Norfolk Southern (NS) is named to FORTUNE Magazine’s list of World’s Most Admired Companies. Also, BNSF receives The Home Depot Rail Carrier of the Year award and the Class I’s Stockton, Calif.-based team completes a full year without a single injury.
R.J. Corman Railroad Company hires Donnie Stilwell as Vice President of Operations South. Also, Victoria Baecher Wassmer and Hughey Newsome join Seattle’s Sound Transit as Deputy CEO and Chief Financial Officer, respectively.
Chicago’s Metra selects STV to support its procurement of new battery-electric, single-level trainsets. Also, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) expands its TAP-to-Exit program; and VIA Rail Canada (VIA Rail) boosts ticket sales with a new partnership program.
For the seven-week period ending Feb. 15, 2025, total U.S. rail traffic of 3,338,568 carloads and intermodal units was up 4.7% from same point last year, according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR). This is based on intermodal gains (up 9.3% to 1,885,295 units) compensating for carload losses (down 0.7% to 1,453,273 units).
Hitachi Energy will receive a $175,000 grant to support the rehabilitation of 1,000 feet of track at its South Boston facility in Halifax County, Va., through the Virginia Department of Rail and
The city of Calera, Ala., has installed cameras that livestream railroad crossings to give first responders real-time traffic information in an effort to reduce emergency response times, according to a CBS 42
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released the final report for its investigation of the Oct. 15, 2023, accident involving a BNSF train that struck and partially collapsed a bridge that crosses over
The February forecast for ITS Logistics’ US Port/Rail Ramp Freight Index shows that operations “have returned to normal in all regions following the Lunar New Year peak and light inventory front loading to avoid anticipated bottlenecks,” the Nevada-based third-party logistics (3PL) firm reported Feb. 18. The firm also noted that “the most significant current unknowns for the industry are the potential effects of tariffs and their impact on trade lanes.”
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently released a report that assesses the benefits of a real-time railroad crossing information system for first responders.
Jim Breuer and David E. Constable will transition to CEO and Executive Chairman, respectively, at Fluor Corporation. Also, Siemens AG appoints Christiane Ribeiro Guimarães Höfer as Global Head of Communications.