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Jason Seidl, TD Cowen: Class I Service, Growth and the Final Consolidation Round – RAIL GROUP ON AIR

Without volume and market share growth, the Class I’s may be at risk—or be forced to look at merging. Investors continue to await the next leg of Class I railroad earnings growth.

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STB Chairman Patrick Fuchs – RAIL GROUP ON AIR

Drawn from our 2025 Rail Insights conference, this edition of Railway Age’s podcast series features Surface Transportation Board Chair Patrick Fuchs in conversation with Editor-in Chief William C. Vantuono. Now in his

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Watch: BART Constructs New Power Substation in San Francisco

For the first time since the original BART (San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District) system was built in the 1960s, BART has completed construction on a brand-new substation facility in the system’s core that is already providing benefits to riders.

Mark Your Calendar: 2025 Women in Rail Event Set for Oct. 15-16

Railway Age and Railway Track & Structures are returning to Chicagoland for our much-anticipated third-annual in-person Women in Rail Conference featuring trailblazing women and their allies who are significantly influencing today’s freight, passenger and transit rail

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Watch: How UP Powers Customer Solutions With Technology

Supply chains are always evolving, and staying ahead means embracing technology. Union Pacific (UP) recently hosted a webinar to showcase how innovation is enhancing shipment visibility, safety and service for customers. More

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NS’s Coastal Conservation Makes History

Norfolk Southern’s (NS) shoreline restoration at Lamberts Point is protecting the land from further erosion, while producing environmental benefits so large the work just set a record in the state of Virginia. What’s the

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Watch: De Soto Car Shop Sets the Standard, Wins UP’s Top Mechanical Honor

Union Pacific’s (UP) De Soto Car Shop is used to tackling big projects, but it recently faced its most challenging rebuild to date—its culture. Today, the shop is home to one of the railroad’s most admired turnarounds and the recipient of the Steel Wheel Award.

Latest exterior design of SEPTA light rail vehicles. © ALSTOM SA 2025. Advanced&Creative Design | Citadis™
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Modernizing Philadelphia’s Public Transit: SEPTA LRV Project

As we advance towards the final design phase and delivery of 130 Citadis™ light rail vehicles to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), Alstom Project Director Mariana Duarte discusses what lies ahead.

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Powering Possibilities: INRD-CN Intermodal Partnership

The partnership between the Indiana Rail Road Company (INRD) and CN exemplifies how collaboration between short line agility and Class I railroad power can deliver seamless, efficient, and sustainable transportation. By combining the strengths

TrinityRail: A Proud Legacy of Innovation and a Focus on the Customer

When CJ Bender put his arm around his nephew W. Ray Wallace in 1946 and told him, “We’re going to build something. One day, you’ll be proud of what we’re going to

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