As an indication that the rail industry is truly on the rebound, analysts have been awaiting the return of stored freight cars and locomotives to service. That is now happening. Norfolk Southern is reported to have returned
Seattle’s Sound Transit has begun reviewing bids for tunnel boring work required for its $1.9 billion University Link light rail transit extension, set to commence early next year. The work would connect
Siemens AG, through its Siemens Transportation Systems subsidiary, and German Rail (Deutsche Bahn, or DB) have announced a joint effort to tap the potential U.S. market for high speed rail. Spokespeople from
Officials of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 said Tuesday the union had overwhelmingly approved a new contract with Bay Area Rapid Transit, just a little more than a week after a
Public support for a proposed $40 million rail transfer station in Pennsauken, N.J., across the river from Philadelphia, appeared substantial at a Community Information Session held Tuesday in the municipality by New Jersey
Wabtec Corp.’s Wabtec Rail subsidiary in Doncaster, England, has been awarded a $9 million contract to build 24 remote-radio-control High Output Ballast Wagons for Irish Rail for delivery in 2010. During the
Two states operating regional rail service with Washington, D.C. as their hub have submitted requests for federal funding to provide upgraded infrastructure. Unlike many of their brethren, however, Maryland and Virginia, to
Erie, Pa.-based GE Transportation is partnering with Stockholm, Sweden-based EuroMaint Rail to provide maintenance and technical support to Europe’s rail industry, including service on new GE locomotives. The parties announced the deal
Trinity North American Freight Car said Monday it will be idling its Fort Worth, Tex., railcar plant beginning Oct. 20. The company made its intent known in a letter to the Texas
Officials of Austin, Tex.’s Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority continue to address operations issues plaguing the state capital’s MetroRail system, originally scheduled to open in late 2008, then rescheduled for a March opening,
Denver’s Regional Transportation District (RTD) said Friday it has received the first of 55 light rail vehicles for its new FasTracks fleet from Siemens Transportation Systems, which manufactured the car at the Siemens
Vietnam Railways says it will use Japanese high speed rail technology for its proposed HSR route linking Ho Chi Minh City with Hanoi, the capital. Vietnam may seek funds from Japan’s official
U.S. Class I railroads employed 150,400 workers in mid-July, 786 more than they employed in mid-June. The 0.53% month-over-month increase was welcome news after a long decline, but the numbers were still
Patriot Rail Corp. and the City of Temple, Tex., announced that Patriot’s new subsidiary, Temple & Central Texas Railway ,has been awarded an exclusive long-term license agreement to provide rail switching and related
Canada’s commissioner of official languages has launched two investigations into allegations VIA Rail Canada staff did not offer emergency instructions in French to 334 passengers who had to be evacuated from a
China’s Shanghai Composite Index rallied 4.5% Thursday, prompting other Asian markets, their Europe counterparts, and Wall Street to follow suit in similar fashion. While the rally on Wall Street was attributed to
Class I railroad stocks have been rising steadily since bottoming out in late March, strongly supporting the belief of many Wall Street analysts that an economic recovery is under way. “Inventory and
U.S. railroad carloadings are registering incremental gains but remain down year over year for the week ended Aug. 15, 2009, the Association of American Railroads reported Thursday. Traffic added up to 276,488 cars, down 17.1%
BNSF Railway says it has created 23 new intermodal services so far this year and has improved transit times on 45 lanes. "These enhancements were developed in direct response to feedback solicited
Concord, Calif.-based Pacer International, Inc. says it has closed the previously announced sale of certain assets of its specialized heavy-haul trucking operation to subsidiaries of Universal Truckload Services, Inc., based in Warren,
