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

(CN Photograph)

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.

(Courtesy of Railway Age)

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

MTA’s July Financial Plan forecasts approximately $50 million less in deficits for Fiscal Year 2027 and 2028, totaling $98 million. This is in addition to the $100 million announced in November, totaling $198 million less in deficits than this time last year, according to MTA. The projected deficit for Fiscal Year 2029 is $428 million. These funding shortfalls, MTA said, are in large part due trip growth in Paratransit. (Courtesy of MTA)

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.

MinhChau Corr, incoming General Counsel, VRE (Photograph courtesy of VRE)

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

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