Chicago-based Anacostia & Pacific Co. Wednesday announced John K. Secor is retiring as president of the Louisville & Indiana Railroad (LIRC) at the end of October, to be succeeded by Michael D. Stolzman, current president of Pacific Harbor Line (PHL). Otis L. Cliatt, vice president of PHL, will be promoted to PHL’s president.
Director, Rail Project Development and Delivery
The Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, is currently recruiting for an executive to serve as the Director, Office of Planning and Policy Analysis, ES-0340, in the Office of Railroad Policy and Development.
Norfolk Southern Corp. said Wednesday it “has achieved its best-ever score in the S&P 500 Climate Change Report released by the Carbon Disclosure Project.”
Bombardier Transportation and Electro-Motive Diesel ( a subsidiary of Progress Rail Services) announced Wednesday that they are joining forces to assemble diesel-electric locomotives in India. Bombardier will deliver locomotives to EMD for export to Southeast Asia and the Pacific region. Bombardier and EMD made the announcement at the InnoTrans 2012 exhibition in Berlin.
Plant Manager
Greenbrier Rail Services (GRS) has an opening for a Plant Manager at our Wheel Shop in Hershey, NE. The Plant Manager is responsible for leading a team of supervisors and monitoring, directing and coordinating operations at the wheel shop to ensure optimum efficiency and economy of operation. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Light rail transit ridership maintained its strong U.S. growth trend in the second quarter of 2012, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) said Tuesday. LRT ridershp rose 4.3% during the quarter compared with the second quarter of 2011, pacing an overall public transit ridership for the quarter of 1.6% compared with a year ago.
Bombardier Transportation Tuesday said it has signed contracts with Madrid-based Patentes Talgo SA to develop and supply components for 36 very high speed trains for Saudi Arabia.
Supervisor Materials
Job ID: 75162
Location: Various
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Compensation: Grade D Min: $51,557 / Mid: $64,446 / Max: $77,336
The Federal Railroad Administration Monday announced its intent to release $74.8 million for 11 miles of a third track for use by Virginia Rail Express (VRE), CSX, and Amtrak in northern Virginia.
How bullish is the marketplace still on the continued growth of intermodal traffic in North America ? How will growing cargoes through Canadian and Mexican ports reshape the transportation picture?
Canadian Pacific Monday said it has launched new faster intermodal train services connecting Vancouver, British Columbia, to Toronto or Chicago.
On Tuesday, Sept. 18, InnoTrans 2012 opens in Berlin, and over a period of four days, a record 2,515 exhibitors from 49 countries will be presenting their railway products and services—272 exhibitors more than at InnoTrans 2010.
The Surface Transportation Board announced Friday that it had determined the railroad industry’s after-tax cost of capital for 2011 to be 11.57%, compared with 11.03% for the prior year.
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) said controlled blasting resumed on the Second Avenue Subway Friday, following an intensive investigation into the cause of an Aug. 21 incident below 72nd Street in Manhattan, and the implementation of additional safety measures.
Genesee & Wyoming Inc (GWR) announced Friday that it has priced its previously announced offering of 3,500,000 shares of Class A common Stock—including 233,966 shares held by its board chairman—at $64.75 per share, resulting in aggregate gross proceeds of $211.5 million.
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton Thursday approved $2 million in grant funding for the proposed Southwest Light Rail project, which would link downtown Minneapolis with Eden Prairie, Minn.
Railroads these days are enjoying good “fracking” business—no pun intended—and Wall Street has taken notice.
CSX Corp. announced Thursday that for the third year in a row the company earned a place on the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) S&P 500 Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI), and for the first time is recognized on the CDP Global 500 Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index.
RailAmerica, Inc. has reported 74,813 total freight carloads for ended August, up 2.9% from 72,697 in August 2011.
Massachusetts’ Department of Transportation Wednesday awarded a $44.8 million contract to a joint venture charged with designing a Green Line light rail transit extension to Medford, Mass., with a spur to Somerville, Mass.
