Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph Szabo and FRA Deputy Administrator Karen Rae will be keynote speakers at three regional seminars on high speed rail in February, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) and
“Tawdry etiquette” or “A manual for peace”? In the Aug. 7, 1926, issue of Railway Age (pp. 245-246), a number of railway chief executives expressed their feelings about a new Act
The Toronto Transit Commission and Metrolinx, the Ontario provincial transportation authority, have reached agreement on one aspect of Toronto’s light rail transit future: LRT growth under the “Transit City” plan will take
Fairport, N.Y.-based RailComm said Tuesday it has provided a wireless remote control yard system at CSX’s Osborn Yard in Louisville, Ky. The RailComm Domain Operations Controller (DOC®) system provides remote control to several
Harbin, China-based Harbin Electric, Inc. said Tuesday it participated in the successful testing of the first domestically developed linear motor (LM) propulsion system in Changchun, on a metro train operated by Changchun
Rutherford, N.J.-based PTSI Transportation has scheduled a second one-day conference on railroad physical characteristics training and testing, Friday, February 19, in Los Angeles. The event follows what PTSI terms a successful session
Amtrak President Joseph Boardman will continue to serve in his current position, as Amtrak’s Board of Directors extended his interim contract for an indefinite period while postponing any decision to install a
U.S. railroads reported 8,861 accidents and incidents to the Federal Railroad Administration in the first 10 months of 2009, down 18.2% from the prior-year period, according to a preliminary report released Dec. 31 by the FRA’s
The Association of American Railroads reported an increase in rail intermodal traffic for the week ended Dec. 26 but said total ton-mile volume continued to trail year-ago levels. Intermodal traffic added up to
New Jersey Transit will open its new South Amboy Station,located on its North Jersey Coast Line, Tuesday, Jan. 5. The new stationfeatures high-level platforms, while also including climate-controlled waitingareas, a new ticket
Campaigning for the Republican nomination for governor of Texas, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison is advancing the concept of high speed rail to connect Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. Hutchison cited her support
Public transit ridership in the United States was down 3.8% for the first nine months of 2009, according to the American Public Transportation Association, but light rail systems in seven cities posted an increase.
Connecticut’s Bond Commission will vote at its next meeting January 8 whether to supply $26 million in funding as the state share to expand double-tracking of Amtrak’s New Haven-to-Springfield line, an offshoot
AECOM Technology Corp. has been awarded a US$20 million contract by Edmonton, Alberta, to provide program management services for the city’s light rail transit extension from downtown Edmonton to the Northern Alberta
MTA New York City Transit is installing a real-time customer information system that it says will "take the guesswork out of waiting for a train." Now under final testing in five stations along
The Association of American Railroads reports that in the week ended Dec. 19, freight volume on U.S. railroads was slightly ahead of 2008 but remained sharply down from 2007. The AAR estimated total volume at
Wabtec Corp. has agreed to pay Faiveley Transport Malmo AB $3.9 million, the result of an arbitration ruling, received Dec. 24, involving claims filed against Wabtec by a Swedish subsidiary of Faiveley Transport.
For his role in completing the transformation of Canadian National from troubled Crown corporation to an internationally acclaimed private railway, departing CN President and CEO E. Hunter Harrison Tuesday received the warm
Bombardier Transportation and AB Transitio have agreed on the delivery of 11 three-car Bombardier CONTESSA trains valued $137 million, with an option for an additional five trains. The trains will be leased by Swedish
AnsaldoBreda said Tuesday it has been awarded a five-year contract worth $54 million to upgrade 143 light rail vehicles for San Francisco Municipal Railway (MUNI), part of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation
