U.S. freight carload traffic fell 2.3% during the week ending Sept. 8, 2012, measured against the comparable week in 2011, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) said Thursday. U.S. intermodal volume for the week remained strong, as it has throughout 2012, up 3.1% compared with the same week last year.
Seattle Sound Transit says it will add Lakewood, Wash., to its regional passenger rail service offerings Monday, Oct. 8, which includes new service at South Tacoma Station. A dedication ceremony is slated for Oct. 6 to herald the event.
The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority (NNEPRA) said Wednesday the extension of Amtrak Downeaster service to Freeport and Brunswick, Maine, will begin Nov. 1. Tickets for the new service go on sale Oct. 1.
IndustryWeek has selected L.B. Foster Co.’s CXT® Concrete Ties facility in Spokane, Wash., as a finalist in the magazine’s 2012 Best Plants Award for Excellence in Manufacturing competition.
Location: Jeffersonville, Indiana
Summary of Position: This position is responsible to provide the safe and efficient movement of trains and equipment over the dispatching district, in accordance with Louisville and Indiana Railroad’s operating and safety rules, policies and practices.
Mount Clare train yard in southwestern Baltimore would be the site of a $90 million, near-dock intermodal yard designed to aid traffic flow through the Port of Baltimore. CSX Transportation would operate the facility.
Falls Church, Va.-based ENSCO, Inc. said Wednesday Amtrak has selected for use the company’s TrackIT(r) Track Chart Management System. The web-based system hosts Amtrak’s official track charts and provides them as high quality PDF digital copies or hard copies.
VIA Rail Canada said Wednesday it has initiated “a new electronic ticketing service enabling passengers to access their tickets and information anywhere and any time from their personal electronic device, allowing rail users to avoid any pre-boarding lines and travel stress-free.
Introduced to service 48 years ago, New York City Transit’s original fleet of 600 Budd-built R-32 cars—dubbed the Brightliners for their gleaming stainless steel bodies—has dwindled to 232 scarred survivors working on the A and C lines.
Title: Railroad Staff Engineer
Location: Denver, CO
Reports to: Senior Vice President – Engineering
Salary Range: Commensurate with qualifications and experience
LOCHNER, provides professional services such as highway and bridge design, planning, aviation, transit, freight rail, and currently has a challenging career opportunity for an experienced Track Design Engineer with a minimum of 20 years of experience. The right candidate will determine the office location for this position.
Greenwich, Conn.-based Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Monday said its August traffic volume fell 4.5% measured against the same month a year ago, with third-quarter 2012 traffic to date down 5.2%. Excluding 2,932
Dallas Area Rapid Transit is expected to select Brookville Equipment Corp. to provide two modern streetcars for the proposed Oak Cliff streetcar project. DART’s Board of Directors may make the decision sometime this month. Preliminary approval by a DART oversight committee for a contract totaling about $9.4 million may occur this week.
The debut of Cincinnati’s $110 million, 4.9-mile streetcar line will occur in mid-2015, not in late 2014 as originally planned.
Montreal’s Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT) plans to commit C$40 million to upgrade its Mount Royal tunnel to accommodate diesel-hauled passenger trains, which would begin using the retrofitted tunnel in late 2013.
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FreightCar America, Inc. said Tuesday it has named Jeffrey Klamar vice president, sourcing. Klamar will be based at FreightCar America’s Chicago headquarters.
DIRECTOR PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT
Posting number 90000788
Salary Range $93,000 – $120,000
Location Wilmington, DE
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) officials remain concerned—as they have throughout 2012—that Hyundai Rotem will lag behind its projected delivery of 75 bilevel cars, worth $190 million, by up to two years.
The Portland Streetcar will expand service into the city’s east side Saturday, Sept. 22, bringing streetcar service east of the Willamette River. The system will become a two-line service at that time.
