Plasser American

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On the Rocks

RAILWAY AGE, NOVEMBER 2025 ISSUE: Suppliers provide best practices for optimizing ballast life and performance.

UP’s team of mechanics stands with the 100th rebuilt tamper at its Denver, Colo., shop. The railroad’s maintenance-of-way equipment fleet helps to maintain more than 18,000 miles of track and to compact 4 million tons of ballast each year. (UP Photograph)

Class I Briefs: UP, CSX

Union Pacific’s (UP) Denver, Colo., equipment shop rebuilds its 100th tamper. Also, CSX and Florida State College at Jacksonville hold a groundbreaking ceremony for a hazardous materials training facility, and the railroad’s Southeast Region Communications & Signals team marks a milestone.

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Rocks in Rhythm

RAILWAY AGE, NOVEMBER 2024 ISSUE: Suppliers continue to innovate and improve maintenance technology that optimizes the life and performance of ballast and the overall track bed.

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Rail Life Extenders

RAILWAY AGE, MAY 2024 ISSUE: Milling, grinding and welding maximize return onone of the railroads’ biggest investments—rail. Suppliers are continually refining their grinding, milling, and welding equipment and services to extend rail

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Next-Gen Freight Rail 2024 Conference Roundup

Railway Age’s Next-Gen Freight Rail 2024 Conference took place on March 12, 2024, at the Union League Club of Chicago. The annual event, attended by close to 200, featured Tracy Robinson, President

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Michael Miller Featured at Next-Gen Freight Rail

Michael Miller, CEO of Genesee & Wyoming (G&W), is among the featured speakers at the Railway Age Next-Gen Freight Rail 2024 Conference. Miller will discuss why “people matter most,” including what G&W

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Mabby Amouie Featured at Next-Gen Freight Rail 2024

Norfolk Southern (NS) Associate Vice President Enterprise Data & Analytics Mabby Amouie is among the featured speakers at Railway Age’s Next-Gen Freight Rail 2024 Conference. Amouie will discuss the NS/Georgia Tech Research Institution’s Digital Train