Intermodal traffic volume continues to show robust strength, according to a report released Thursday by the Intermodal Association of North America. IANA notes volume rose 17.2% in the second quarter of 2010 compared
Though the high speed rail proposal linking Tampa and Orlando (and eventually Miami) has been the high-profile rail development in the Sunshine State, Florida also is moving to reinstate passenger rail along its eastern
Patriot Rail Corp. announced Thursday that it has executed a letter agreement with the North Carolina Department of Transportation to provide freight service on the Piedmont & Northern rail corridor in Gaston County. The P&N
Pennsylvania’s Transportation Commission has approved a 24% cut in planned improvements to highways, rail freight, bridges, and aviation over the next 12 years. This means that starting Oct. 1, the state plans to spend
U.S. freight carload traffic for the week ending August 7 notched “only moderate gains” of 3.5% compared with the same week in 2009, the Association of American Railroads said Thursday. Traffic was
Denver’s Regional Transportation District (RTD) Thursday said it has issued the official Notice to Proceed to Denver Transit Partners (DTP) with the FasTracks Eagle P3 Project’s first phase, a 22.8-mile East Corridor
Fairport, N.Y.-based RailComm said Thursday it has been contracted by HNTB and Kiewit-Western to provide the design and materials for an expansive Yard Automation System for Amtrak’s Chicago Union Station. RailComm will
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority Wednesday officially unveiled an online dashboard that tracks the fiscal and physical progress of the agency’s numerous capital projects. The information will include every item in the
Association of American Railroads Assistant Vice President of Government Affairs Jennifer Macdonald has been appointed by Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley to a Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation Funding, specifically as a representative
John P. “Jack” Fishwick, president of the Norfolk & Western from 1970 to 1981 and a chief architect of the merger that created Norfolk Southern, died Aug. 9 at the age of
Despite warning of fiscal shortfalls for long-term capital projects throughout the year, Dallas Area Rapid Transit appears determined to advance Orange Line light rail access to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. The airport/LRT
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) has awarded Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. a contract worth up to $15 million to provide on-call construction management services in support of the agency’s capital improvement program and
AECOM Technology Corp. has agreed to acquire Davis Langdon, a global cost and project management consultancy firm, in a transaction valued at $324 million. Davis Langdon provides cost and project management services,
Patriot Rail Corp. announced that it has agreed in principle to buy the six short line railroads operated by Weyerhaeuser Co., with more than 160 miles of track in four states. The
Rockville, Md.-based Telvent said Tuesday it had been awarded a contract with Isolux-Corsan, involving Enterprise Metro d’Alger as the end customer, to implement the company’s Telvent SmartMobility TM Light Rail technology for
July carload traffic advanced 4.1% compared with the comparable 2009 month, the Association of American Railroads said, but AAR also noted “roughly 23.4% of the North America railcar fleet,” or 349,471 cars,
NextSense, a company based in Graz, Austria, announced that it will unveil “the wheel diameter module for the Calipri high-tech measuring device” at the Innotrans 2010 railroad technology trade show in Berlin in September.
Berkshire Hathaway has reported that operating earnings for the second quarter and first six months of 2010 increased 72.7% and 52.0% from the comparable periods in 2009. “BNSF was the major contributor adding
Association of American Railroads praised the introduction of the Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act of 2010 (S.3749) by Senators Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) and John Ensign (R-Nev.). This bipartisan measure is aimed at encouraging private capital investments that can generate tremendous public benefits through expanded rail network capacity needed for moving more people and goods by rail.
The Port of Quebec, a terminal operator at the port and CN announced today a service arrangement that will reduce transit times for shipments destined to Toronto to 38 hours from 53 hours, an improvement of almost 30 per cent. The improvement resulted from the port and terminal operator agreeing to more consistent release times for shipments and CN adjusting schedules to expedite the movement of traffic over its network between Quebec City and Toronto.
