Progress Rail Signs Contracts With ENR to Modernize 100 Locomotives

Progress Rail recently announced that it has signed three long-term contracts with Egyptian National Railways (ENR) to modernize 100 AA22T locomotives and provide technical services and parts support. These agreements, which were

Brett Reynolds, CPKC’s 2025 Railroader of the Year. (Screen Grab from CPKC Video)

CPKC Earns Supplier of the Year Award, Presents Top Railroader Honor

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), recently designated as a General Motors (GM) 2025 Supplier of the Year, has honored Track Maintenance Foreman Brett Reynolds as its 2025 Railroader of the Year.

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Kearney Growing Transportation Management, Logistics Services Business

The Kearney Companies, Inc., (Kearney) a third-party logistics (3PL) firm based in New Orleans, La., has reported completing an expansion of its transportation management and logistics service offerings. The firm is a

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AAR: North American Rail Volume Up Through Week 14

For the first 14 weeks of 2025, ending April 5, North American carload and intermodal traffic was up 3.3% from the same point last year, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported April 9. The United States and Canada experienced gains, while Mexico saw a loss.

Central Oregon & Pacific. (G&W Photograph)

STB Signs Off on Oregon Service Transfer to CORP

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on April 8 reported authorizing Genesee & Wyoming’s Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad Inc. (CORP) to lease and operate approximately 27.58 miles of line in Eugene, Ore.,

SERA on March 27 “successfully” completed testing of its first four-axle HFC-powered, zero-emission switching locomotive in West Sacramento, Calif. (Screen Grab from a SERA video, courtesy of PR Newswire)

WATCH: SERA Tests HFC-Powered Switcher

Sierra Northern Railway (SERA) on April 8 reported successfully completing testing of its first four-axle, hydrogen fuel cell-powered (HFC), zero-emission switcher. The test, SERA said, took place March 27 in West Sacramento,

Ed Boyle, Vice President Engineering at Norfolk Southern, was one of the 10 Most Influential Industry Leaders, as selected by Railway Age subscribers in 2024. (NS Photograph)

‘Influential Industry Leader’ Nominations Due Today, April 9

Railway Age is calling on subscribers to submit their nominations by 5 p.m. ET today, April 9, for the sixth-annual 10 Most Influential Industry Leaders poll.

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BNSF Grows ‘Shortline Select’ Program

BNSF has added a fifth railroad to its Shortline Select program—the goal of which is to “drive growth by improving service performance with participating short lines through enhanced communication, seamless movement tracking,

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CN Receives Arbitration Decision

More than seven months after the Canadian Industrial Relations Board’s (CIRB) order imposing binding arbitration between CN and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), the railroad is reporting the arbitrator’s decision regarding terms of a new collective agreement. CN

GBX 2Q: ‘Strong Aggregate Gross Margin’

In reporting financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended Feb. 28, 2025, The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (GBX) said it “continued to deliver strong results” with an aggregate gross margin “above our

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