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Michael O’Keefe of HART (left) and Michael Eshleman of Valley Metro. (Photographs courtesy of the respective organizations)

People News: HART, Valley Metro

Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) appoints Michael O’Keefe as Deputy Executive Director. Also, Valley Metro in Phoenix, Ariz., welcomes Michael Eshleman as Deputy Chief of Service Planning.

Founded in 2001 by Marc and Joe Walraven, Eagle provides customers in the chemical, agriculture, energy and industrial manufacturing sectors, inspection, repair and maintenance services across 13 locations nationwide. (Eagle Photograph, Courtesy of EQT)

EQT to Take Eagle Under its Wing

Global investment organization EQT on April 1 reported that the EQT Infrastructure VI fund (EQT) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Eastland, Tex.-based Eagle Railcar Services (Eagle), which offers 13

POLB: $3.2B 10-Year Capex Plan

The Port of Long Beach plans to invest $3.2 billion over the next 10 years in capital projects that “drive efficiency and make cargo operations more sustainable.” The plan includes improvements to

Brightline riders this spring and summer can receive a 20% discount on passenger rail tickets and a $100 food and beverage credit at Loews Miami Beach and Loews Coral Gables when booking a two-night stay. (Brightline Photograph)

Transit Briefs: Brightline, CTA, PANY/NJ

Brightline, Florida’s private-sector passenger railroad, teams with Loews Hotels. Also, Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) marks the start of accessibility improvement work at Austin Green Line station; and Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANY/NJ) renews an operations and maintenance services contract for JFK International Airport’s AirTrain in New York City.

As a result of the collision of two CPKC trains on Feb. 16, 2024, the four head-end locomotives on train 805 derailed (locomotives CP 8910, CP 8775, CP 8014, and CP 8776), one of which (CP 8775) caught fire. About 17,500 liters of diesel fuel leaked from the derailed locomotives. On train 301, four cars derailed, one of which (CP 650381) caught fire, and about 400 tons of grain spilled from the train. This schematic of the occurrence site shows the derailed rolling stock after the collision, including the derailed locomotives and their order in the train consist (Caption information and image courtesy of TSB)

TSB Releases Final Report on 2024 CPKC Collision

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) on March 31 again called for additional backup safety defenses—“i.e., physical fail-safe train controls”—in signaled territory, following its investigation of the 2024 main-track collision of two Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) trains near Greely, British Columbia.

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