BNSF Opens New Salt Lake City Intermodal Facility
BNSF, in partnership with Patriot Rail and the Utah Inland Port Authority (UIPA), on July 31 announced the official opening of the Class I’s new intermodal facility in Salt Lake City. The
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CN, CPKC: Ready for 2025-26 Grain Service
CN and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) have published their respective grain plans required by the government of Canada to assess how much product they expect to move during the 2025-26 crop year (Aug. 1, 2025-July 31, 2026) and to identify the actions they are taking to meet demand.
People News: Amtrak, Trinity Metro, Urban Engineers, Inc.
Amtrak names Costin Corneau as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Also, Trinity Metro names Reed Lanham as Chief Operating Officer (COO); and Urban Engineers, Inc. (Urban) names James (Jim) Bilella, PE, as CEO, and promotes Christopher Bobrowski, CPA, to CFO.
Railway Age: August 2025 Digital Edition On Line
The August 2025 issue of Railway Age is now available digitally, with deep dives into Union Pacific’s much-anticipated bid for Norfolk Southern to create the first U.S. transcontinental railroad.
Benesch’s Barbara M. Schroeder Featured at 2025 Light Rail Conference
Among the list of reasons to attend the much-anticipated 2025 Light Rail Conference is Embracing Sustainability & Resiliency Through Education & Professional Development, a presentation by Barbara M. Schroeder, P.E., P.M.P., Rail Transit Project
KB Signaling Launches IXC-R20™
Ten months after completing its $690 million purchase of Alstom Signaling North America’s conventional product portfolio, Knorr-Bremse North American subsidiary KB Signaling has introduced the IXC-R20™ Integrated Crossing Control Module, described as “the
Eco Opens First Pacific Northwest Low-Carbon Cement Plant
Eco Material Technologies, a North American producer, marketer and distributor of ash-based SCMs (Supplementary Cementitious Materials) and “Green Cement” products, has opened a new Lakeview Plant in southern Oregon, its “first sustainably built
Transit Briefs: NYMTA, Denver RTD
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) releases its July Financial Plan, showing balanced operating budgets for 2025 and 2026 and narrowed deficits in 2027 and 2028, and announces a TOD (transit-oriented development) project near Metro-North’s Beacon, N.Y., station. Also, Denver (Colo.) Regional Transportation District (RTD) authorizes a successor contract for two-thirds of its workforce.
People News: VRE, Arup
Virginia Railway Express (VRE) appoints MinhChau Corr as General Counsel, succeeding Steve MacIsaac, who will retire in September. Also, the Arup consultancy announces its new Americas leadership team members.
Canada’s First Fertilizer Terminal Launches at Port of Johnstown
V6 Agronomy, in partnership with the Port of Johnstown, on July 29 broke ground on Canada’s first low-carbon, enhanced efficiency fertilizers (EEFs) and commercial phosphate fertilizer terminal located in the Township of