Pandrol USA LP said Wednesday it has been awarded a $10 million contract to supply captive fastenings for the concrete tie to wood tie changeout on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Old
Kansas City Southern de Mexico says it expects to reopen its Nuevo Laredo gateway and the mainline to Saltillo sometime this weekend with the completion of the Anahuac Bridge repairs. Service embargoes imposed July
Railroads are calling train crews back to work at a steady pace. Transportation (train and engine) employment reached 59,641 in June, up 7.59% from June 2009 and 0.86% higher than in May
In addition to providing real-time tracking and tracing of rail equipment and shipments, Railinc’s RailSight™ CLM (Car Location Message) service now offers historical trace capabilities for multiyear analysis. Railinc said in an announcement
Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell has announced a public information meeting July 29, in Hartford, the state capital, to discuss environmental issues surrounding planned higher-speed rail (HrSR) proposed for Amtrak right-of-way linking
Florida officials say they will not seek funding to link Tampa, Fla.’s international airport with the Tampa-to-Orlando high speed rail line, now under preliminary construction. Downtown Tampa will remain the western termination
DOC®: Car Hunter By William C. Vantuono, Editor More than a century ago, one of this magazine’s chief editors remarked, “It may be true that experience is the best teacher. But a
The warmly debated proposal of the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway to abandon 233 miles of line in Maine’s Aroostook and Penobscot counties reached another milestone Monday with the release of the Final Environmental Assessment
Los Angeles Metro announced that its rail ridership in June was up 7.5% over June 2009 with 326,663 average weekday boardings. The Gold Line recorded 37,270 average weekday boardings in June vs. 24,219
Wabtec has delivered an MP14B model ultra-low emission, gen-set switcher to GATX’s railcar repair facility in Colton, Calif. The 1,400-hp locomotive was manufactured in Boise, Idaho by Wabtec subsidiary MotivePower, Inc. “It is a
The global market for light rail transit vehicles could reach $7.5 billion by 2015, according to a report released by San Jose, Calif.-based Global Industry Analysts, Inc. The report, titled “Light Rail:
The Carbon Capture and Storage Deployment Act of 2010, introduced Thursday ;by Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D- W.Va.) and Sen. George V. Voinovich (R-Ohio), has won the support of the Association
Siemens will supply 240 regional trains during the next decade to Russian Railways under a memorandum of understanding announced Friday. The deal is worth approximately $2.8 billion. The Russian trains will be based on
With an eye on regional rail improvements within the Greater Toronto Area, light rail transit is now part of the master plan for Mississauga, Ont., following a unanimous vote by the city
Lowell, Ark.-based J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. late Thursday reported second-quarter net earnings of $52.1 million, or diluted earnings per share of 40 cents, compared with $24.0 million, or 19 cents per
Bombardier Transportation’s joint venture, Bombardier Sifang (Qingdao) Transportation Ltd. (BST), will supply an additional 40 CRH1 high speed trainsets valued at approximately $761 million to the Chinese Ministry of Railways. Bombardier’s share is worth approximately
2012 Railroader of the Year Join Railway Age in honoring the 2012 recipient of the Railroader of The Year, the most prestigious, most highly coveted award in the railway industry—David Starling, President
U.S. intermodal freight rail traffic for the week ended July 10 gained over the comparable week in 2009, up 9.1%, the Association of American Railroads reported Thursday. Intermodal volume for the week
Boise, Idaho-based MotivePower, Inc. of will supply 20 new diesel-electric locomotives to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority at a cost not to exceed $114.63 million under a contract approved Wednesday by the MassDOT board
Wabtec Corp. announced Wednesday that it has agreed to buy G&B Specialties, Inc., and Bach-Simpson Corp., from Global Railway Industries Ltd., for $5 million. The G&B Specialties purchase is expected to close by July 31,
