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The Year of Rail: Making Cargo Connections
Over the past two decades, the Port of Long Beach (POLB) has completed 10 major projects valued at more than $500 million to modernize its rail network for speeding cargo in and
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Sustainability: Core Feature of Sound Transit’s Eastside Light Rail Base
With all the environmentally friendly features of the 2 Line at Sound Transit, it seems only fitting that the new light rail service will open during Earth Month.
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May 8, a Pivotal Day, Then and Now
May 8 is a big day in railroad history. The transcontinental railroad was completed on May 8, 1869. It was a remarkable achievement that profoundly changed the country by opening the western
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Female Engineers on a Mission
Engineering is a profession that has traditionally been male dominated. In fact, men outnumber women in the global engineering workforce 86.3% to 13.7% (Source: Fictiv). But for innovation to thrive, it requires
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New Portal Transforming BNSF Customer Experience
Everyone’s been there: you know the website information you need is at your fingertips you just can’t find it. Even using the search function, the information remains elusive. Or perhaps you have your go-to webtool, and beyond that, you spend more time searching for information than should be necessary.
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CPChem and BNSF: Superior Sustainability and Service
For several years, Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem) and BNSF have worked closely on improving successful service and sustainability practices.
Call for Presentations: ‘Big Data’ in Railroad Maintenance Planning 2024
The University of Delaware (UD) is seeking presentations for its “Big Data” in Railroad Maintenance Planning 2024 conference, to be held Dec. 11-12, 2024, in Newark, Del.
Railway Age Debuts Premium Website Subscription
Railway Age recently made a change to the website. To maintain high-quality news for the railway community, we are now charging frequent readers for this service.
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NetControl Positions Union Pacific as Technology Trailblazer
Union Pacific made history on Jan. 6, 2024, when we became the first Class I railroad to modernize the “big three” core operating platforms: Positive Train Control (PTC), Computer-Aided Dispatch (CADx) and Transportation Management (NetControl).