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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.

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UP: Putting Biofuels to the Test

From coal to diesel to green?

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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For 2023, Three Class I’s Deemed Revenue Adequate

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has found three U.S. Class I railroads to be revenue adequate for 2023: BNSF, CSX and Union Pacific. STB determined that those railroads achieved a rate of return

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.

Underrepresentation of WOC in Railroad Engineering: Research Review at Women in Rail 2024

In this not-to-be-missed session at the Women in Rail 2024 conference, presented by Railway Age and RT&S, illuminating new research on the underrepresentation of women of color in railroad engineering will be presented by Jacqueline L. Patterson,

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There Will Always be a Settlement—at Some Point

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

Cheyenne (Wyo.) Logistics Hub. (Photograph Courtesy of Watco)

Watco Expanding Cheyenne Logistics Hub Operations

Watco has acquired 18 acres of land to be used for customer expansion and additional rail operations at the Cheyenne (Wyo.) Logistics Hub, where its Swan Ranch Railroad (SRRR) has served as

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.

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