UP’s Richardson Rejoins Greenberg Traurig

Craig Richardson, who retired in March 2025 as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer at Union Pacific, has rejoined global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP in its Denver office as an Of Counsel

NJT Launches Accessibility, Real Estate Initiatives

New Jersey Transit has launched two new programs, one designed to improve accessibility for customers with disabilities, the other to supplement revenue through real estate development. Disability Assistance NJT is piloting two

Swerdon Rejoins Urban Engineers

Transit industry veteran Ronald Swerdon has returned to Urban Engineers, Inc. as a senior project manager for transit. He will lead major infrastructure initiatives across the firm’s public transit portfolio, overseeing quality

STV Managing Metro-North BE Locomotive Procurement

STV, Inc. is providing engineering and procurement support for 13 BE (battery-electric) dual-power locomotives MTA Metro-North Railroad is acquiring from Siemens Mobility. STV is performing design reviews, test coverage and vehicle inspection

POTUS 47: Hudson Tunnel Project ‘Terminated.’ DOT Says Not True

POTUS 47 on Oct. 15 said that $16 billion in federal funding for the project to build the New York/New Jersey Hudson Tunnel under the Hudson River, a key component of the

Another POTUS 47 Firing—NMB This Time

National Mediation Board member Deirdre E. Hamilton, a Democrat, was fired Oct. 14 by POTUS 47, making her one of many legally questionable independent regulatory agency terminations by the POTUS. Hamilton’s departure

Women in Rail Honorees Recognized at 2025 Conference

Schaumburg, Ill.: Railway Age’s annual Women in Rail Conference has concluded its first day. At the Awards Luncheon Sponsored by CN, we recognized the outstanding honorees of Railway Age’s 2024 Women in Rail and RT&S’s 2025

AAR Week 41: Intermodal Losses Cancel Carload Gains

Total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 498,462 carloads and intermodal units, down 1.3% compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported for Week 41, ending Oct.

PHL, Remora Partner on Sustainability

Anacostia Rail Holdings subsidiary Pacific Harbor Line (PHL) has entered into a development agreement with Remora, a Michigan-based climate technology startup that is pioneering mobile carbon capture for freight rail and trucking.

CRC Pushing H.R. 5697

The Commuter Rail Coalition (CRC) has gotten behind HR 5697, the Passenger Rail Liability Adjustment Act of 2025, a bill that would modify current statute to allow passenger railroads 90 days to

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