Virginia’s plans to expand Amtrak passenger rail service to Norfolk, Va., will be pursued without sacrificing Amtrak’s current route through the state’s Tidewater region, which terminates at Newport News, on the north side of the James River.
Some Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority regional rail riders Monday were able to access “quiet cars” under MBTA’s newly instituted program. MBTA, following the lead of other regional rail operators such as New
U. S. railroads reported 665 fatalities in the first 10 months of 2010, with all but 41 attributed to grade crossing accidents and trespassing. Preliminary figures for January-October 2010, compiled by the
In his own words, Norfolk Southern CEO Wick Moorman, Railway Age’s 2011 Railroader of the Year, was a kid who loved trains.
U.S. freight carload traffic for the holiday week ending Dec. 25 rose sharply, up 29.3%, compared with the same week in 2009, the Association of American Railroads reported Thursday. U.S. intermodal traffic
Fares rose again Thursday for customers of New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, still struggling to fill a large gap in MTA’s operating budget. Single-ride subway fares rose to $2.50, and while MTA’s
Norfolk Southern has secured $105 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation for its 2,500-mile Crescent Corridor linking New Orleans, Memphis, and the Northeast. The funds will be used to
Denver’s Regional Transportation District (RTD) Wednesday tallied up its top 10 milestones notched by its FasTracks program in 2010, as a not-so-subtle reminder of what’s been accomplished during a politically tumultuous year
Tucson, Ariz., has succeeded in landing a $63 million grant from the Federal Transit Administrartion for its planned $196 million, 3.9-mile streetcar project, making it much less likely the new Congress could
With the beginning of the New Year, Caltrain will introduce weekend Baby Bullet service, a pilot project aimed at increasing revenue and ridership for the rail system. The pilot project is scheduled
Friction modifiers are proving their worth on track daily by improving fuel efficiency, reducing noise and increasing wheel and rail service life.
Subway or surface rail? Core city growth or regional approach? Political posturing aside, Canada’s largest city is counting on passenger rail for its future health and growth.
The United Transportation Union says it has reached two tentative four-year agreements with Jacksonville, Fla.-based Florida East Coast Railway (FEC). One of the tentative four-year agreements covers FEC conductors, engineers, trainmen, and
Fort Worth & Western Railroad announced Monday that Thomas Schlosser will become president and chief executive officer, succeeding current president and CEO Steven George, who will retire in the first quarter of
The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) Monday announced the rescheduling of the 2011 Railroad Day on Capitol Hill, an annual industry effort involving railroads, the supplier community, and others.
The Surface Transportation Board announced Monday that it had completed its work “in the multiplicity of effort to to save freight train service in northern Maine.” The agency’s final action in the
Stan L. Hasselbusch, president and chief executive officer of L.B. Foster Co., announced Wednesday that wholly owed subsidiary Foster Thomas Company completed its cash tender offer for all outstanding shares of common
In the first fine imposed by the Surface Transportation Board since itsinception in 1996, Canadian National has been ordered to pay $250,000 for”knowingly violating board orders” regarding the reporting ofstreet-crossing blockages in
The Illinois Department of Transportation, Amtrak, and Union Pacific Wednesday reached final agreement on proceeding with $1.1 billion in improvements for higher-speed rail (HrSR) between St. Louis and Chicago, primarily on UP
U.S. freight carload traffic for the week ending Dec. 18 was roughly breakeven measured against the comparable week in 2009, the Association of American Railroads said Thursday, thus continuing a trend of
