Electro-Motive Diesel,Inc., announced Oct. 20 that it has has signed a contract to supply six SD70ACSheavy-haul AC diesel-electric locomotives to a mining railway in Mauritania,Societe Nationale Industrielle et Miniere. (SNIM). This will bring the number of EMD locomotives operating inMauritania to 44.
In the latest of a series of supply-chain initiatives, Canadian National has signed a memorandum of understanding with Western Stevedoring Company Ltd. and several forest-products companies a for seven-day-a-week unloading services at Western Stevedoring’s Lynnterm Terminal at Port Metro Vancouver (PMV).
On the 100th anniversary of the opening of New York City’s Penn Station, New York City’s Penn Station, city, state, and federal officials gathered Oct. 18 for the groundbreaking for Phase I of the new Moynihan Station, which Senator Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said "is poised to be one of the greatest transportation and infrastructure legacies of our generation."
Norfolk Southern announced Oct. 19 that is launching a "One Line, Infinite Possibilities" advertising campaign that it says builds on its "Thoroughbred of Transportation" communications program, now in its 28th year.
When Amtrak partnered with IMAGES USA to create a television commercial targeting the Hispanic community, the strategy was clear—produce a culturally relevant, Spanish-language commercial showcasing the unique on-board benefits of train travel in order to increase brand awareness among Hispanic consumers.
Union Pacific on Oct. 18 celebrated the opening of its 785-acre Joliet Intermodal Terminal, which it said “increases international and domestic container capacity while improving rail traffic efficiencies throughout the Chicago region.” This facility is the second largest UP intermodal terminal in capacity. The Intermodal Container and Trailer Facility (ICTF) in Long Beach is the largest, with an annual capacity of 700,000 trailers or containers.
The Kansas Department ofTransportation announced Oct. 18 that an agreement for a $35 million grant to BNSF from the state’s Rail Assistance Program has been finalized. BNSF announced simultaneously that it has selected T.J. Lambrecht Construction and Walsh Construction to build a new, 443-acre intermodal facility southwest of Kansas City in Edgerton.
Surface Transportation Board Commissioner and former Chairman Charles D. Nottingham said that he will not seek a second term on the Board when his current term expires Dec. 31.
Donald M. Itzkoff, a nationally recognized rail policy expert with 25 years of experience in transportation and technology issues, has joined the executive staff of GE Transportation as Executive Counsel, Public Policy
Tidal waves, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, towering infernos, comets and asteroids hurtling toward Earth, railroads: All make good fodder for violence-filled action movies. Yes folks, another runaway train movie will soon open in
In a 17-page filing submitted Wednesday, Oct. 13, the United Spinal Association, a non-profit group, charged New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority with advancing “a major renovation of Dyckman Street Station, and to
A refinancing agreement between the U.S. government and Amtrak will save taxpayers approximately $162 million, the U.S. Departments of Transportation and Treasury jointly announced Friday. During the course of its 39-year existence,
U.S. freight carload traffic rose 8.8% for the week ending Oct. 9, compared with the same week in 2009, the Association of American Railroads said Thursday. Fifteen of the 19 carload commodity
CSX late Tuesday reported a third-quarter profit of $414 million, or $1.08 per share, 42.8% better than the $290 million, or 73 cents per share, it notched in the comparable 2009 quarter.
Calling it “breakthrough software,” GE Transportation Wednesday announced successful testing of its Trip Optimizer, which it says functions on locomotives much like an automobile’s cruise control. Erie, Pa.-based GE Transportation, part of
R.J. Corman late Tuesday said it promoted Matt Cooper to CSX corporate account manager; Cooper will handle the account from R.J. Corman Railroad Group’s Jacksonville, Fla., office. (CSX is headquartered in Jacksonville.)
On Oct. 13, Union Pacific will launch a national advertising campaign—its first in nearly a decade—that illustrates the railroad’s “door-to-door shipping logistics expertise.” Described as “the most comprehensive ad campaign in UP’s
Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Co. Tuesday announced the appointment of Hugh J. Kiley, Jr. as the company’s new general manager. Kiley succeeds Donald L. Saunders, who has been MBCR’s acting general manager
Fifty-three newly refurbished stainless-steel streamlined sleeping and dining cars are being placed into service on VIA Rail’s flagship long-distance train, the luxurious Toronto-Vancouver Canadian. The refurbished cars—40 Manor sleepers and 13 diners—fall
Wilmerding, Pa.-based Wabtec Corp. said Tuesday it has formed a joint venture in China to manufacture transformer oil coolers, generator coolers, and related products for the power generation market. The products are expected
