Washington state’s Port of Vancouver has identified localcontractor Rotschy Inc. as the low bidder for constructing a 7.3-mil rail loop at Terminal 5, designed to expand the inland port’s intermodal capacity. Rotschy
Italy Infrastructure Minister Altero Matteoli said Friday work on a controversial high speed rail line linking the city of Turin with Lyon, France, would resume late this year, most likely in December.
The long-proposed and long-struggling proposal for a light rail transit line on Manhattan’s famed 42nd Street resurfaced into public view this week, courtesy of The New York Times. The proposal envisions LRT linking
U.S. intermodal rail traffic volume reached its highest level in September since last November, the Association of American Railroads says, even though when compared to September 2008 levels, intermodal rail traffic declined
Tom Downs, chairman of the North American Board of Veolia Transportation and a former president of Amtrak, has written an opinion piece on high speed rail and its value titled “Driving on
Officials in Woodbridge, N.J., say they’ve reached accord with Conrail to create “quiet zones” at four township grade crossings, which will include quad gates at two of the crossings, to resolve noise
Amidst a tight gubernatorial race and with Election Day looming Nov. 3, New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine (D) has said he’ll weigh raising the state’s gasoline tax should he be re-elected to
CSX Corp. saw its third-quarter earnings fall 23% from the comparable period a year ago due to the continued effects of the economic slowdown. CSX earned $293 million in the third quarter
Russia and China signed a memorandum of understanding Tuesday on “developing high speed and very high speed rail links in the territory of the Russian Federation.” The agreement came out of talks in Beijing
Bombardier Transportation has announced that it will supply an additional 100 E464 electric locomotives to Trenitalia (Italian Railways). The order is valued at approximately $383 million. In an announcement Wednesday, Bombardier noted that it
Shares of RailAmerica Inc. made their public trading debut on Wall Street Tuesday, but the initial public offering failed to draw the anticipated support that would suggest stronger industry economic performance ahead.
Edward W. Rodzwicz, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, was arrested on a federal complaint charging him with bribery, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday. Acting U.S. Attorney
Economic turmoil took its toll on Amtrak ridership during fiscal year 2009, which ended September 30, but the national passenger railcarrier reported it still notched its second-best ridership year in its 38-year
Amtrak has awarded a contract to Jacobs Engineering Group to provide program management and construction management services for more than 100 infrastructure improvement projects (at more than 360 Amtrak locations) valued at around $560 million.
New York-based Dahlman Rose & Co., in its third quarter Rail Shipper Survey, notes “railroad shippers anticipate an average base rate increase of 3.2% over the next 6-12 months. This is largely
Norfolk Southern said Tuesday its customers now can receive text messages notifying them of the status of shipments with Railcar Event Alerts. Using a simple application on the company’s e-commerce site, accessNS,
RailComm says it has provided New Jersey Transit with a control system for several derail devices as part of the NJT’s ongoing upgrade of Hoboken Rail Yard, a major service and storage facility
The Long Island Railroad (LIRR), San Francisco Bay AreaRapid Transit (BART), and Washington Metro (WMATA) are using IBM Maximosoftware to manage predictive maintenance programs for rolling stock andfacilities. Maximo software can predict
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has received a $2 million federal grant to help pay for a project expected to cut the agency’s energy costs by $1.6 million annually. The Transit
Citing that, under federally mandated Positive Train Control implementation by 2015, there are nearly 75,000 wayside locations on North American railroads that must be upgraded, Ansaldo STS USA has introduced the first
