Virginia passenger train marks first birthday
Several Charlottesville, Va., residents gathered at the train station Oct. 7 to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the daily Lynchburg-to-Washington Amtrak train, which stops in Charlottesville.
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CSX and partners complete Liberty Corridor Freightway
Liberty Corridor Freightway, a public-private partnership that provides expanded intermodal access to the Port of New York & New Jersey, is ready for business.
Representatives of CSX Transportation, the State ofNew Jersey, and the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey joined U.S.Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) on Oct. 8 in North Bergen, N.J., to celebrate its completion. Many attending the festivities boarded a special passenger train to tour the improved route from North Bergen to Maher Terminals, straddling the Newark-Elizabeth waterfront.
Caltrain Board OKs fare increase, service reductions
The Caltrain Board ofDirectors voted to implement a 25-cent increase to the zone fare and toeliminate four midday trains to close a $2.3-million gap in the Fiscal Year2010 operating budget.
RailAmerica, Inc.: September monthly carloads up
RailAmerica, Inc.,reported that its total freight carloads for the month ended September 30, 2010were 72,833, up 8.0 percent from 67,410 in September 2009. These resultsinclude the Ottawa Valley Railway operation.
Greenbrier breaks ground on new wheel shop
Greenbrier Rail Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Greenbrier Companies, on Oct. 7 broke ground in western Nebraska on a new wheel facility. The $20 million North Platte, Nebraska Area Wheel
New Jersey Gov. Christie cancels ARC tunnel project
New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie (pictured), who put the Access to the Region’s Core Trans-Hudson Express commuter rail tunnel on a 30-day hold last month, on Thursday canceled the project outright, asserting that its cost had spiraled from an estimated $8.7 billion into the $11 billion to $14 billion range.
AAR: Weekly traffic steady; intermodal up
U.S. freight carload traffic was “steady” for the week ending Oct. 2, the Association of American Railroads said Thursday, up 7.7% compared with the same week a year ago, though down 10.7%
Motiva yard greets NS ethanol unit trains
Motiva Enterprises and Norfolk Southern announced Thursday the expansion of Motiva’s Doraville, Ga., operations to allow for the delivery of unit trains of ethanol to the Motiva refined products terminal rail yard.
New York MTA OKs latest fare hike
Amid a storm of criticism, the board of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority voted 12 to 2 Thursday to approve a fare increase—the third in three years—for users of its subways, regional
Teck, CP sign expanded coal-train agreement
Teck Resources and Canadian Pacific have announced a new 10-year agreement for moving coal from five Teck mines in southeastern British Columbia to the Pacific Coast for export. Teck plans during the
Sweden’s SJ eyes Denmark HSR service
Swedish rail company Statens Järnvägars (SJ) was expected Thursday to announce plans to begin high speed rail service between Copenhagen, the Danish capital, and the city of Odense on Funen, Denmark, a
From Harsco, Super Center concept
Harsco Corp. Thursday announced the debut of a new logistics super center business concept for the Harsco Infrastructure—Americas region with the launch of its first prototype center in LasVegas to serve the southwestern United States.
Amtrak settles with reservations employees
Amtrak reached a settlement in a lawsuit with former reservation employees who worked for the passenger train provider between June 2004 and February 2010. The lawsuit alleged that Amtrak forced them to
Eurostar taps Siemens, angers French
Eurostar International Ltd., the high speed passenger train operator between Britain and mainland Europe through the Channel Tunnel, plans to make a $1.1 billion capital investment in its equipment fleet: $840 million
UTA wins top infrastructure award
The 10,000-member International Right Of Way Association has named the Utah Transit Authority winner of its 2010 Infrastructure Project of the Year award. In announcing the award on Wednesday, the association described
APTA: High speed rail plans taking shape
SAN ANTONIO, TEX.: At the American Public Transportation Association Annual Meeting, breakout sessions on high and higher speed rail have attracted the most participants. Tuesday’s session, introduced by David Carroll of sponsor Parsons
NJT/AMT dual-power prototype spotlighted at InnoTrans
At the biannual InnoTrans exhibition in Berlin, Germany, Bombardier Transportation did a public unveiling of the new ALP45-DP dual-power a.c. catenary/diesel-electric locomotive it is building for New Jersey Transit and Montreal’s AMT.
UP taps RailComm for Houston yard
Fairport, N.Y.-based RailComm said Tuesday it has been selected to provide a wireless remote control yard system at Union Pacific’s Englewood Yard in Houston. The RailComm Domain Operations Controller (DOC®) System will
ATA backs bill protecting Highway Trust Fund
The American Trucking Associations has thrown its support to a bill, the Freight FOCUS Act of 2010, which it says would protect “the depleted Highway Trust Fund” by requiring that funding for
Cost of capital exceeds industry ROI
The Surface Transportation Board’s newly determined cost of railroad capital for 2009, 10.43%, is one percentage point less than the 2008 figure but exceeds the latest reported industry-wide return on investment (ROI).