Scheduled to begin daily service this week between Quincy, Wash., and Chicago is a four-day, door-to-door refrigerated intermodal “Cold Train” container rail and distribution service. The service is a product of Rail
The Harsco Rail unit of Harsco Corp. has received a new ballast tamper order from the Brazilian railway market. Brazilian contractor EGESA Engenharia S.A. will employ the tamper in track construction throughout
John E. Fenton has been named chief executive officer of Metrolink, succeeding David R. Solow, who stepped down in December. Fenton will assume his role April 16. Southern California Regional Rail Authority’s
On a visit Friday to Amtrak’s Beech Grove, Ind., shops, where $32 million in stimulus funding has created 108 jobs repairing passenger railcars, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood reaffirmed the Obama Administration’s dedication to
Carload traffic on U.S. railroads continued to show “solid signs of recovery” during the week ended March 27, reaching its highest level since November 2008, according to the Association of American Railroads. U.S.
Bombardier Transportation won new orders worth $1.8 billion in the fiscal fourth quarter ended Jan. 31, 2010, compared to $2.6 billion for the same period last year, a decrease mainly due to lower rolling
The Federal Railroad Administration has expanded its $8 billion high speed intercity passenger rail grant program by making $115 million in planning and construction project funds available. The agency has begun accepting
Union Pacific locomotive No. 2010, one of the railroad’s newest General Electric road units, is sporting a new paint scheme and number honoring the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America.
U.S. railroads reported 144 train accidents in January, down 26.9% from the 197 accidents recorded in January 2009, according to a preliminary report released March 31 by the Federal Railroad Administration’s Office of Safety Analysis.
Voters in St. Louis County (Mo.) going to the polls April 6 will address the status of Proposition A, levying a half-cent sales tax to support the region’s Metrolink light rail, Metrobus,
For a price of C$168 million (US$164 million), Canadian National has sold a section of track west of Toronto Union Station to Metrolinx, an Ontario government Crown Corporation responsible for delivering an integrated, multi-modaltransportation
Denver’s Regional Transportation District and BNSF Wednesday signed an agreement, worth $144 million, allowing RTD to acquire existing railroad right-of-way and relocate BNSF facilities to allow expansion of the city’s FasTracks program. RTD’s
A group led by Vinci SA has won a $9.7 billion contract to build and operate 186 miles of high speed rail between the French cities of Tours and Bordeaux. The deal,
Fairport, N.Y.-based RailComm says it has provided a wireless remote control third rail and switch heater system on the New Jersey side of the bistate Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) rail system. The
Just days before terrorist bombs killed 38 people on the Moscow metro, the adequacy of security funding for U.S. ground transportation came under sharp questioning at a Senate hearing in Washington. Sen. Kay Bailey
The Sacramento Regional Transit District’s Board of Directors board voted Monday to reduce bus and light rail service 22% in an effort to fill an $11 million budget gap. RTD avoided any substantial
Kansas City Southern Monday announced the promotion of Warren K. Erdman from executive vice president corporate affairs to executive vice president administration and corporate affairs, effective April 1, 2010. Erdman will report
President Obama during the weekend announced recess appointments for two seats on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Both appointees, Craig Becker and Mark Pearce, are Democrats; a third nominee, Brian Hayes,
The deficit-plagued New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has announced the appointment of Robert E. Foran, a municipal finance expert with 30 years of experience in the industry. as its new chief financial officer. A former
Amtrak will operate Metrolink regional rail service in Southern California beginning in late June. The deal, announced late last week, will see Amtrak train and engine crews assume operating duties as Metrolink
