Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) lands $100 million in California state funding for the BART Silicon Valley Phase II project. Also, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) presents its 2025 Rail Safety, Security and Emergency Management Awards; Arizona’s Valley Metro is introducing streetcar fares; and the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) marks its fifth anniversary.
CSX makes major infrastructure upgrades at Avon Yard in Indiana. Also, BNSF adds Watco’s Timber Rock Railroad (TIBR) to its “Shortline Select” program; and Union Pacific (UP) celebrates its 163rd birthday with the new commemorative No. 1616 Lincoln locomotive.
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) in reporting freight rail traffic for the week ending June 28, 2025 (Week 26), noted that total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 491,424 carloads and intermodal units, down 0.2% from the prior-year period.
CN is allocating approximately C$3.4 billion in 2025 to maintenance and “strategic” infrastructure initiatives, plus rolling stock (net of customer reimbursements), the Class I reported May 15. The investment, CN said, underscores
Watco, a transportation and logistics company based in Pittsburg, Kans., opens a new warehouse at Alabama’s Port Birmingham. Also, Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission (HCPHC) acquires the former Solvay property within Port Bienville Industrial Park in Mississippi.
STV announced July 1 that Richard Barrett has joined the firm as Vice President and New York Signals Manager within the organization’s national rail and transit systems practice.
Pittsburgh, Pa.-based Wabtec Corporation on Jan. 14 announced a definitive agreement to acquire Evident’s Inspection Technologies division (Inspection Technologies) for $1.78 billion. The purchase was finalized July 1. Inspection Technologies, headquartered near Boston,
“For the third quarter, Greenbrier achieved strong financial performance, with net earnings rising both sequentially and year-over-year,” said President and CEO Lorie Tekorius, during a report on the freight transportation equipment and services supplier’s third fiscal-quarter ended May 31, 2025.
Pittsburgh Regional Transit’s (PRT) $539.3 million operating budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 is now Board-approved. With a 35% service cut and 9% fare increase, it reflects current revenue projections and financial constraints and hinges on any new public transit funding in the state of Pennsylvania’s budget.
CSX honors Keesler Medical Center staff in Biloxi, Miss., for its military support. Also, Brooke Henderson, Nelly Korda, and Lydia Ko will headline the early commitments in Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s (CPKC) 2025 Women’s Open field.