Opinion

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Commentary

One Year of KB Signaling

One year after Knorr-Bremse’s acquisition of KB Signaling, the Control, Command, and Signaling (CCS) business unit based in Grain Valley, Mo., the company has been integrated into Knorr-Bremse Group. In the course

Commentary

NextGen Acela Inaugural Run Impressions

New trainsets have come to Amtrak for its Acela higher-speed service on the Northeast Corridor (NEC). The NextGen Acela trains manufactured by Alstom made their debut in a ceremonial run with trainset

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Commentary

Did Primus Engineer His Own Ouster?

The firing by POTUS 47 of outspoken Surface Transportation Board (STB) member and Democrat Robert E. Primus Aug. 27 leaves the five-member agency short two members as it awaits a formal merger

Commentary

Deal Vs. No Deal

Berkshire Hathaway does not intend to purchase CSX, a move we thought was the likely outcome given the competitive offering of an East/West combination. The valuation and merger benefits are clearly not

Commentary

CPKC: Further Consolidation ‘Not Necessary’

Following weeks of feverish analysis and speculation, most of it second- and third-guessing, after Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern formally announced their betrothal, Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) has declared it “is

Commentary

Ancora Drops Rusty Anchor at CSX

Same vecchie stronzate stanche, different railroad. This time, it’s CSX. In my humble opinion, it’s non funzionerà, because we’ve seen these tactics before, at Norfolk Southern: Circle the target, buy a bunch