The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s new chairman, Jay Walder, warned at an MTA board meeting Wednesday that the agency’s worsening fiscal crisis "demands that we permanently overhaul the way the MTA does
The Association of American Railroads Thursday reported a "slight improvement" in both carload and intermodal traffic on U.S. Class I railroads for the week ended Nov. 14. Rail carloads were up 2.3% from the
French National Railways (SNCF) said Wednesday it is in exclusive negotiations with Bombardier Transportation to acquire a significant order of up to 860 BiLevel high speed rail cars, worth up to $11.98
Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann and 12 local labor unions have signed an agreement that will pay union workers prevailing wages to build Honolulu’s $5.4 billion Honolulu High-Capacity Transit Corridor project (HHCTC), while
Virginia’s Arlington and Fairfax counties, outside Washington, D.C., have pursued the Columbia Pike Streetcar plan, a five-mile route expand rail passenger service from Washington Metro’s Pentagon City Station to Bailey’s Crossroads.
Washington, D.C. may finally see its three Czech-built Inekon streetcars within the district’s borders, four years after it ordered the cars for intended use on its Anacostia streetcar line, now finally entering
U.S. Class I railroads employed 57,198 transportation (train and engine) workers in mid-October, an increase of 1.07% from September, though still 15.27% below October 2008 numbers. The month-to-month increase in train crew workers was one
Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway and arguably the world’s most respected investor, recently appeared on The Charlie Rose Show on PBS. In a lengthy interview, Buffett talked mostly about
Metrolinx and the Toronto Transit Commission are reaching out to the private sector for possible design-build-finance approaches to advance three rail projects. TTC would operate and maintain the new lines, eschewing half of the “DBOM” (design-build-operate-maintain) approach, but the agency duo still seeks to employ a private-public partnership to expedite construction.
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist said Tuesday he’s "hopefully optimistic" state legislators will support the latest effort to establish SunRail passenger rail service. Crist has maintained support for the proposal despite its repeated
InteRRIS™, the Integrated Railway Remote Information Service safety program launched by the railroad industry in 1997 to implement cutting edge technology, in order to gather data on equipment performance in order to
Railinc Corp. Tuesday said it has been named a winner at the 2009 NCTA 21 Awards in the category of “Industry Driven Technology Company.” The awards, bestowed annually by the North Carolina Technology
One day after GE Transportation announced an agreement to provide 300 locomotive assemblies for China HXN5 Mainline locomotives produced by CSR Qishuyan with Evolution® Series diesel engines, the two parties announced “formation
Lexington, Mass.-based RailRunner N.A. Inc. has announced the availability of its Model ReeferProTM 100 chassis for temperature-controlled ISO containers, developed specifically for shippers of produce, frozen or refrigerated foods, pharmaceuticals, and other products requiring
Alstom SA has been awarded a 190 million euro ($282 million) contract to supply 74 Citadis light rail vehicles to Casa Transports, the public transport opeator in Casablanca, Morocco’s largest city, for the
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has released ridership figures showing that all three of its rail operating agencies lost ground in this year’s first eight months. Metro-North Railroad posted the biggest loss, with
Princeton, N.J.-based ALKTechnologies, Inc. says it has designed a new Graphical User Interface (GUI) for its users to easily access PC*MILER mileage, toll costs, map data, drivingdirections, and reporting functionality. Web Services
By Anthony Kruglinski I had a conversation last month with Pat Mazzanti, president of Railroad Appraisal Associates (formerly Norman Seip & Associates), the oldest rail equipment appraisal organization in North America. I
Erie, Pa.-based GE Transportation announced Monday that it has reached an agreement with CSR Qishuyan Locomotive Co., Ltd., based in Beijing, to provide 300 locomotive assemblies for China HXN5 Mainline locomotives produced
In a rare media interview, Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. chief Warren Buffett told television’s Charlie Rose that while Berkshire’s own businesses (including BNSF Railway) have seen the bottom of the recession, the national economy isn’t
