Following years of political indecision, as well as confusion surrounding the modes of light rail transit and streetcar and their differing applications, Kansas City, Mo., on Wednesday approved a special tax district in its downtown to fund a $100 million, two-mile streetcar line.
The Sacramento Regional Transit District announced Wednesday that it has awarded a contract to Siemens Rail Systems to modify and refurbish 21 light rail vehicles that it acquired from the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority in 2003 and that have since been in storage. The cars were originally built by Urban Transportation Development Corp. (UTDC) and went into operation in 1987.
Norfolk Southern’s 30th Anniversary Year was helped along by a blow-out Annual Short Line meeting in Roanoke, Va. More than 200 members of the short line community attended, representing most of the 250 short lines that have direct connections with NS, along with another 140 NS names, including President and CEO Wick Moorman, Chief Operating Officer Mark Manion, and Chief Commercial Officer Don Seale. And I came away feeling a change in the air.
Fairport, N.Y.-based RailComm said Tuesday BNSF has added the company’s Blue Flag Indicator (BFI) System to its Belen Yard, N.M., facility.
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