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Amsted Recognized as ‘RailPulse Certified Vendor’

Amsted Digital Solutions has been approved as a certified telematics vendor for RailPulse™, the coalition established in late 2020 to “facilitate and accelerate the adoption of GPS and other telematics technology across the North

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Class I Briefs: UP, CN

Will Union Pacific (UP) close its Palestine, Tex., freight car repair shop? Meanwhile, the Class I recently hosted a business development event for short line and port partners. Also, CN adds scale models to its technology training program.

Class I Briefs: UP, NS, CPKC

Union Pacific (UP) and Creighton University partner to combat Nebraska’s “brain drain” and UP’s Todd Rynaski, Chief Accounting, Risk and Compliance Officer is honored by Profiles in Diversity Journal. Also, Norfolk Southern’s (NS) Ed Elkins joins Frances Munro, Alexander Luc and Floyd Hudson for a panel discussion; and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) at International at Spruce Meadows raises more than $157,000 to support women’s heart health in Alberta.

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OmniTRAX Expands Rail Network With Purchase of CAZCP

OmniTRAX announced Sept. 5 that it has acquired Central Arizona Commerce Park’s (CAZCP) rail infrastructure and remaining park acreage marking the infrastructure developer’s third rail transaction in the past six months.

Construction is under way in Kanas City, Mo., for Americold’s new 335,000-square-foot cold storage facility, the first of many that the company will co-locate on the Canadian Pacific Kansas City network. (Photograph Courtesy of Americold)

Class I Briefs: CPKC, CN, UP

Americold advances construction of its new $127 million facility at Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s (CPKC) IFG Terminal in Kansas City, Mo. Also, CN renames the Woodcrest Shops in Homewood, Ill., in honor of its recently retired Chief Operating Officer; and Kenny Rocker, Union Pacific (UP) Executive Vice President, Marketing and Sales, provides a status report on the railroad.