Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn Monday announced Amtrak’s Union Station in Chicago will undergo $40 million in renovations, funded from Amtrak’s capital budget. Improvements will include air-conditioning for public areas, set to be
Standard Strength rail produced by Steel Dynamics, Inc. at its Columbia City, Ind., plant has been “tested and approved” by BNSF Railway, CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific, and Amtrak, the company announced Monday. “Following
Jacksonville, Fla.-based RailAmerica Inc. said Monday its RaiLink Canada Ltd. subsidiary has entered into a long-term deal with Canadian Pacific to operate a portion of the Ottawa Valley Railway line. Rail America ended
SAN ANTONIO, TEX.: At the opening general session of the American Public Transportation Association Annual Meeting, APTA President Bill Millar announced that he plans to retire at the conclusion of his current
CN Friday evening reached tentative collective agreements with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference—Conductors, Trainmen and Yardmen (TCRC-CTY). Details of the three-year labor contracts are being withheld pending ratification. Upon ratification, CN says
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has authorized a $320,000 technical assistance grant to pay for planning efforts in 15 cities and towns southeast of Boston to create mixed-used economic development projects, and to
Rail-highway grade crossing fatalities in this year’s first six months increased 13.6% to 125 compared with the same period last year. Trespasser fatalities were up 20.1% to 227. These relatively steep increases—in
U.S. railroad intermodal volume reached a weekly record in 2010 for the week ending Sept. 25, up 17% from the comparable week in 2009, theAssociation of American Railroads said Thursday. Within the
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s reported plan to repair and update his state’s highways with $1.25 billion of New Jersey’s planned contribution of $2.7 billion to the new ARC (Access to the
Bombardier Transportation announced Wednesday it has signed a contract with Trenitalia (Italian Railways) for the delivery of 50 very high speed trainsets V300ZEFIRO, a model of Bombardier’s ZEFIRO high speed trains family.
Radio Frequency Systems (RFS), a global wireless and broadcast infrastructure specialist, says it can offer rail operators four new antennas specifically designed to help them meet Positive Train Control (PTC) requirements. RFS says
Russian Railways’ (RZD) Trans-Siberian Railway traffic rose 23% in the first eight months of 2010, according to RZD President Vladimir Yakunin, while international freight on the railway rose 45%. Yakunin made the
Indra, a Spanish company, announced that it was awarded a “multimillion” dollar contract to implement contactless smart card ticketing technology on the Metro St. Louis light rail and bus networks. Metro operates the St.
DOT Secretary Ray LaHood submitted a progress report on the National Rail Plan to Congress this week with the comment that it “reaffirms the commitment of the Congress and President Obama to
Canadian National says its new supply chain approach to managing the flow of coal from mines to west coast terminals helped increase coal shipments to Vancouver and Prince Rupert by 91% through August. Other
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Wednesday that American Recovery and Reinvestment Act transit projects have created approximately 10,000 jobs across the county. LaHood made that statement in announcing the final transit
Washington, D.C.’s District Department of Transportation (DDOT) has picked a team of companies to design a proposed 37-mile streetcar network, including Portland, Ore.-based Shiels Obletz Johnsen, which will lead the private-sector management
Union Pacific has created only 15 commemorative locomotives in its nearly 150-year history. Its latest creation is No. 7400, the “Pink Ribbon Locomotive,” a recently acquired GE AC45ACCTE decorated with a pink ribbon graphic in support of breast cancer awareness.
Bombardier Transportation has received an order from Victoria, Australia, for 50 Bombardier FLEXITY Swift low floor trams, with anoption for a further 100. The $293 million contract covers the supply of a
By William C. Vantuono, Editor Recovering from the worst business downturn in nearly 80 years, U.S. Class I railroads earned an average rate of return on net investment of 9.60% in the
