Bombardier Transportation announced Monday it has signed a US$715 million agreement to exercise an option with Metrolinx for 182 Flexity low-floor light rail transit cars, included in a June 2009 contract. Delivery
Bombardier Transportation announced Monday it has signed aUS$715 million agreement to exercise an option with Metrolinx for 182 Flexitylow-floor light rail transit cars, included in a June 2009 contract. Deliverywill begin in 2013, with completion targeted for 2020.
Bombardier Transportation announced Monday it has signed aUS$715 million agreement to exercise an option with Metrolinx for 182 Flexitylow-floor light rail transit cars, included in a June 2009 contract. Deliverywill begin in
The New York City Transit Authority is celebrating a subway breakthrough—literally. NYCT announced that the first of two 1,000 ton tunnel boring machines has completed its 4,661 foot run to a chamber
R & W Machine says it recently was awarded a three-year contract to maintain all wheel and axle assemblies for the Metra passenger rail cars and locomotives serving Chicago and suburbs. Bedford Park, Ill.-based
RMI announced Monday it has entered into a new five-year agreement with Canadian National for use of its OASIS software for operational control of CN’s intermodal terminals. Atlanta-based RMI noted that CN has
The option of a strike against VIA Rail Canada has been approved by more than 94% of Canadian Auto Workers members working for the railroad, CAW says. CAW represents more than 2,000 workers
The U.S. Conference of Mayors Monday released a new report stressing the positive impact of high speed rail on various U.S. corridors, citing four specific cities as examples. The four cities—Los Angeles, Chicago,
Canadian National and TSI Terminal Systems Inc. (TSI), the largest container terminal operator in Canada, announced Friday that they have entered into a supply chain collaboration agreement to “enhance service levels to
Seattle’s Sound Transit wants to extend its growing light rail transit system 1.6 miles south into the city of SeaTac by 2016, ahead of schedule by four-to-six years. The segment would extend
Fairport, N.Y.-based RailComm, Inc., a supplier of rail automation systems and software for the freight, transit, and industrial markets whose technology encompasses both from yard and main line automation, has added an
Maine voters have approved a bond issue to preserve 240 miles of the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway from threatened abandonment by its owners. “It’s a new investment in a new system. It’s always
U.S. carload freight traffic for the week ending June 5 rose a modest 4.0% compared with the comparable week in 2009, the Association of American Railroads said Thursday. Intermodal traffic for the
The Surface Transportation Board announced Thursday that it has scheduled a public hearing for July 29 on a case that will decide whether a railroad may refuse service to coal shippers who
Wabtec Corp. announced Thursday that its Wabtec Rail unit in Doncaster, England has won a $37 million contract to overhaul 90 transit cars for DB Regio Tyne & Wear Ltd. The project
Taking advantage of "an economically favorable construction environment, BNSF Railway says it will begin work this month on replacing seven approach spans on the Mississippi River bridge at Burlington, Iowa, which it
At a meeting in Zaragoza, Spain, Wednesday, officials from Spain, France, and Portugal advanced a plan to coordinate high speed rail development among the three nations, using a template similar to that
New York Air Brake (NYAB) and Invensys Rail Corp (IRC) said Thursday they will collaborate in offering locomotive systems that combine the fuel economy benefits of NYAB’s LEADER™ (Locomotive Engineer Assist/Display Event
Railinc Corp. has promoted Robert Simora to Chief Information Officer with responsibility for providing “the vision and leadership for Railinc’s data, product development, and information systems platforms [and] also leading activities around company strategy and
Axion Power International Inc. said Wednesday that it is joining Norfolk Southern—“a trail-blazer in hybrid locomotives”—in a new project to develop a battery management system that would allow rail locomotives to operate on battery power
