SteelEye Technology, Inc. announced Monday that Alstom Transport had selected the company to deploy SteelEye® LifeKeeper® for Linux to protect mission-critical applications of the maintenance system services for Beijing Metro Line 2.
Track installation finally has begun for Washington, D.C.’s first new streetcar line, Anacostia Streetcar, in the district’s Southeast quadrant, following years of delays and still with no firm assurance that the line
Signal Peak Energy, an expanded coal mining operation near Roundup, Mont., with a new 35-mile link to the BNSF Railway mainline, has confirmed reports that it will send an undetermined number of coal
French National Railways (SNCF), which owns and operates France’s TGV high speed rail network, said Friday it had responded to the Federal Railroad Administration’s Request For Expression of Interest process with respect
In a stunning move certain to affect the rail supply industry within North America and beyond, London-based Balfour Beatty plc, Britain’s biggest builder, has agreed to buy construction and infrastructure-services provider Parsons
In a conference call with Morgan Stanley analysts William Greene and Adam Longson, former Surface Transportation Board Chair Linda Morgan anticipated a draft version of rail legislation to be introduced by Sen.
A planned $4 billion Transbay Transit Center in downtown San Francisco took a big step forward Thursday when the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Credit Council recommended the approval of a $171 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance
Phoenix-area sports fans headed for a scheduled event of the NBA Suns or WNBA Mercury basketball teams at US Airways Center can present their game tickets as a valid light rail fare,
U.S. carload freight traffic for the week ended September 12 was down 19.8% compared with the same week in 2008, the Association of American Railroads reported. AAR noted part of the decline
The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Transportation Policy Board, a regional transportation board, Wednesday approved plans to help fund CSX efforts to expand and improve freight capacity in the District of Columbia,
Train crew employment on U.S. railroads in mid-August stood at 57,167, an increase of 353, or 0.62%, over July, although the transportation (train and engine) group trailed August 2008 numbers by 15.86%. Also registering
The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’Transportation Policy Board, a regional transportation board, Wednesdayapproved plans to help fund CSX efforts to expand and improve freight capacity in the district, Maryland, and Virginia.
The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’Transportation Policy Board, a regional transportation board, Wednesdayapproved plans to help fund CSX efforts to expand and improve freight capacityin the district, Maryland, and Virginia. The Board
Pittsburg, Kan.-based Watco Transportation Services, Inc. has announced an agreement with Rio Grande Pacific Corp. to acquire 36 miles of track from the Idaho Northern & Pacific Railroad. Watco plans to file with
Overland Park, Kan.-based Transportation Certification Services (TCS) said Wednesday it has been selected to train equipment operators for Minnesota’s North Star Commuter Rail service, set to commence November 16. TCS trained the
Presaging its annual meeting in Orlando, Fla., October 4, the American Public Transportation Association says it has unveiled a “newly redesigned and redeveloped website,” still accessible at www.apta.com. "The new site offers
The Senate voted Wednesday 68-30 to prohibit federal funding to Amtrak unless it allows licensed gun owners to check their weapons as checked baggage aboard Amtrak trains by early next year. Amtrak
Norfolk Southern Corp. has commended its Crescent Corridor state partners, including Pennsylvania, Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee, for supporting the Crescent Corridor program designed to increase NS’ freight transportation capacity and mobility
Almost 1,800 special interest groups of all kinds are trying to influence Congress as it moves to enact a new surface transportation bill, according to a report entitled “The Transportation Lobby,” issued
Norfolk Southern’s second annual sustainability report includes the company’s first calculation of its carbon footprint, a measure of greenhouse gases produced by business operations. It turns out to be "less than one tenth of one
