The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are awarding New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority $193.1 million in Hurricane Sandy recovery funds, including initial reimbursement costs incurred by New York City Transit, Long Island Rail Road, and Metro-North Railroad during preparation for the storm.
Both U.S. freight carload traffic and U.S. intermodal volume rose in the week ending March 2, 2013, the Association of American Railroads reported Thursday, a departure of the split results recorded for much of this year and predominant during 2012 as well.
The Los Angeles City Council Wednesday voted to approve up to $352 million in operating funds for a proposed streetcar linking the city’s Civic Center and its Convention Center, as well as several neighborhoods.
Brushing aside mounting complaints of modal bias from some British Columbia rail advocates and Vancouver metropolitan area officials, TransLink says its latest study shows SkyTrain technology is the best bet for expanding rail options to Vancouver and Surrey.
New Jersey Transit Corp. has awarded Bombardier Transportation a $16 million contract for repair to its BiLevel fleet damaged by flooding during Hurricane Sandy last October.
New Orleans’ Regional Transit Authority has begun holding public meetings to seek input for its next streetcar project, the N. Rampart St./St. Claude Ave. expansion. The extension roughly parallels the Mississippi River.
TERMINAL ENGINEER
The Belt Railway Company of Chicago is currently accepting resumes for a Terminal Engineer. The Engineering Department is responsible for planning and directing, inspection, construction, maintenance and repair for Track Infrastructure, Signal/Electronic Equipment, and other Structures (bridges, buildings, miscellaneous facilities). Previous experience working with track dynamics, track inspection, construction and maintenance operations preferred. The successful candidate for this position will effectively assist the Chief Engineer in oversight of Engineering Department projects.
150 tanks cars crude and asphalt, 4 tractor trailers on road
Supervise drivers
Florida East Coast Railway President and CEO James R. Hertwig is the luncheon speaker Tuesday, April 2, for The New Intermodal Age Conference and Expo, to be held April 2-3, 2013, at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore on the Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Md.
Amtrak President and CEO Joe Boardman, addressing a Congressional committee Tuesday, said Amtrak is leveraging record ridership to reduce dependence on federal operating subsidies.
A triad of U.S. HSR interests makes its move, upsetting some preconceived conventional wisdom involving the nation’s passenger rail outlook.
From intermodal infrastructure to doublestack clearances to new locomotives, CSX continues to invest.
Association of American Railroad (AAR) President and CEO Edward R. Hamberger Tuesday told the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee’s railroads, pipelines and hazardous materials subcommittee that the nation’s freight railroads are making record private investments in the country’s nationwide network, and plan to spend $24.5 billion in 2013. Hamberger said private freight rail investments are paving the way for moving more people and goods by rail as America’s economy continues to grow.
$75,000-$95,000
LOCATION: Jackson, MI Station
SUMMARY OF DUTIES:
This position works closely with the Assistant Division Engineer C&S and the Director Capital Construction in the daily operation of signal construction and maintenance on the Michigan Line. Acts as a field liaison for C&S forces, overseeing the operation and construction and maintenance of the signal system, ensuring compliance with all FRA and Amtrak standards.
San Francisco-based Webcor Builders has been awarded a $48.7 million design-build contract for the Gold Line light rail transit extension project, extending LRT from Sierra Madre Villa (Pasadena), Calif., to Azusa, northeast of Los Angeles.
Bombardier Transportation on Monday rejected claims by Germany’s Deutsche Bahn involving the S-Bahn Berlin 481 series as without merit, calling DB’s allegations defamatory.
Cold Train said Monday it is opening a new office in downtown Chicago in 2013 to aid “hauling more cargo and various products back from the Midwest and East Coast to Washington State and Oregon.”
The Vermont Agency of Transportation says speed limits will be raised on New England Central trackage from 59 mph to 79 mph beginning March 11, improving conditions for both freight rail movement and Amtrak’s Vermonter.
