In a special session devoted to passenger rail matters, Florida legislators have approved a far-ranging statewide passenger rail program. The state Senate approved the measure 27-10 late Tuesday after a labor protection
U.S. freight carload traffic was down 8.2% in November compared with the same month a year ago, and down 17.4% compared with November 2007. But if Thanksgiving week were excluded, the month
Amtrak has awarded a software maintenance contract to Eta Phi Systems, Inc. for a legacy Automatic Vehicle Location and Passenger Information Display System (PIDS) used on the Capitol Corridor (Auburn-Sacramento-Oakland/San Francisco-San Jose),
The Toronto City Council Tuesday adopted a C$2.5 billion (US$2.4 billion) capital budget for 2011, 55% (about US$1.49 billion) which is targeted at acquiring buses, subway cars, and light rail vehicles for
A passenger rail package that passed the Florida House on Monday would create a new regional rail system for Central Florida (SunRail), provide annual funding for for the existing Tri-Rail system serving southeastern Florida,
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has learned that revenue from a new payroll tax for transit will run about $200 million short of expectations, a development that MTA’s chief financial officer, Gary Dellaverson, called
Amtrak says its ridership during the Thanksgiving Day week this year set an “all-time record,” with ridership up 4% compared with the comparable period in 2008; ticket revenue rose 1% compared with
In preparation for Railway Interchange 2011, the consolidated show that will be a joint effort involving four of the industry’s principal trade associations, REMSA (Railway Engineering Maintenance Suppliers Association) is undergoing a
The Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) rail system will get $356.9 million for new rolling stock, a new signal system, and other improvements under a preliminary capital spending program announced by the Port Authority of New York
The Federal Trade Commission has given Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. antitrust approval for its planned takeover of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.,operator of BNSF Railway. The approval, which was expected, appeared Mondayin a list of antitrust clearances routinely issued by the FTC.
The Federal Trade Commission has given Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. antitrust approval for its planned takeover of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.,operator of BNSF Railway. The approval, which was expected, appeared Mondayin a list of antitrust
Jersey City, N.J., has hired a former state Supreme Court chief justice to mediate a disagreement over its Sixth Street Embankment, former ex-Pennsylvania Railroad right-of-way sought by various interests for green space,
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood gave the opening address Friday at a conference in Washington, D.C. convened to address domestic high speed rail manufacturing potential, and hammered at rail manufacturing’s potential to
Traffic increased in nine of the 19 carload freight commodity groups in the week ended Nov. 28, although total carload volume was down 3.9% compared with the same week last year. Both weeks included
GE Transportation announced Thursday it has signed an agreement with America Latina Logistica, SA (ALL), Curatiba, Brazil, to deliver 10 new AC44i locomotives by year’s end for freight transport. ALL reportedly operates the
Hard and persistent work by short line and regional railroad advocates throughout 2009 have solidified congressional support for extending and improving the short line railroad tax credit, according to officials of the
A strike by CN locomotive engineers belonging to the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) that began on Nov. 28 has ended following an agreement to resolve contractual disagreements through further negotiations and,
The Federal Railroad Administration has released new numbers from 734 large and small railroads showing continued across-the-board improvement in rail safety in the United States. In the nine months ended Sept. 30,
Canada’s federal government Monday introduced legislation to terminate the strike against Canadian National, which commenced Saturday, calling the strike a threat to the weak economic recovery. Passage of the bill is expected
Iowa Northern Railway has extended its contract with RailComm for its computerized Track Warrant Control system.RailComm’s Domain Operations Controller (DOC®) dark territory train control system is accessed through a web-enabled Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) delivery model.
