Pacific Rail Services to close Memphis office
Though the rail industry shows signs of being part of – or even leading – an economic recovery, rail suppliers are still adjusting to difficult fiscal realities. That’s the apparent basis for
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Bombardier Transportation backlog increases in quarter
Bombardier Inc. announced Wednesday that it ended the second quarter of fiscal 2010 on July 31 with a "strong backlog of $47.5 billion," though net income dropped to $202 million from $259 million in
New VIA Rail station planned for Belleville, Ontario
Belleville, Ontario, will receive a new VIA Rail station to help make it "one of the core stops" on VIA Rail’s Montreal-Toronto route, the passenger carrier’s busiest line, according to Member of
L.B. Foster lands SEPTA yard track renewal project
Pittsburgh-based L.B. Foster Co. has been awarded a $3.9 million contract for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) Fern Rock Yard Track Renewal Project. SEPTA is proceeding with the project through the
Surface trade with Canada and Mexico down 31.5% in year
Trade using surface transportation between the U.S. and its NAFTA partners Canada and Mexico was down 31.5% in June 2009 from June 2008, the sixth straight month with a year-to-year decline greater than 27%, according
Seminole Electric details alleged CSXT overcharges
Seminole Electric Cooperative, Inc. announced that it filed evidence Monday with the Surface Transportation Board "demonstrating that since Jan. 1, 2009, CSX Transportation, Inc. has been severely overcharging Seminole, its owner-member cooperatives, and their members’
Caltrain lowers volume of train horns
Caltrain announced Tuesday it has completed a project to reduce the volume of its horns to the previous level. A regulator valve that allows the volume to be precisely set has been
Wi-Tronix, LLC marks fifth anniversary
Bolingbrook, Ill.-based Wi-Tronix, LLC marked its five-year anniversary August 23 as a supplier of mobile asset monitoring technology for the rail industry. The company was founded in 2004 by Larry Jordan and
Bombardier signs $431 million contract with Berlin
Bombardier Transportation announced that it will supply 99 trams to operating company Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) under a contract valued at $431 million. Germany’s capital city in 2006 entered into a framework agreement with
Northstar Commuter Rail service to debut Nov. 16
The Northstar Commuter Rail line will begin revenue service Monday, Nov. 16, with five inbound trips each weekday linking Big Lake, Minn., with downtown Minneapolis, and five outbound trips from downtown Minneapolis
Portland WES disappoints in first six months
Portland, Ore.’s seeming magic touch with rail transit startups is missing from its launch six months ago of WES Commuter rail—at least so far. Average daily ridership is 1,200, just half of
Fort Lauderdale eyes stimulus money for LRT
Fort Lauderdale, Fla., officials, racing to comply with a September 15 deadline set by the U.S. Department of Transportation, are scheduled to vote Tuesday on a motion to seek federal stimulus funding for the city’s $124.3 million, 2.7-mile light rail project.
Alan F. Kiepper, 81
Alan F. Kiepper, 81, of Annapolis, Md., died Aug. 26. During his long public transportation career, Kiepper served as general manager of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, general manager of Houston’s Metropolitan
St. Paul commits $5.2 million to add light rail station
Original plans for the proposed Central Corridor light rail project had no allowances for stops at Hamline, Western, or Victoria avenues along University Avenue in St. Paul, but the city itself appears
U.S. rail traffic: Still down, still improving
The Association of American Railroads reported Thursday that U.S. rail traffic "continues to show slight improvement with rail carloadings at their highest level since early March." Carload traffic for the week ended
California HSR not imperiled by court ruling, backers say
Contrary to assertions made by opponents of high speed rail, the 800-mile, $44 billion HSR proposal for California is not imperiled, says Mehdi Morshed, executive director of the California High-Speed Rail Authority.
Network Rail may cut 1,800 jobs
British rail operator Network Rail says it plans to cut 1,800 maintenance jobs by April 2011. "We are discussing our plans withour people and their union representatives and no final decisions have
New York MTA’s 20-year-needs assessment: $128.8 billion
Rail transit vendors have two bulky new documents from the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority available for study as they seek clues to business opportunities over the next couple of decades. Total
Recession cools DM&E’s interest in coal line
In federal court papers filed Wednesday in Cheyenne, Wyo., the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad said it has dropped condemnation lawsuits against some landowners in northeastern Wyoming because the recessionary economy has caused an indefinite
EIS inadequate for California HSR, judge rules
The California High-Speed Rail Authority’s environmental impact statement for the Bay Area portion of its proposed 800-mile, $44 billion high speed rail system is inadequate, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny ruled