A Siemens-led consortium has signed a $321 million contract with the PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson) rapid transit system to modernize and automate signaling equipment with CBTC (communications-based train control). The consortium, led
Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. announced Tuesday that it is constructing a rebuild facility for traction motors and other electrical equipment in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. “This new traction motor rebuilding facility will be
New proof of the railroad industry’s investor appeal came Tuesday with the report that the Dow Jones Railroad Index has improved around 76% since its low point in March 2009, easily exceeding the 50%
One of Portland TriMet’s new substations, located at Southwest Jackson, between Fifth and Sixth avenues, is designed to tap solar and wind power for much of its operation. The $1.2 million substation,
By Tony Kruglinski, Financial Editor If you are like this writer, during the past weeks and months you have been pummeled by kith and kin concerning Warren Buffett’s BNSF strategy and what
Amtrak’s second daily round trip launched last summer between Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia, has attracted enough passengers to bolster its chances of continuation following the Winter Olympics, which Vancouver will host
By William C. Vantuono, Editor At 50, Matt Rose, Railway Age’s 2010 Railroader of the Year, is among the youngest of our industry’s top echelon. Rose (left, with me in his Fort
The Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, currently operating about 750 miles of rail line in Maine, Vermont, Quebec, and New Brunswick, continues preparing to abandon about 230 miles of route between Millinocket and
Freight rail pricing is expected to strengthen gradually this year, staying ahead of cost inflation, as the economy recovers, according to revised predictions issued this morning by Dahlman Rose & Co. “While
During the “Great Recession,” the railroads have been ableto retain their pricing power, though at a reduced level. As business begins to pick up, there are strong indications that this momentum will
After 100 days on the job, New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman and CEO Jay H. Walder wonders if MTA really needs 92 different phone numbers for customer information and six calling
New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli issued a report Thursday describing how deeply the recession has eroded ridership onthe trains, buses, bridges, and tunnels operated by the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. In the first
The Las Vegas Monorail Co., though formed as a not-for-profit company, filed Wednesday with federal bankruptcy court due to falling ridership, attributed to the economic recession. The company oversees the roughly 4-mile
Subway cars ordered by the Toronto Transit Commission face unexpected delivery delays due to the bankruptcy late last year of Montreal-based Curtis Doors, a supplier to Bombardier Transportation, which is handling the
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority General Manager John Catoe says he plans to retire April 2, following three years heading WMATA, a span that included several high-profile safety-related incidents. “I have decided
U.S. freight rail traffic in the early days of 2010 remained mired in the minus column when compared with the same period of 2009 and 2008, the Association of American Railroads reported
Despite some voiced misgivings, the Ottawa City Council Jan. 13 voted 19-4 to proceed with preliminary engineering and environmental review of a C$2.1 billion (US$2 billion) light rail transit line for the city. The 7.8-mile, 13-station route would include a 2-mile tunnel under downtown.
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood says the DOT will ease the standards for spending economic stimulus funds in order to accelerate the construction of new transit projects. He specifically cited streetcar lines as
The Association of American Railroads Wednesday said 2009 total carload traffic on U.S. railroads notched the lowest levels since at least 1988, when the AAR’s data series began. AAR’s January Rail Time
The California Northern Railroad (CFNR), a short line owned by Jacksonville, Fla.-based RailAmerica Inc., has converted its entire fleet to environmentally friendly locomotives with the addition of four new N-ViroMotive™ Gen-Set locomotives
