Supply Side: Duos, Wabtec
An existing passenger rail customer awards Duos Technologies $1.1 million in add-on upgrades to a new Railcar Inspection Portal (rip®). Also, Wabtec Transit in India is recognized as a Great Place To Work®.
CSX
NS to Offer Daily Port of Virginia-Tennessee Service
The Port of Virginia is expanding its “westward reach” starting April 1 with new daily rail service between the port’s primary container terminals and Norfolk Southern’s (NS) regional intermodal terminal near Memphis,
For CSX, Operations Leadership Changes
CSX Executive Vice President of Operations Jamie Boychuk has announced leadership changes at the Class I railroad, which is combining its Network Operations and Service Design groups.
Brian Barr Joining UP
Union Pacific (UP) has selected CSX veteran Brian Barr as its Senior Vice President of Transportation, effective April 15.
BLET Ratifies CP/Soo Line, Springfield Terminal Agreements
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) has ratified a new five-year contract with Canadian Pacific’s (CP) Soo Line subsidiary as well as the Springfield Terminal implementing agreement.
NS, SMART-MD and IBEW Agree to Paid Sick Leave
Norfolk Southern (NS) has reached agreements with two additional labor unions for paid sick leave: the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, Transportation Workers, Mechanical Department (SMART-MD) and the International Brotherhood
At CSX, Safety is ‘Foundation’ of Business
Since 2017, when CSX began transforming its operating model, the company has achieved new levels of safety and operating performance through a “rigorous and comprehensive approach that includes investments in infrastructure technology; a growing workforce; fluid network operations; and a safety culture that emphasizes employee training and coaching,” the Class I reported on March 7.
AAR: Class I’s On Board With C3RS; FRA Data Points to ‘Strong Safety Record’
All seven North American Class I railroads have agreed to join the Federal Railroad Administration’s voluntary Confidential Close Call Reporting System (C3RS), Association of American Railroads President and CEO Ian Jefferies said
DRPT Issues Rail Industrial Access Program Grant
The Ashton Creek Industrial Park LLC in Chesterfield County, Va., will receive a $450,000 Rail Industrial Access Program grant to support construction of a rail spur, to be served by CSX, according to the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT), which administers the program.
Now on the ASLRRA Conference Lineup: Mitch Landrieu, Skip Elliott
White House Senior Advisor Mitch Landrieu and former Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Howard R. “Skip” Elliott are featured speakers at the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association’s (ASLRRA) Annual Conference & Exhibition, to be held April 2-4 in New Orleans, La.