In a few short days, Amtrak’s Silver Star train between New York and Miami, will be no more. There will still be a train, which Amtrak will call the Floridian. It will
You’ve heard the saying, “Politics Make Strange Bedfellows.” It’s a line from The Tempest, written by Shakespeare in the 17th Century. It means that politics can bring people together that don’t have anything else
Bend, Don’t Break: Last year we tracked a domestic intermodal surge on BNSF and used it as an example of the Bend-Don’t-Break playbook, which acknowledges that railroads will naturally slow under volume
At Norfolk Southern’s Network Operations Center (NOC), our Locomotive Group is making significant strides in driving greater efficiency across our entire network. Through teamwork and innovative approaches, the group is boosting productivity
New mileage on tourist railroads, especially those that can be reached by non-motorists as well as motorists, are very rare, but one has been providing service since last year, and is completing
Why aren’t the FRA, AAR and APTA collaborating on, instead of pursuing separate, passenger and freight standards? On Sept. 16, 2024, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) PRESS (Passenger Rail Equipment Safety
In this installment of the Port of Long Beach’s (POLB) Supply Chain Insight video series, POLB Chief Operating Officer Dr. Noel Hacegaba speaks with Larry Gross, President of Gross Transportation Consulting.
On April 30, 2024, the Surface Transportation Board issued a decision that introduces narrow-scope reciprocal switching into the U.S. freight rail industry. That decision prescribes that two supporting data sets for trains
Within the month, Amtrak will consign the Capitol Limited and Silver Star trains to history, while cutting the latter train off at Washington, D.C. and leaving its riders north of there to
I recently had the privilege of attending InnoTrans in Berlin, the world’s largest trade fair for transport technology, for a second time. As a leading voice of the North American rail supply industry with a growing presence in the passenger space, RSI’s participation at this global event was more important than ever.