SYSTRA Engineering, Inc., and AECOM Technology Corp. on Monday announced that MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and MTA Metro-North Railroad (MNR) chose their joint-venture effort to provide support services for the
Bombardier Transportation said Monday its EBI Cab 2000 automatic train protection (ATP) system has been approved for commercial operation on Spain’s high speed AVE S-130 trains. It is the first such approval
Deutsche Bahn (DB) reportedly is close to completing a takeover bid of British transport group Arriva for £1.6 billion ($2.4 billion), and may complete the move as early as this week. DB
The Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor says it has extended its Request for Proposals deadline to April 26, 2010 (end of business day), from the original deadline of April 21. The complete Request
At the depth of the recession, railroads had miles of freight cars and locomotives in storage and thousands of train crew members on furlough. With recovery now well on the way, that
Chicago Transit Authority Friday introduced prototypes of the agency’s new 5000-series rail cars, produced by Bombardier Transportation, and said it will begin testing the cars in revenue next week. The 10 cars
Paul Clark, former vice president, Communications & Public Affairs, for CanadianPacific, passed away April 12. At CP, Paul was the creative force behind theHoliday Train, which has raised close to $5 million
With the threat of state legislative interference looming in the background, the University of Minnesota and the Metropolitan Council late Thursday reached at least a partial accord on the $957 million Central
Raymond James Financial Services analyst Steven Hansen told clients in a note Thursday that railroad recovery in Canada has reached a state of “reasonable health and vigor,” and he accordingly upgraded earnings estimates for both
Norfolk Southern has joined a growing number of corporations that have added highly popular “social media” websites—Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr—to how it communicates, distributing information, video, and photos to online audiences.
J.B. Hunt was the first trucker to team up with railroads to promote intermodal service in a big way, and the resulting success story continues to unfold. Another glowing chapter emerged Wednesday.
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Wednesday that carload traffic on U.S. railroads rose 7.55% in March compared with the same month last year, but was down 11.5% from March 2008.
Rail advocacy group High Speed Rail Canada says it “has discovered that The Governments of Québec, Ontario and Canada feasibility study for high speed rail (HSR) in the Québec City-Windsor corridor completion
Toronto-based Fraser Papers, Inc., a shipper served in Maine by the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, has hailed the action by the Maine state legislature to identify $57.8 million in bonds, including
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced Tuesday a new breakthrough in its search for ways to shrink this year’s expected operating budget gap of nearly $800 million. MTA said it had
By William C. Vantuono, Editor Gas taxes aren’t the only way to fund public transportation programs, but it’s the route the State of New Jersey has taken, and up until now
Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. (EMD) announced that it has established multiple warehouse operations in China to support a growing fleet of 6,000-horsepower diesel locomotives. EMD won a contract in September 2005 to supply 300 locomotives
As expected, New Jersey Transit’s Board of Directors Wednesday approved fare increases averaging roughly 22% for its rail, light rail, and bus operations. Statewide rail operations suffered the steepest increase, averaging 25%,
Maine Gov. John Baldacci said Tuesday he has created a watchdog group to oversee the proposed abandonment of about 240 miles of right-of-way and possible state purchase of the property. Baldacci announced
CSX Corp. today announced a 22% year-over-year improvementin earnings per share from continuing operations in the first quarter. Earnings rose to $306million, or 78 cents per share, from $254 million, or 64
