutely committed” to having LRT
By Mike Ogborn The Surface Transportation Board is about to embark on a series of hearings that could result in major changes in the railroad industry, including the way railroads compete, price
By William C. Vantuono, Editor I could publish a book about my friend and colleague, Robert G. Lewis (actually, we did two of them together). Though we worked side by side at
The Surface Transportation Board has announced a public hearing to be held in Conejos, Colo., on a proposal by the San Luis and & Rio Grande Railroad to transfer onto railcars containers
Eugene, Ore.-based EDX Wireless said Wednesday its EDX® SignalRail™, a flexible RF planning tool, incorporates advanced route-based studies specifically designed for planning Positive Train Control (PTC) wireless networks. SignalRail also can be
The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County Board of Directors Tuesday said it voted unanimously to increase the capital budget for fiscal year 2011 MetroRail Expansion project from $158 million to $343.5
Union Pacific said Tuesday its 2010 employee safety performance was the best in the company’s nearly 150-year history. Union Pacific’s full-year employee reportable injury rate was 1.37, a 6% improvement over the
