The Federal Railroad Administration has awarded Montreal-based global engineering services and nuclear company AtkinsRéalis Group Inc. a five-year, $60 million STORM (Support Technical Oversight Review and Monitoring) services BPA (Blanket Purchase Agreement)
Norfolk Southern (NS) recently announced that three of its rail-served industrial sites, located in Kentucky, South Carolina and Virginia, have received designations from the Site Selectors Guild’s Readiness Evaluation and Designation Initiative (REDI) Sites Program.
Major New Jersey Transit summer 2024 service disruptions created by a crippling combination of Amtrak’s “questionable maintenance” on its largely 1930s-designed Northeast Corridor variable tension catenary system (according to sources Railway Age
LA Metro continues ridership rebound with one million weekday boardings in October. Also, TriMet launches new vending machines to improve access to Hop Fastpass fare cards.
A national team led by two Penn State Altoona faculty members will establish the Rail Center for Research Enhancing Short-line Transportation (Rail CREST) through a $6.87 million grant from the Federal Railroad
The National Railroad Hall of Fame honored three rail industry icons in an induction ceremony on Nov. 19 at Union Station Kansas City: Downing B. Jenks, Arthur E. Stilwell and Paul M.
CSX has rolled out its latest heritage locomotive before pausing their production, according to President and CEO Joe Hinrichs, Railway Age’s 2025 Railroader of the Year. Hinrichs revealed via LinkedIn the Class
OneRail Coalition Director Devon Barnhart announced that Paul Nissenbaum of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Mariah Morales of Amtrak are the recipients of the 2024 Canby Awards. The awards, named for
AGT Food and Ingredients Inc. (AGT) on Nov. 20 announced the sale of all shares of its short line rail and bulk handling infrastructure, comprising Mobil Grain Ltd. (MobilGrain), to GCM Grosvenor,
WSP announced Nov. 20 the appointments of Angela Schwarz, Senior Vice President, to Transit and Rail Market Leader; and Inez Evans Benson, Senior Vice President, to Deputy Transit and Rail Market Leader.