GE enters joint venture with China company
General Electric Co. Tuesday said it has reached “a cooperative framework agreement with CSR Corp. Ltd. to establish a U.S.-based joint venture to advance high speed and other rail technology in the
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BNSF counters newspaper’s “implications”
Reflecting growing tension within the Twin Cities, BNSF is using its media-specific website, now six months old, to counter what it says is misleading information supplied by the Star-Tribune, serving Minneapolis-St. Paul,
Ontario LRT backers protest Toronto mayor’s stance
Reacting to plans by Toronto’s new mayor to abandon light rail transit expansion efforts in Canada’s largest city, protesters gathered December 5 in Waterloo, Ontario, southwest of Toronto, in a “Rally for Rails” to voice support for the C$790 million “Transit City” plan and to defend LRT development planned not just for Toronto but for other nearby municipalities.
Salt Lake City reviews United Streetcar product
It’s not the first city this fall to receive for display a prototype streetcar built by Clackamas, Ore.-based United Streetcar LLC—but Salt Lake City stands out as one municipality actually ready to
PATH 2011 budget: $247M on railcars, signaling
The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey has released a preliminary $7.2 billion budget for 2011 that designates $3.9 billion for capital spending. Included is $247 million for new PATH
China reports a world speed record
A Chinese high speed trainset broke a world record Friday, Dec. 3, for the fastest unmodified revenue-service train, reaching 481.1 kph (298.9 mph), Chinese state media reported. News of the purported world
New York subway tunnels get security upgrades
MTA New York City Transit—and for that matter the entire Metropolitan Transportation Authority—has been hardening its rail infrastructure against terrorist attack, comparable to actions taken by PATH reported earlier this week. Since
Delaware gets funds for rail service study
The Federal Railroad Administration said it has awarded the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) $450,000 to conduct studies for potential rail service between the Northeast Corridor through the First State and toward
RZD eyes buying 1,250 locomotives
Russian Railways (RZD) says it plans to acquire 1,250 locomotives between 2011 and 2013, at a cost of roughly 112 billion rubles, or about $3.6 billion. RZD President Vladimir Yakunin, explaining the
KCS rolls out new branding effort
Kansas City Southern has launched a new branding initiativehighlighting its capabilities throughout North America. The new brand incorporates the existing red logos of KansasCity Southern Railway Co., Kansas City Southern de Mexico
BNSF Holiday Express treats military families
Local military families in and around aptly named North Pole, Idaho, were given a Holiday Express train trip Wednesday courtesy of BNSF. BNSF boarded roughly 300 people at its Hauser, Idaho, refueling
AAR: Freight traffic gains keep pace
U.S. freight carload traffic rose 3.2% for the week ending Nov. 27, measured against the comparable week in 2009, the Association of American Railroads reported Thursday. AAR noted the 2009 comparison week
Bombardier Transportation orders hit record
Bombardier Transportation’s backlog of undelivered orders stood at a record $32.7 billion on Oct. 31, a 21% increase since the beginning of the year, said Pierre Beaudoin, president and Chief Executive Officer,
NRC seminar to highlight risk management
“Managing Risk and Minimizing Claims During Railroad Construction” is a featured seminar set for 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, at the 2011 NRC Annual Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Featured panel
NAFTA traffic up sharply in September
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Tuesday that trade using surface transportation between the U. S. and its North American Free Trade Agreement partners Canada and Mexico was
Railroad Research Foundation gets DOT grant
The Association of American Railroads Wednesday said the Railroad Research Foundation (RRF), an AAR-affiliate organization, has been awarded a Railroad Safety Technology Grant from the Department of Transportation for ongoing implementation of
Global passenger car market roughly $39B by 2015
Lucintel, a Dallas-based management consulting and market research firm, announced Wednesday that it has completed a research study showing that the global passenger railcar market grew a compound annual rate of 9.1%
Patriot Rail to operate North Carolina short line
Under a 20-year agreement with the North Carolina Department of Transportation, Patriot Rail Corp. will begin freight rail service on a rehabilitated section of the Piedmont and Northern Railway in the first
G&W completes FreightLink acquisition
Greenwich, Conn.-based Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWI) said Wednesday it has completed the acquisition of the assets of Australia’s FreightLink Pty Ltd., or FL (receivers and managers appointed), Asia Pacific Transport Pty
Rail fatalities up 9.7% through September
In this year’s first nine months, 797 large and small U.S. railroads reported 587 fatalities, up 9.7% from the same period in 2009. Trespassing deaths increased 10.5% to 359 and grade-crossing