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Second of a Series: Congestion Pricing Around the World

The idea of charging motorists and truckers for the space that their vehicles occupy on city streets has been discussed for some time, but it could be implemented in New York City

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First of a Series: A New Congestion Remedy, with Help for Transit

A new border dispute is erupting in the United States, and it’s nowhere near the Southern Border with Mexico. The combatants are New York and New Jersey, and the dispute has reached

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Orr Moves East from CPKC to NS (Updated)

Veteran railroad operating officer John Orr has departed Canadian Pacific Kansas City as Executive Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer and joined Norfolk Southern as EVP and COO, effective immediately. Orr replaces

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RapidSOS Preps First Responders on Major Derailments

A partnership of first responders and Norfolk Southern via the RapidSOS platform provides train consist information to in the event of a major derailment.

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Passenger Trains That Might Never Leave the Station

The FRA recently came out with an interim report in its Long-Distance Rail Study, which was commissioned by Congress in §22214 of the Infrastructure Innovation and Jobs Act (IIJA), also known as

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Extreme Weather, Extreme Measures

RAILWAY AGE, MARCH 2024 ISSUE: The rail industry grapples with developing climate-related resiliency plans.  In August 2021, Southern California received its first-ever tropical storm watch, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and

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Hydrogen Tenders: Compressed or Liquid?

RAILWAY AGE, MARCH 2024 ISSUE: Hydrogen fuel locomotives will be critical to support zero emission on North American railroads. The HGmotiveTM compressed gas tender is intended to support this initiative. The global

Premium A CN train is viewed passing the Milton Intermodal Terminal construction site in July 2023 as crews work to extend the "CN Ash" control point in preparation for the Terminal. The train pictured is CN delivering a new Siemens Venture trainset to VIA Rail in Montreal. (Caption and Photograph Courtesy of Stephen C. Host)

Canadian Federal Court Halts CN Milton Intermodal Terminal Project

CN has been handed a setback in the construction of the Milton Intermodal Terminal, following a March 1 decision by the Canadian Federal Court.

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Shippers, Small Roads Weigh In on CN-IANR Merger Proposal

Class III D&I Railroad (D&I) in northwest Iowa and southeast South Dakota, plus two long-time CN customers have submitted letters of support for the Canadian Class I’s application to the Surface Transportation

Premium GIO Railway's final train to St. Catharines, Ontario, shuffling boxcar loads of pulp from the USA as the crew prepares to spot the customer for the final time on Feb. 29. (Stephen C. Host)

GIO Railway Shutters Service to St. Catherines, Ontario

The GIO Railway has operated its last train out of St. Catherines, Ontario, potentially ending nearly 150 years of rail service to the city’s downtown.

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