L.B. Foster Co. and Portec Rail Products, Inc. have each received a formal second request for additional “information and documentary material” from the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice regarding the Agreement and Plan
The Federal Railroad Administration’s new Cab Technology Integration Laboratory (CTIL) locomotive simulator “will permit researchers to realistically simulate innumerable conditions and scenarios encountered during railroad operations to help identify safety problems and
Wabtec Corp. said Tuesday its Wabtec Rail subsidiary in Doncaster, England, has been awarded a $26 million contract to overhaul 286 electric multiple-unit (EMU) transit cars for Angel Trains. The project is
The numbers are small and the percentage improvement is almost infinitesimal, but they both headed in the right direction: up. That’s the Class railroad employment picture that emerges from statistics just posted on the Surface
Texas’ state capital joined the ranks of U.S. cities with rail service Monday as Austin’s oft-delayed 32-mile Capital Metro Red Line opened for service. An observer on the first train reported approximately 40 “real” people (other than dignitaries and media) boarding the morning’s first train out of Leander, Tex., bound for Austin.
RMI, a leading provider of railroad information services based in Jacksonville, Fla., announced Monday that Lester Hightower will assume the role of vice president, RailDOCS Solutions. “In this new role, Lester will assume responsibility
The U.S. Senate has passed H.R. 4213, the American Workers, State and Business Relief Act of 2010. The bill includes a one-year extension of the infrastructure investment tax credit for short lines,
After a series of meetings attended by 2,500 concerned customers, the New York MTA is sticking with most of the service cuts that stirred up such a ruckus when they were announced earlier this
BNSF Railway Chairman, President and CEO Matthew K. Rose (top photo, with Railway Age Publisher Robert P. DeMarco) accepted Railway Age’s Railroader of the Year award before a capacity crowd at Chicago’s
Citing strengthening traffic, J.P. Morgan analysts in an investor alert Friday raised their 2010 and 2011 profit outlooks for five major U.S. and Canadian railroads—CSX Corp.; Norfolk Southern Corp., Union Pacific Corp., Canadian National Railway,
The Federal Railroad Administration has named Robert Lauby Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative Operations in the Office of Safety, effective March 28, 2010. Lauby, who has more than 30 years
Canadian National says that an arbitrator’s award released Thursdayprovides three annual pay increases for 1,700 locomotive engineers represented byTeamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC)—a 1.8% wage increaseretroactive to January 1, 2009, 2.4% in 2010, and 2.6% in
The Chicago Transit Authority will soon begin an extended test period on the prototype trainset of its new 5000-Series rapid transit cars from Bombardier. In this photo, taken by CTA official Bruce
As part of a two-year service agreement, Amtrak has awarded Eta Phi Systems a project to upgrade the Passenger Information Display System (PIDS) on the Capitol and San Joaquin Corridors, Surfliner Service,
Dahlman Rose & Co. Thursday hosted a roundtable conference call on the Mexico-U.S. supply chain in which executives from Kansas City Southern “shared valuable insight about cross-border and Mexico operations,”according to Director-Equity
In a message to stockholders in the 2009 Annual Report, released Thursday, Norfolk Southern CEO Wick Moorman says the company entered the new year with "positive momentum" and that “while the short-term economic outlook remains
The Association of American Railroads reported Thursday that U.S. railroad freight traffic was from a year ago during the week ended March 13, the third consecutive week of year-over-year gains. The 287,837 carloads
Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. announced Thursday that it has signed a Memorandum Of Understanding with the Mohawarean Group in Saudi Arabia to form a joint venture, under which EMD would “provide expert service training
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree, entitled “On Measures to Develop High-Speed Railway Transport in Russia,” containing a range of directives for the Russian government on measures relating to technical
Opening ceremonies took place Wednesday at St. Petersburg State University’s Graduate School of Management for the International Logistics and Supply Chain Management Centre, established jointly by Russian Railways and Germany’s Deutsche Bahn
