The Railway Supply Institute on Friday, July 18, 2014, released its railcar industry order, delivery, and backlog statistics for the second quarter, with the data showing strong growth, which one analyst attributes largely to ongoing crude-by-rail (CBR) developments.
Conference registration and hotel reservations have begun for RSI/CMA 2014, the Railway Supply Institute’s (RSI) annual trade show and conference, to be held in conjunction with the Railway Association of Canada’s (RAC) Canadian Rail Summit. The events take place Sept. 21-23, 2014, at the Palais des congrès de Montréal (Montréal Convention Center) in Montréal.
Fourth-quarter railcar orders, deliveries, and backlogs showed robust activity, according to the Railway Supply Institute’s American Railway Car Institute Committee (ARCI) data released Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Tank cars, in particular, continued to show robust activity.
The Railway Supply Institute (RSI) is urging Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to include tank car manufacturers and other parties in any effort to improve tank car safety, particularly when related to crude-by-rail (CBR) developments.
The Railway Supply Institute Committee on Tank Cars (RSICTC) is urging the federal Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) to support rulemaking that would enhance the safety of the North American tank car fleet.
The USA Pavilion at last month’s Business on Rails (NT Expo) trade show in São Paulo, Brazil, co-hosted by Railway Engineering-Maintenance Suppliers Association (REMSA) and The Railway Supply Institute (RSI), “was such a success that more exhibit space has been reserved for next year’s NT Expo,” representatives said Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013.