The Surface Transportation Board will receive an updated report on the state of rail-industry competition this fall. The agency is paying Madison, Wis.-based economic consulting firm Christensen Associates $125,000 to feed data from 2007
The Association of American Railroads on Thursday reported continued "slight" improvement in U.S. rail carloadings for the week ended July 25, though traffic remained down from the same period last year. Railroads originated
Canadian Pacific Thursday noted a one-time gain from the sale of a share of the Detroit River Tunnel Partnership boosted it second-quarter net income. Net profit rose to C$157.3 million ($145 million),
Kansas City Southern Thursday reported that second-quarter net income declined more than 86% to $6.7 million, 7 cents per share, compared with $50.5 million, or 56 cents a share, in the second
Greenwich, Conn.-based Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Thursday reported second-quarter net income of $7.4 million, or diluted earnings per share of 20 cents, less than half the net income of $15.4 million, or
Norfolk Southern is taking steps to ensure that its stored locomotives are ready to roll when needed. "At the end of June, we had just over 600 locomotives stored, about 16% of our fleet,"
Starfire Engineering & Technologies, Inc. has provided designs for three freight cars to Tikhvin Railway Car Building for use in Eastern Europe. Starfire has designed a covered hopper, container flat (pictured), and
Between June 2008 and June 2008, Class I railroad employment in all categories declined 8.45% to 149,614, a loss of 15,685 jobs. Hardest hit was the transportation (train and engine) category, where the numbers dropped
Atlanta’s on-again, off-again plans for a Peachtree Street streetcar line appear to be on again, as the City Council, in an 11-3 vote, approved a motion to apply for federal stimulus funds to build part of the line.
Just as Portland, Ore.’s MAX light rail operations attracted focus groups from interested U.S. cities beginning in the 1990s, so, too, does the Rose City’s streetcar operation draw interest in the best
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph Szabo announced Thursday proposed rules designed to prevent train collisions through the use of Positive Train Control (PTC). The Notice of Proposed
The Association of American Railroads Thursday reported that rail traffic remains down year over year for the week ended July 11, 2009. Carloadings were at their highest level in 14 weeks. U.S. railroads originated
A key indictor of transit railcar reliability is Mean Distance Between Failures (MBDF), and by this measure the car fleet of MTA NewYork City Transit has made solid progress in the last
Russian Railways (RZD) CEO Vladimir Yakunin and Deutsche Bahn Chairman Ruediger Grube Thursday signed a general agreement on the creation of an educational and research center for international logistics andsupply chain management.
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Thursday said the Federal Railroad Administration has received 278 pre-applications for grant funding totaling $102 billion. "The response has been tremendous and shows that the country
California’s Department of Transportation will officially dedicate a “green” locomotive July 22, part of the Amtrak California service fleet, that it says reduces locomotive emissions. The locomotive is an F59PHI originally built
Railroad shippers anticipate an average base rate increase of 3.3% during the next six-to-12 months, according to a new survey conducted by New York-based investment bank Dahlman Rose & Co. The 2009
Responding to a July 10 New York Times article by Elisabeth Rosenthal entitled “Buses May Aid Climate Battle in Poor Cities,” Lyndon Henry, a data analyst for Austin, Tex.’s Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority and also a technical consultant with Light Rail Now!, wrote the following. As of July 13, the Times had not yet published the response.
Responding to a July 10 New York Times article by Elisabeth Rosenthal entitled “Buses May Aid Climate Battle in Poor Cities,” Lyndon Henry, a data analyst for Austin, Tex.’s Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority and also a technical consultant with Light Rail Now!, wrote the following. As of July 13, the Times had not yet published the response.
New Jersey Transit Wednesday said it will debut rail service between Hoboken Terminaland Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., via Secaucus Junction, beginningSunday, July 26, when the CONCACAF Gold Cup Final title soccer match isscheduled.
