WATCHING WASHINGTON, RAILWAY AGE SEPTEMBER 2024 ISSUE: Much of America’s history and progress is traceable to railroads. They bound together the continental United States, made possible settlement of the West, linked farms
FINANCIAL EDGE, RAILWAY AGE SEPTEMBER 2024 ISSUE: Nothing warms a jaded rail equipment columnist more than having an article planned out only to see the headlines grabbed by something so tantalizing that
Following two years of development and testing in collaboration with coalition members and telemetry suppliers, RailPulse says it is now “open for enrollment and welcomes stakeholders from across the industry to join
When Congress authorized federal funds for transit operations in late 2020 and early 2021 as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, that particular aid for the nation’s transit providers was meant to
I now complete my “tour around the country” to find out how major transit providers are faring in their efforts to keep going, despite the deficits those agencies will face when the
At the end of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, one of the characters mentioned how great the transit in Los Angeles was. Of course, the story was set in 1947, when Pacific Electric’s
Much has been written about the alleged downfall of San Francisco and the Bay Area in general. When I visited in June to catch up on rail transit extensions in California that
Union Pacific (UP) recently sought mediation through the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to resolve two “fundamental issues”—track access and maintenance fees—that have become a sticking point in forging a new contract with
This summer, I have been examining the effects on transit and its riders that we can expect when the federal funding for operations that was enacted as part of the COVID-19 relief
RAILWAY AGE, AUGUST 2024 ISSUE: Railroads and suppliers work year-round to prepare for winter’s onslaught well before it becomes a problem.