Helm Environmental Solutions, LLC, a subsidiary of Helm FinancialCorp., on Friday announced its new EPA Tier 0+ compliant remanufacturing kit, 645EcoLogic™, for the EMD 645E Roots Blown engine family. The 645EcoLogic kit
Transportation Certification Services (TCS) has offered training sessions this week at numerous locations, according to TCS President Terese Jones. TCS is training Guardian Energy employees at its Janesville, Minn., plant, to operate
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s visionary proposal to greatly accelerate construction of a dozen transit projects and expedite highway improvement projects won the key approval Thursday of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan
The Association of American Railroads said Thursday that rail carload volume in the United States last week reached its highest level since the week ended Dec. 6, 2008. U.S. railroads originated 296,599 carloads during
GATX Corp. has reported 2010 first-quarter net income of $18.7 million, or 40 cents per diluted share, compared to $27.6 million or $.56 per diluted share in the first quarter of 2009. Per-share earnings
L.B. Foster Co. came out of the first quarter with a record quarterly backlog, though revenue and earnings for the period were down. The company reported net income of $1.8 million or $0.17
Joe Zerzan has joined RailPros as a senior signal manager. Zerzan has 33 years of railroad signaling experience, including 17 years with Southern Pacific Railroad and broad experience as a consulting engineer.
Union Pacific announced Thursday that its diluted earnings per share in this year’s first quarter improved 40% to $1.01 on revenue of $4.0 billion, compared with the first quarter of 2009, exceeding Wall Street
International rail exhibition often have shrugged at the relative dearth of participation from North American suppliers and/or paltry attendance figures from the North American continent. But that may change at this year’s
The Association of American Railroads Thursday announced that the nation’s freight railroads in 2009 averaged 480 ton-miles to the gallon, up significantly from the benchmark of 426 ton-miles used by AAR, Class
The Investors’ Guide to Railroad Freight Cars and Locomotives was created in response to requests submitted to RailSolutions, Inc. for industry specific data related to the equipment employed by North American freight
L.B. Foster Co. and Portec Rail Products, Inc. say they are reviewing their options following a judge’s action Wednesday enjoining the completion of L.B. Foster’s tender offer to acquire all of Portec’s
BNSF Wednesday “introduced” its new Memphis Intermodal Facility in a grand opening ceremony, following a $200 million expansion and rebuilding effort. The facility now will double BNSF’s lift capacity in the Memphis
The Surface Transportation Board said Wednesday that it had directed Canadian National “to come before the board and explain the significant differences between information on street-crossing blockages in the Chicago area that the railroad
The Railway Tie Association has unveiled a series of educational videos on tie grading, with nine modules containing instructional highlights of the RTA’s most successful training event, its annual Tie Grading Seminar.
The H Street-Benning Road streetcar line in Washington, D.C., now under construction, could be extended to provide a link to Union Station, under a plan being advanced by the District Department of
Bombardier Transportation has won an order valued at $54 million from Poland’s Koleje Mazowieckie for 11 TRAXX electric locomotives. Delivery is scheduled for summer 2011. It’s the first purchase of electric TRAXX
Cary, N.C.-based Railinc Tuesday released a major update to the RailSight™ CLM (Car Location Message) engine, which delivers real-time track and trace data for freight rail. The company says RailSight now gives
Siemens Mobility said Tuesday it has established a new website “dedicated to its high-speed rail business in the U.S.” The new site is www.usa.siemens.com/highspeedrail. Sacramento, Calif.-based Siemens Mobility is part of Siemens AG.
BNSF Railway Tuesday said it has honored 93 shippers with BNSF’s Annual Product Stewardship Award for the safe transportation of hazardous materials by rail during 2009. The 93 companies have successfully implemented
