Iowa Pacific Holdings says it has filed two TIGER Grantstimulus funding applications, one for each of two short line propertiesSouthwest. Each of the packages, if approved, will dramatically improve freighthandling capabilities and
Garold B. Adams has been appointed executive vice president and Global Business Development manager of Parsons Transportation Group, Inc. (PTG), effective October 1. In his new role, Adams will lead PTG’s global sales
Rail carload traffic in the week ended Sept. 19 posted only a single-digit decline–9.6%–compared with the corresponding week in 2008. But the improvement was more apparent than real. As the Association of American Railroads
San Diego’s Metropolitan Transit System Thursday awarded Siemens Transportation Systems a $205 million contract for 57 light rail vehicles specifically designed to increase consist size and avoid blocking intersections in downtown San
Brushing aside doubts raised by several of its own members, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors, in an 8-3 vote, Thursday awarded a AnsaldoBreda a contract option for
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chief Executive Arthur Leahy says LACMTA should open a competitive bidding process to acquire 100 new light rail transit vehicles for the city’s growing LRT system.
Mongolian Railways has taken delivery and completed testing of its first GE Transportation Evolution® Series locomotive, which was produced at GE Transportation’s Erie, Pa., manufacturing site. Mongolian Railways leases locomotives and railcars
Massachusetts and CSX have agreed on the sale of CSX’s Boston-Worcester, Mass., route to the commonwealth, opening up potential service capacity additions on the route and the extension of Massachusetts Bay Transportation
Monterey County, Calif., officials postponed a vote this week for a rapid transit line to serve the county’s namesake city, after a former Monterey mayor voiced concerns that the city council had
With a weekday ridership that averaged 5.225 million last year, New York City’s subways face a Herculean task maintaining 468 stations. To say that some of the huddled masses are never happy with the
Railway Age has chosen Kathryn D. Waters, Vice President-Member Services at the American Public Transportation Association, as the sixteenth recipient of the magazine’s W. Graham Claytor, Jr. Award for Distinguished Service to
Canadian Pacific Railway has joined Atlanta-based e-VERIFILE.COM Inc.’s e-RAILSAFE Canada (ERS-Canada) workplace safety/security management service. CP will require its contractors and suppliers and their employees that need access to CP’s Canadian properties
Thomas E. Barron has been appointed President of Parsons Transportation Group, Inc. (PTG), a global business unit of Parsons Corp. He will be responsible for the business unit’s worldwide operations. Barron joined
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) late Tuesday issued nine safety recommendations, six of which are “urgent,” to address concerns about the safety of train control systems that use audio frequency track circuits following
CN unveiled an upgraded on-line calculator Wednesday, accessible at www.cn.ca/ghg_calculator, that estimates total carbon emissions for shipments using more than one mode of transportation. CN said the new calculator "generates carbon-emission estimates for shipments
Debate within Toronto’s metropolitan area over the future of the Scarborough Line, simmering at low levels for years, is becoming more pronounced as the Toronto Transit Commission proceeds with its plans for
Fulfilling an option it has steadfastly maintained as an option, the University of Minnesota Tuesday filed suit against regional planning agency Metropolitan Council to protect what it says is delicate scientific research equipment from vibrations or electromagnetic interference feared from the 11-mile Central Corridor light rail line in St. Paul.
The Canadian government and VIA Rail Canada have launched a C$20 million (US$18.7 million) program to “renew and improve two key components of its nationwide locomotive and rolling stock fleet,” including 78
Geneva, Ill.-based Miner Enterprises, Inc. Tuesday announced its new DuraShield™ covered hopper car hatch cover, which it says combines lightweight, high durability, low profile design with a high performance seal. The company
FreightCar America Inc. reported a profit larger than anticipated for its second quarter, with earnings of $7 million, or 59 cents per share, compared with a loss of 3 cents a share,
