Transport Canada on March 7 announced an investment of more than C$13.5 million to support 112 projects in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Areas and other regions in Ontario, through the Rail Safety Improvement Program.
Former Acting Federal Transit Administrator K. Jane Williams and former Federal Highway Administration leader Cheryl Walker have been appointed policy advisors at HNTB, an infrastructure firm serving public and private owners and contractors.
The Senate Budget Committee on March 6 voted unanimously to advance the bipartisan Railroad Employee Equity and Fairness (REEF) Act, which aims to protect railroad employees from cuts to unemployment and sickness insurance and eliminate mandated cuts to the Railroad Retirement Board’s Unemployment Insurance Account.
Conversations during “Locomotive Day” at the Rail Equipment Finance Conference 2024 (REF), held March 3-6 in La Quinta, Calif., “support a low-risk/high-certainty railcar cycle ramp over the next 5-10 years from replacement alone, with
The Port of New Orleans’ (Port NOLA) container-on-barge service sets a new record. Also, Port of Oakland’s January container volume continues to rise.
Railroaders can’t become complacent or lose respect for the heavy equipment they work around every day. A close call early in my career brought that message home for me and underscored why safety must always be top of mind.
Most locomotive energy transition scenarios bode well for Wabtec and to a lesser extent Caterpillar. There appears to be a near-consensus within the industry that the fleet will be zero-emission non-diesel in the long term but no clear consensus on what that will be, although hydrogen electrolyzer is a leading candidate. Bridge technologies could include biofuels, renewable diesel, hydrogen ICE, and battery.
WATCHING WASHINGTON, RAILWAY AGE, MARCH 2024 ISSUE: National Transportation Board (NTSB) Chairperson Jennifer Esposito Homendy can be a pain in the neck, and elsewhere. Celebrate that tenacity. It assuredly saves what cannot be calculated—injuries not suffered and lives not lost in preventable transportation mishaps.
Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) seeks innovators to test new technologies that improve rail safety, asset management and real-time information. Also, New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) boosts subway security; Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) releases a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Bloor-Yonge Capacity Improvements project; and Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and Hitachi Rail are offering a “sneak peek” of the new 8000 series rapid transit cars.
FINANCIAL EDGE, RAILWAY AGE, MARCH 2024 ISSUE: Most rail professionals don’t devote time to ocean freight rates or shipping industry consolidation.
“In February, U.S. rail traffic recovered from disruptions caused by severe winter weather in January. However, a closer look at February’s rail traffic data shows elements that inspire optimism and elements that call for caution,” said Association of American Railroad’s (AAR) newly appointed Chief Economist Dr. Rand Ghayad.
Conversations at the Rail Equipment Finance Conference 2024 (REF), held March 3-6, “suggest favorable railcar leasing fundamentals should continue at least through 2024 and that new railcar orders should recover from fourth-quarter
Bohr Electronics on March 5 reported acquiring the assets of Central Railway MFG, a Jacksonville, Fla.-based manufacturer of custom onboard equipment and software for the rail industry. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
We had one-on-one and group meetings with several rail and rail equipment stakeholders at the Rail Equipment Finance Conference 2024 (REF), held March 3-6 in La Quinta, Calif. Putting the pieces together,
The San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority (SJJPA) and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) on March 5 celebrated the launch of new, state-of-the-art Siemens-manufactured Venture Cars for deployment across the Amtrak San Joaquins service.
Brandon, Manitoba-based Cando Rail & Terminals is proposing to essentially double the size of its Sturgeon terminal, which opened for business in 2020 in Alberta’s Industrial Heartland, directly west of CN’s Beamer
IntelliTrans on March 5 announced that it has overhauled its Transportation Management System (TMS), incorporating its global supply chain visibility platform so that businesses can now use the only software as a service (SaaS)-based TMS that “provides seamless shipment execution and visibility across rail, truck, barge and ocean.”
North American Rail Solutions, a provider of industrial rail inspection, construction, maintenance and terminal services, through its subsidiary, American Track, announced March 4 that it has acquired West Rail Construction, LLC, in Vancouver, Wash.
Services commenced on the 46-kilometer (28-mile) section between Cancún Airport and Playa del Carmen on February 29.
Norfolk Southern (NS) and Class II Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) expand their international and domestic interline services. Also, CN’s “EcoChampions” share a creative way to extend equipment life and the railroad’s Intermodal International Sales and Marketing team earns a partnership award; and Union Pacific (UP) wins a supplier award.
