FRA notes rail safety improvement
CN, CP end litigation over Hunter Harrison
Canadian Pacific names Creel president and COO; reaches settlement with CN
Director, Track Construction – Metra
Director, Track Construction
Summary of Duties
Reporting directly to the Senior Director, Engineering Maintenance, plans, directs and controls Metra’s Engineering track related capital projects and monitors district track maintenance to ensure the safe movement of trains/equipment and compliance with all Metra’s Engineering policies. Coordinates the utilization of Maintenance of Way work equipment between Metra districts and other Metra carriers.
Laborers – Union Tank Car Company
Laborers
Union Tank Car Company, a leading railcar maintenance operation, has several openings available for laborers at our mobile/mini operation in Stanley, ND.
Competitive bidding for corridor passenger rail service in play
Tank car production bolsters railcar orders
Economic Planning Associates, in its most recent freight car building report, said it expects orders this year to dip to just above 50,000, down from 2012’s 58,900, then rebound strongly in 2014 and experience steady growth through 2018.
Cincinnati, Duke Energy reach streetcar accord
Cincinnati officials Friday said they have signed two agreements with Duke Energy Corp. resolving a conflict generated by the city’s initial streetcar line, now under construction.
GE sub reaches MOU with Russian railway
GE Transportation, Locorail, and Yakutia Railways in Russia announced Friday a Memorandum of Understanding “to explore the possibility of forming a strategic relationship to modernize diesel electric locomotives.”
Director of Rail Operations – Richmond Pacific Railroad Corporation
Richmond Pacific Railroad Corporation
Director of Rail Operations
Richmond Pacific Railroad (RPRC) is currently seeking a Director of Rail Operations. This key management position, reporting directly to the President, is responsible for managing the overall operations of RPRC’s Class 3, shortline rail activities in Richmond, California. With direct connections to the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad, RPRC supports a deep-water bulk cargo terminal in Richmond as well as numerous other customers.
Manager, Railcar Technical Services – CAI
Location: USA – Employee would be based in a USA location suitable for performing the job requirements including travel to inspect cars, repair facilities and to meet with customers. Our headquarters office is in San Francisco, CA.
Colombia eyes major new coal railroad
New Colombia Resources, Inc. announced in Coral Springs, Fla., Thursday its plans for a public-private partnership with the Agencia Nacional de Infraestructura (ANI) of Colombia to build a $359 million railroad to move high-quality metallurgical coal from central Colombia to export terminals on the northern coast.
Mechanic – Balfour Beatty Rail Inc
Lakewood, CO
Balfour Beatty Rail Inc
More mixed U.S. freight traffic, AAR reports
U.S. intermodal volume continues to shine as 2013 establishes itself, up 1.6% for the week ending Jan. 26, 2013, measured against the comparable week in 2012, according to the Association of American Railroads. AAR on Thursday noted that offset the ongoing lackluster performance in U.S. freight carload volume, down 6.3% for the week compared with a year ago.
Engineering Project Manager II-Rail Systems, Capital Metro
Post Date 1/11/2013
Title Engineering Project Manager II – Rail Systems
City AUSTIN
State TX
Safety Sensitive Position No
Work Hours Day Shift
Description – THIS POSTING IS SUBJECT TO CLOSE AT ANY TIME –
Vermont governor seeks more Amtrak service
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin has advanced a fiscal year 2014 state budget with funding for restored passenger rail service between Rutland and Burlington, running north-south on the Green Mountain State’s western flank.
Eurotech lands on-board equipment order from Alstom
Amaro, Italy-based Eurotech Group says it has received a 1.2 million euro ($1.6 million) order to supply on-board rail equipment to Alstom Italy.
PROCUREMENT/PURCHASING PROFESSIONALS – OPEN HOUSE, NYC TRANSIT
PROCUREMENT/PURCHASING PROFESSIONALS – OPEN HOUSE
MTA NYC Transit, the largest public transit organization in North America, moves over 1.6 billion riders annually and spends billions of dollars each year procuring a wide variety of goods and services. NYC Transit is hosting an Open House seeking purchasing, service contract and construction contract professionals to fill various openings in several Procurement groups.
PATH resumes Hoboken-WTC service
With little advance notice and a minimum of public relations fanfare, PATH Wednesday morning resumed rail service between Hoboken, N.J., and its World Trade Center Station in downtown Manhattan.
Hotstart makes first Japanese sale
Spokane, Wash.-based Hotstart, Inc. says Japan’s Iwate Kaihatsu Railways has installed the company’s HOTflow™ CSM Engine Heater on one of its locomotives.