New From Marmon Rail: ProTecht Mobile Autonomous Tank Car Cleaning

ProTecht, described as “the rail industry’s first mobile, autonomous tank car cleaning system,” is now available across the U.S. and Canada through Marmon Rail brands UTLX in the United States and Procor in Canada.

Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings has upgraded the New York MTA’s Transportation Revenue Bonds rating from “A-” to “A” with a “stable” rating outlook. (NYMTA Photograph)

Transit Briefs: NYMTA, MDOT, NC By Train, MBTA

Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings upgrades New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) credit rating. Also, Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) awards $500,000 in Purple Line small business grants; NC (North Carolina) By Train ridership rises in first-half 2025; and Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) encourages riders to take advantage of extended service this fall by offering free fares after 9 p.m. on five Fridays and Saturdays.

Tour PRT at the 2025 Light Rail Conference

This year, Railway Age and RT&S are pleased to venture to Pittsburgh on Oct. 1-2 for the much-anticipated 2025 Light Rail Conference, featuring a packed lineup of LRT professionals who are significantly influencing today’s rail transit

(Courtesy of Ermewa)

For European Railcar Lessor, New Load Health, Tracking Tech

European freight railcar lessor Ermewa has deployed Load Status in Motion (LSiM) technology from Amsted Digital Solutions SAS across cars already equipped with Amsted Digital telematics. Ermewa has a fleet of 50,000

New from KB Signaling: Rail TempEst™

Rail TempEst™, a new software application from KB Signaling Inc. (KBS), provides data that goes “beyond forecasts and assumptions toward real-time, high-resolution rail temperature and measurements of track forces caused by thermal

Transit Briefs: Bay Area Transit Agencies, MDOT, Tri-Rail/SFRTA, HART

Bay Area transit agencies improve transfers with latest “Big Sync” schedule update. Also, the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) advances transit-oriented development (TOD) at the Bowie State MARC station; the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority (SFRTA) launches a unified mobile app for regional transit; and the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) breaks ground on the $1.66 billion downtown phase of its Skyline Rail project.

John Killeen, Keolis Commuter Services, and Santanu (Sean) Debnath, Hotstart. (Photographs courtesy of the respective organizations)

People News: Keolis, Hotstart, Actelis, REMPREX, Wilson Elser

Keolis elevates John Killeen to CEO of Keolis Commuter Services (KCS). Also, Hotstart hires Santanu (Sean) Debnath as Chief Revenue Officer; Actelis Networks, Inc. (Actelis) taps Mark DeVol as Chief Revenue Officer Americas; REMPREX, Inc. names Gary Long as President and CEO; and Wilson Elser brings on Thomas (Ted) Dunlap as Of Counsel.

Americold Celebrates Grand Opening of First Cold Storage Facility at CPKC Terminal (UPDATED, 8/12)

Americold Realty Trust, Inc. (Americold) on Aug. 12 celebrated the grand opening of its new Import-Export Hub in Kansas City, Mo.

Progress Rail to Expand in KC

Progress Rail (a Caterpillar Company) on Aug. 11 announced that it will expand in Kansas City by making a multi-million-dollar investment to convert its Kansas City, Mo., production facility into a re-manufacturing facility. The expansion is expected to create 85 new jobs.

Map of Tren Maya rail line. (Courtesy of Wi-Tronix)

Wi-Tronix Teams With Tren Maya

Bolingbrook, Ill.-based Wi-Tronix on Aug. 8 reported a new multi-year partnership with Tren Maya to bring advanced remote monitoring, AI-based analytics, and video intelligence to its locomotive fleet in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula.

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