Transit Briefs: SEPTA, Santa Clara VTA, TriMet, Metra, NJ Transit, BART

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) completes Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)-mandated inspections of its Silverliner IV fleet. Also, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) awards more than $750,000 in transit-oriented communities grants; TriMet receives nearly 5,000 responses to its Service Priorities Survey; Metra wins $19.3 million from Union Pacific (UP) for fare collection lapse; NJ Transit issues a Request for Proposals (RFP) to prepare the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the 10-mile Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) extension; and Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) sees the highest average weekday ridership since the pandemic.

(Photographs courtesy of BNSF and CSX, respectively)

BNSF, CSX Offering More, ‘Faster’ Coast-to-Coast Service

BNSF and CSX on Nov. 17 teamed to launch nine intermodal schedules from California to the Ohio Valley and the Northeast.

“Every dollar generated by and within development around our light rail stations has the ability improve our cities, provide economic mobility and stability to our residents, and grow opportunity for North Texas,” DART President and CEO Nadine Lee said. (DART Photograph)

DART TOD Drives Dallas Investment

Transit-oriented development (TOD) within a quarter mile of Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s (DART) light rail stations has generated $18.1 billion in direct economic impact to North Texas over the past 25 years,

GOP Attorneys General to STB: Please, No ‘Kneecapping’

Kneecapping is “a form of malicious wounding, in which the victim is injured in the knee, often as torture,” according to Wikipedia. Nine Republican state attorneys general used this rather strong term in a

CSX CEO and President Steve Angel. (Courtesy of CSX)

Steve Angel to Co-Chair B&O Railroad Museum’s Capital Campaign

The B&O (Baltimore & Ohio) Railroad Museum has announced that Benjamin H. Griswold IV will be joined by Steve Angel, the recently hired CSX President and CEO, to co-chair its $38 million

BLET, WNYP Ratify Contract

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineering and Trainmen (BLET) on Nov. 11 ratified a new five-year agreement with the Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad (WNYP), governing rates of pay, benefits, and work

(Logos courtesy of the respective organizations)

HyOrc, Zeltech Eye U.S. Freight Rail Locomotive Market

Houston, Tex.-based HyOrc Corporation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Cincinnati, Ohio-based Zeltech (Zero-Emission Locomotive Technologies LLC) to jointly develop alternative fuel-powered locomotives for freight rail use in the United States.

(Courtesy of PANY/NJ)

PATH: $2.6B Capital Plan for 2026-2035

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANY/NJ) on Nov. 13 proposed a $45 billion 2026–2035 Capital Plan, which would provide $2.6 billion to PATH for service increases, including the

ITS Logistics Issues November US Port/Rail Ramp Freight Index

The November forecast for ITS Logistics’ US Port/Rail Ramp Freight Index “confirms a continued decline of both import and export volumes, which, while hindering overall economic activity, has allowed for port and rail congestion to alleviate,” the Nevada-based third-party logistics (3PL) firm reported Nov. 13. “As port activity normalizes, multiple sectors within the domestic supply chain are experiencing heightened uncertainty as rapid regulatory change affects tariffs, English language proficiency enforcement, and non-domiciled trucking capacity.”

NS Train 955 passing through downtown Atlanta, Ga., on Nov. 13 with the new “Landmark Series” locomotives leading office cars toward Forest Park. The train that evening was part of a charity event in support of Hope Atlanta. (Photograph by NS Locomotive Engineer Casey Thomason, Columbus, Ga., courtesy of NS)

NS Launches ‘Landmark Series’

Norfolk Southern’s (NS) first two “Landmark Series” locomotives recently rolled out of the Juniata Locomotive Shop in Altoona, Pa., each showcasing the name of a city that helped shape the railroad’s history

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