LIRC Cements Major Carload Growth
Thanks to one customer’s new manufacturing plant, Anacostia Rail Holdings Class III Louisville & Indiana Railroad (LIRC), Railway Age’s 2019 Short Line of the Year, expects to be hauling 10,000 additional railcars
Thanks to one customer’s new manufacturing plant, Anacostia Rail Holdings Class III Louisville & Indiana Railroad (LIRC), Railway Age’s 2019 Short Line of the Year, expects to be hauling 10,000 additional railcars
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) Grand Central Times Square 42nd Street Shuttle is now equipped with 5G wireless connectivity. Also, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) earns an AA+ credit rating from Fitch Ratings; the Alberta government pulls funding from the Calgary Green Line light rail transit project; construction is now under way on three Metrolinx Ontario Line stations; and Amtrak service between Albany and Montreal resumes.
Well-known railway journalist, photographer, rail transit expert and historian John D. Thompson, for many years a Railway Age Canadian Contributing Editor, died Sept. 2. He was 78. Thompson was born and raised
Eugene “Gene” Hulburt Blabey II, Chairman Emeritus of the Livonia, Avon & Lakeville Railroad (LAL) and the Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad (WNYP), as well as Board Member Emeritus of LAL
OmniTRAX announced Sept. 5 that it has acquired Central Arizona Commerce Park’s (CAZCP) rail infrastructure and remaining park acreage marking the infrastructure developer’s third rail transaction in the past six months.
In this not-to-be-missed session at the Women in Rail 2024 conference, presented by Railway Age and RT&S, illuminating new research on the underrepresentation of women of color in railroad engineering will be presented by Jacqueline L. Patterson,
Norfolk Southern (NS) on Sept. 4 reported reaching a tentative five-year collective bargaining agreement with its final General Committee of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers–Transportation Division
Weekly rail traffic volumes are up again over the prior-year period, according to the latest Association of American Railroads (AAR) report, but Week 35 (ending Aug. 31, 2024) was the third in
Genesee & Wyoming (G&W) taps Arielle Giordano to lead U.S. Government and Industry Affairs. Also, Southern California’s Metrolink hires Kevin Gray as Chief Technology Officer; and Kelso Technologies Inc. appoints Sameer Uplenchwar and Maureen O’Hanley Doucette as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary, respectively.
California’s Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT) launches its new fleet of Siemens Mobility S700 light rail vehicles. Also, Denver (Colo.) Regional Transportation District (RTD) offers a Transit Police cadet program for local college students; and Dallas (Tex.) Area Rapid Transit (DART) debuts the “Live Green, Ride Clean” campaign.