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U.S. intermodal, carload traffic up, AAR says U.S. freight traffic scored solid gains during the week ending May 18, 2013, the Association of American Railroads said May 23. U.S. freight carload traffic advanced 1.9% measured against eh comparable week in 2012, while U.S. intermodal did even better on a percentage basis, up 3.5%.
SYSTRA improves RAILSIM® capabilities for ASCES modeling SYSTRA has implemented enhancements to its RAILSIM® modeling program for the Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement System (ACSES) Positive Train Control (PTC) system. ACSES is the overlay PTC technology utilized on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor.
Contract awarded for WMATA Silver Line Phase 2 Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) has awarded the first of three-design-build contracts for the second phase of Washington Area Transit Authority's (WMATA) Silver Line, which will extend the line from Wiehle Avenue in Reston, Va., to Washington Dulles International Airport, terminating in Ashburn, Va.
America’s railroads: Conservers of energy, friends of the environment You might remember the TV commercial: A single locomotive pulling doublestacked containers through a pastoral landscape, a logjam of trucks and autos on the adjacent roadway, everything moving uncharacteristically slow, but the message conveyed with undeniable clarity: Trains move goods more efficiently than trucks.
Tank car building drives a growing freight car market Freight car building is in the tank—literally.

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May 23, 2013

U.S. intermodal, carload traffic up, AAR says


U.S. freight traffic scored solid gains during the week ending May 18, 2013, the Association of American Railroads said May 23. U.S. freight carload traffic advanced 1.9% measured against eh comparable week in 2012, while U.S. intermodal did even better...
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May 23, 2013

LA neighborhood gets desired LRT stop


In Los Angeles, rail advocates in the Crenshaw neighborhood has lobbied to be included in LA Metro's namesake light rail line, despite concerns expressed that the money required was not available. A local station now appears more likely, though the...
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May 23, 2013

Amtrak board to Boardman: Two more years, at least


Amtrak’s board of directors has extended the contract of President and CEO Joe Boardman “for his achievements in improving operational and financial performance, and to provide continuity of leadership critical to the ongoing implementation of the company’s strategic plan.” “We are...
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May 23, 2013

Engineer shortage hampers SEPTA operations


A shortage of qualified engineers is causing annulments of SEPTA regional rail service trains, with some SEPTA employees predicting the problem will become more acute. Overtime work for both engineers and conductors has helped SEPTA deal with the manpower shortage...
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May 23, 2013

SYSTRA improves RAILSIM® capabilities for ASCES modeling


SYSTRA has implemented enhancements to its RAILSIM® modeling program for the Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement System (ACSES) Positive Train Control (PTC) system. ACSES is the overlay PTC technology utilized on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor. The new version of RAILSIM®, which has been...
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Frank N. Wilner
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May 22, 2013

Could the worm be turning for Amtrak?


Legendary Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver etched his illustrious baseball career and winning record with the three-run homer. Were Amtrak a Major League Baseball team, its success would be measured, instead, by infield hits. But Amtrak may have hit one long ball this week when...
Tony Kruglinski
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May 20, 2013

Fracking: The view from 50,000 feet (up)


Based on research that I have recently concluded, the “best of times” are clearly being had by anyone in our industry who has anything to do with the movement of anything that is required for the extraction of hydrocarbons using the latest fracking (hydraulic fracturing)...
Doug Bowen
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May 20, 2013

Weekend surprise: Talkin’ transit


The reaction my face registered (he later recounted) was remarkable when he said, “I’m in public transit.”
Frank N. Wilner
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May 13, 2013

The camera never blinks


“Here’s looking at you, kid,” is a cherished line from the movie Casablanca,but when the looking is through a hidden camera lens in the locker room or even visibly trained on crewmembers inside a locomotive cab, well, you won’t hear the more famous line, “This...
David Briginshaw
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May 10, 2013

Will European rail freight reach its potential?


Editor’s note: In terms of rail freight, we’re in excellent shape here in North America. Not so for Europe, which is struggling with how to increase freight traffic on a network primarily configured to support passenger rail operations. As David Briginshaw, Editor-in Chief of International...
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