Canada’s Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx award a C$1.4 billion contract for the Yonge North Subway Extension project in Toronto. Also, Amtrak adds a new track and platform at Washington Union Station; and Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) releases reduced-service schedules and sets a deadline to avert cuts.
The Railway Supply Institute (RSI) announces changes to its Executive Board. Also, RailPros hires Walter Bleser as Vice President, Strategic Planning.
Indiana River & Rail Terminals handles a barge shipment at Ports of Indiana-Mount Vernon destined for a large pharmaceutical project in central Indiana. Also, Port of Los Angeles Executive Director and International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 13 President Gary Herrera share pandemic experiences for a U.S. Library of Congress project.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a preliminary report for its ongoing investigation of the July 6, 2025, CN train derailment with hazardous materials release in Sardis, Miss. What Happened?
Total Grain Marketing FS (TGM) on Aug. 5 reported boosting efficiency at its CN-served Neoga, Ill., facility, with the recently added 40-car rail spur with loadout facility, 1.5 million bushels of new storage capacity, and two 1,000-bushel dump pits that will triple grain dumping capacity to 75,000 bushels per hour.
The City of Edmonton has taken delivery of the first Hyundai Rotem low-floor light rail vehicle (LRV) for the ETS (Edmonton Transit Services) Valley Line West LRT, “marking a major milestone for
The co-sponsor count for H.R. 516, the Railroad Tax Maintenance Credit Modernization bill to update “a successful, decades long public-private partnership,” has surpassed the symbolic 100 marker, the American Short Line and
FTAI Infrastructure Inc. on Aug. 6 reported agreeing to purchase The Wheeling Corporation, owner of two-time Railway Age Regional of the Year recipient Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company (W&LE), for cash
Union Pacific (UP) joins Ag Processing Inc. to celebrate the grand opening of its newest soybean processing and degumming facility in Nebraska. Also, Madisonville Industrial Park II is Kentucky’s first Silver Level CSX Select Site.
RAILWAY AGE, AUGUST 2025 ISSUE: Railroads and suppliers use innovative technologies to counter the effects of sub-zero temperatures.