The American Public Transportation Foundation (APTF), the charitable affiliate of the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), provides scholarships, fellowships, transit education, and research programs for students and professionals involved in or entering
Watco Transportation Services Inc. (WTS), the Pittsburg, Kan.-based operator of 22 short lines railroads in the U.S., has joined the Association of American Railroads with a full membership. Watco roads operate more
The Surface Transportation Board announced that it has scheduled an oral argument for Sept. 28 in Arizona Electric Power Cooperative’s challenge of BNSF Union Pacific coal transportation rates from New Mexico and the northern part
In a press conference this morning to provide an update on the Federal Railroad Administration’s High Speed Intercity Passenger Rail program, FRA Administrator Joe Szabo (pictured) said the agency has “pulled back”
The U.S. Class I railroad workforce grew to 153,046 in July, up 1.76% from July 2009 and 1% from June 2010. But those figures do not reflect the extent of railroad traffic
Bombardier Transportation said Friday it has received anorder from Norwegian financial services group DnB NOR (DnB NOR) for the delivery of six Bombardier FLEXITY Classic trams intended for service on a historic tram route
Portland, Ore., has been a trailblazer both for U.S. light rail transit and, even more significantly, for U.S. streetcar re-establishment. But as both systems expand into surrounding suburbs (and, possibly, a cross
Intermodal volume on U.S. railroads for the week ending Aug. 14, 2010 was the highest of 2010, up 20.8% from the same week in 2009, the Association of American Railroads reported Thursday.
Raymond A. Atkins will become the Surface Transportation Board’s general counsel effective Sept. 1, Chairman Daniel R. Elliott III announced Thursday. Atkins will succeed Ellen D. Hanson, who served the Surface Transportation Board and its
Norfolk Southern has marked the completion of its Heartland Corridor doublestack clearance/intermodal terminal PPP (public/private partnership) project with a special music video featuring NS’s in-house Country/Western band, the Norfolk Southern Lawmen. The
BNSF Railway on August 17 rolled out the first two of 11 National Railway Equipment Co. N-ViroMotive GenSet switcher locomotives it’s deploying in Southern California. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger joined Pennsylvania Gov. Ed
An Ontario judge has granted a group of Canadian National employees class action status in a dispute for unpaid overtime. Ontario Superior Court Justice Paul Perell released his decision Wednesday. The class
The Ontario provincial government has endorsed the environmental assessment for the proposed light rail transit project in Ottawa, the nation’s capital. Ottawa’s director of rail implementation, John Jensen, told city councilors late
The Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority (CCJPA) has applied for $57.2 million in Fiscal Year 2010 High Speed Intercity Passenger Rail funds to improve infrastructure between Roseville and Donner Summit and between
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Monday said the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has received 77 applications from 25 states for the most recent round of High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR) grant funding.
CXT, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of L.B. Foster Co., is supplying 14,500 concrete ties and related fasteners for Calgary’s light rail transit expansion projects. CXT concrete ties began being shipped in
Germany’s Deutsche Bahn (DB) has announced auto manufacturer Audi has become its first carbon-free freight customer. Subsidiary DB Schenker will transport some 150,000 vehicles a year along a route between Ingolstadt and
The mining company BHP Billiton has reached a preliminary agreement to establish a potash export facility at Port of Vancouver USA, in Washington state. BHP has selected proposals from Canadian Pacific and BNSF Railway for
Growing transit business helped Global Railway Industries Ltd. increase its second-quarter 2010 revenue by 15.1% to C$20.0 million (US$19.2 million) compared to C$17.4 million (US$16.7 million) in the second quarter of 2009.
California’s Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District,north of San Francisco, says its request for proposals to build diesel multiple-unit (DMU) cars has prompted six offers from manufacturers. SMART did not identify the companies,
