Maintenance of Way Archives

Commentary

March 27, 2017
Class I

Precision railroading, with a humane face

One of Keith Creel’s first acts upon becoming Canadian Pacific CEO in February was a call to his counterpart at the union representing the railway’s train and engine (T&E) crews. It was time, CP’s top brass hat told the Teamsters senior rail boss, to restore respect and fairness to the railroad’s treatment of its engineers and conductors.

March 24, 2017
Commuter/Regional

CTC allocates $60 million to California rail projects

The California Transportation Commission (CTC) allocated more than $217 million to 72 projects in the state including more than $60 million for state rail projects.

March 20, 2017
C&S/IT

Passenger ops lagging freight RRs in PTC progress: FRA

The Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration released a status update today on railroads’ progress implementing positive train control (PTC) systems in the fourth quarter of 2016.

March 20, 2017
Class I

Trade coalition urges commitment to TIGER project funding

The Coalition for America’s Gateways and Trade Corridors (CAGTC) called on President Donald Trump and Congress to fund the Department of Transportation’s Transportation Investments Generating Economic Recovery program, or TIGER, in Fiscal Year 2018.

March 20, 2017
Class I

Idaho weather disrupts BNSF, UP, MRL and Amtrak services

Deep snowpack at higher elevations, an early spring thaw, and heavy rainfall are severely affecting rail lines in the Pacific Northwest, particularly in the panhandle of northern Idaho.

March 17, 2017
Locomotives

A cleaner, greener San Ysidro Yard

The locomotive refueling track in TransNet’s San Ysidro Yard in San Diego, Calif., received an environmentally friendly improvement with the addition of new, custom-designed spill-containment pans from Trans Environmental Systems, Inc. (TESI).

March 16, 2017
Locomotives

Wi-Tronix signs up Aussie co-op CBH Group

Wi-Tronix, LLC of Bolingbrook, Ill., announced that it has signed a contract to provide its Wi-Nostix predictive diagnostics software-as-a-service for Co-Operative Bulk Handling Group, Australia’s largest grain co-op.

March 16, 2017
C&S/IT

Trimble partners with Railhead

Trimble announced that it is partnering with Alsip, Ill.-based Railhead Corp. to integrate real-time remote monitoring, diagnostics and on-board video to enhance locomotive asset utilization and productivity.

March 16, 2017
Class I

Trump budget: Reduce Amtrak, FTA New-Starts; kill TIGER grants; privatize air traffic control

Eliminating Amtrak’s long-distance trains, curtailing the FTA’s New-Starts program, eliminating the TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) discretionary grant program, and privatizing the FAA air traffic control system are among the elements of President Donald J. Trump’s Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Request to Congress, “America First, A Blueprint For Making America Great Again.”

March 15, 2017
News

Railway Age honors Prendergast as Railroader of the Year

Former New York MTA Chairman and CEO Tom Prendergast was honored as Railway Age’s 54th Railroader of the Year at a dinner of the Western Railway Club on March 14 at the historic Union League Club, Chicago.