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From Left to Right: David Carol, CEO, APTA; Greg Regan, TTD, AFL/CIO; Harrison M. Wadsworth, Vice President, Government Relations, AECOM; and Mike Friedberg, Partner, Holland & Knight.

Collaboration for Passenger Rail Success

One of the main themes of the Railway Supply Institute’s (RSI) breakout sessions at this year’s Railway Interchange was collaboration, including “Collaboration for Passenger Rail Success,” which took place on Oct. 3 in Indianapolis.

Photo by Kevin Smith

Brandt Shows R5 Power Unit on Exhibition Floor

The centerpiece of the Brandt exhibit at Railway Interchange is the R5 Power Unit, a new road-rail car mover that the company says can support tasks ranging from maintenance of way, revenue service and emergency response, offering improved performance over previous versions of the vehicle.

(Hitachi Rail Photograph)

Hitachi Rail Unveils New Digital Product Suite

Hitachi Rail is launching several new automation and digitalization “innovations” and product improvements for freight and passenger railroads at Railway Interchange 2023, which is being held Oct. 1-4 in Indianapolis.

(Norfolk Southern Photograph)

For NS, Another Tech Outage Pauses Operations

Norfolk Southern’s (NS) data center on Sept. 29 experienced a technology outage that impacted the dispatching system, train movements, and functionality of the terminal operating system. Operations were halted, NS reported, “until the issue was safely and successfully resolved” at 1:30 a.m. ET on Sept. 30.