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UP commemorates new Kate Shelley Bridge

Union Pacific Chairman and CEO Jim Young, Iowa Department of Transportation Director Nancy Richardson, and Boone, Iowa, Mayor John Slight Thursday commemorated one of North America’s tallest double-track railroad bridges, the new

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Southeastern flooding erodes rail traffic

The Association of American Railroads reported Thursday that U.S. rail carload traffic for the week ending Sept. 26 felt the impact of severe flooding halted freight shipments in Georgia and Tennessee for three days,

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New Hampshire bows out of HSR funding scramble

Numerous U.S. states, singly or in groups, have jockeyed for a portion of the $8 billion in federal stimulus funds to advance one of 10 proposed high speed rail routes nationwide. Subtract

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Second Seattle streetcar line gets nod

Seattle’s City Council Transportation Committee has given its blessing to a two-mile First Hill streetcar line, to serve Seattle’s Capitol Hill, First Hill, and International District areas and connect to the city’s

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Planned Mexico-U.S. light rail line gets backing

U.S. light rail operations seldom expand beyond a single state; St. Louis Metro’s MetroLink light rail is a prime exception, while TriMet is willing to grow its LRT operations in Portland, Ore.,

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St. Louis Metro seeks long-term plan for expansion

Straddled with budget woes that have put a severe strain onexisting light rail and bus services, St. Louis Metro nonetheless is solicitinginput to develop a long-term plan to expand service reach and

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Operation Lifesaver: Distracted drivers a rail safety factor

Operation Lifesaver, Inc. Tuesday said federal statistics show that inattentive drivers contribute to approximately 3% of all vehicle-train crashes at highway-rail grade crossings. In addition, 20% of grade crossing collisions involve motor

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Gil Carmichael to address Railway Age conference

Former Federal Railroad Administrator Gil Carmichael, who also is the founding Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Intermodal Transportation Institute (ITI) at the University of Denver, will provide closing remarks

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L.B. Foster lands DART rail products contract

Pittsburgh-based L.B. Foster Co. said Tuesday it has been awarded a $2.1 million contract to supply direct fixation fasteners and bonded insulated joints for the first phase of the new Dallas Area

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NS: New website stresses PPPs

With several freight rail corridor development public-private partnerships under way or in planning, Norfolk Southern has launched TheFutureNeedsUs.com, a new website focusing on the public benefits of these projects. “TheFutureNeedsUs.com describes projects

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Norfolk Southern: “Batteries ARE included”

Norfolk Southern on Monday unveiled what it’s calling “the latest in alternative energy locomotive technology” at its Juniata Locomotive Shop in Altoona, Pa.: NS 999, a prototype 1,500-hp switching locomotive that relies

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National Gateway project honored

The National Gateway coalition, which includes CSX Corp., Monday announced that it has been honored as “Competitiveness Project of theYear” by the North American Strategic Infrastructure Leadership Forum, an infrastructure identification and

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Simmons, Dapco forge marketing agreement

Dapco Industries, Inc., Ridgefield, Conn., and Simmons Machine Tool Corp., Albany, N.Y., have signed an agreement to offer Dapco’s Turnkey Ultrasonic Inspection Systems for use with the Simmons Stanray and Hegenscheidt U2000-400

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Bombardier Sifang wins $4 billion China contract

Bombardier Transportation’s joint venture, Bombardier Sifang (Qingdao) Transportation Ltd., will build 80 ZEFIRO 380 very high speed (236 mph) trains (1,120 cars) for the Chinese Ministry of Railways (MOR). The contract covers the supply of

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Analyst: “Dawn of a better day in rail traffic”

As rail freight traffic rebounds, making sense of “volume volatility” has been difficult, says Dahlman Rose & Co. Director Equity Research and Railway Age Contributing Editor Jason Seidl in his latest weekly

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Sieja appointed a Safetran VP

Safetran Systems Corp., an Invensys Rail company, has appointed Glenn Sieja Vice President, Projects & Engineering, with responsibility for the strategic direction and daily management of Safetran’s transit project and application engineering