Siemens creating “Internet of Trains”

Siemens’ U.S. unit has launched Digital Rail Services, a new business that will use intelligent sensors and advanced software platforms to put intelligence behind billions of data points created on the country’s rail systems.

Intermodal employees ratify CP contract

Canadian Pacific and the United Steelworkers Local 1976 announced that the union had ratified a five-year labor agreement covering approximately 600 administrative support and intermodal employees in Canada.

Eurostar selects Masergy for digital deployment

Masergy Communications Inc. announced that UK-based Eurostar has selected the company’s Hybrid Networking and Managed Security solutions to facilitate the high-speed railway’s digital transformation initiatives for customer-facing transactions.

WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff adds executives in New Jersey, Michigan

WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff has made two appointments in its New Jersey and Michigan offices.

BNSF greenlights second Idaho bridge

Preparation for a long-anticipated second bridge across Lake Pend Oreille at Sandpoint, Idaho, has been given the go-ahead by BNSF Railway.

Simons leading WTS LA chapter

Kathy Simons has been elected president of the Los Angeles chapter of WTS International, the organization founded to advance women in transportation.

Micro-lubricant with mojo

zMAX®, used in racecar and aircraft engines since 1946, is beginning to penetrate the railroad locomotive market—literally.

California formally petitions for zero-emissions locomotives

The California Air Resources Board has petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to take action to adopt more stringent emission standards for locomotives, saying that the move is needed to clean up the air in “high-risk” communities in and around the nation’s railyards.

Union Pacific to spend $79 million on Louisiana infrastructure

Union Pacific is boosting safety and efficiency with an approximately $79 million infrastructure investment in Louisiana this year.

APTA fighting proposed transit budget cuts

The American Public Transportation Association is taking the fight to Capitol Hill to oppose President Trump’s budget proposal to cut major public transit appropriations for the remainder of fiscal 2017 and 2018.

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