Tierney Joins HNTB

Veteran freight railroad operating executive Tim Tierney, P.E., has joined HNTB as a Senior Project Director and Rail Industry Technical Advisor, a role in which he “will leverage his wealth of experience in the rail and freight logistics industry to advise clients on various large scale railroad operations, design and construction projects.”

NYSW to Acquire, Operate OCIDA’s 10-mile Jamesville Cluster

Cooperstown, N.Y.-based New York, Susquehanna & Western (NYSW) has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to acquire and operate approximately 10 miles of rail line from the Onondaga

Exemplary Executives

RAILWAY AGE, MAY 2023 ISSUE: Railway Age’s 2023 honorees—selected by our subscribers—approach their roles with an entrepreneurial spirit, and a commitment to service, safety and sustainability.

Ronald L. Batory

Ronald L. Batory Confirmed as CPKC Voting Trustee (Updated March 3)

Canadian Pacific (CP) on March 1 proposed the appointment of former Federal Railroad Administrator Ronald L. Batory as Trustee of the CP-Kansas City Southern (KCS) voting trust, following the death of David

Conrail to Deploy Digital Tools for Train Crews

Conrail has contracted with Cloud-hosted software provider Comply365 to roll out a content management system and mobile app for train crews, eliminating the need for paper rulebooks.

Court orders BMWED remain in national handling

The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division of the Teamsters Rail Conference (BMWED) was rebuffed by a federal district court March 30 in an attempt to sever itself from multi-employer contract negotiations (national handling) in this current round of wage, benefits and work rules negotiations.

Amtrak Northeast Regional Train 188 derailed at Frankford Junction in Philadelphia on the Northeast Corridor, shortly after 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 12, 2015. (Accident scene image courtesy of NTSB)

Report: Former Amtrak Engineer Found ‘Not Guilty’ in 2015 Derailment

Ex-Amtrak engineer Brandon Bostian was acquitted on March 4 of all charges related to the May 12, 2015 derailment of Northeast Regional Train 188 in Philadelphia that killed eight and injured more than 200.

Richard B. Hasselman, 1926-2021

Richard B. “Dick” Hasselman, former Senior Vice President-Operations, Conrail, died peacefully at Oceanside, Calif. on Dec. 5, 2021 at the age of 95.

Gorton Returns to Conrail as President, COO

Brian E. Gorton, who began his career in 1987 as a Conrail conductor, has returned to his “home railroad” as President and Chief Operating Officer. He succeeds Timothy C. Tierney, who is retiring after nearly 43 years in the railroad industry.

Supply Side: Clear Blue Technologies International; ContainerPort Group; Hatch

Clear Blue Technologies International and Metro-Tech Sales and Consulting have wrapped up a safety switch lighting project for Conrail; ContainerPort Group has sold its rail lift operation; and Hatch is celebrating 65 years as a consultancy.

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