U.S. freight traffic gains yet again
U.S. freight carload traffic gained 3.7% in the week ending Dec. 10, 2011, measured against the comparable week in 2010, the Association of American Railroads said Thursday. U.S. intermodal volume for the
U.S. freight carload traffic gained 3.7% in the week ending Dec. 10, 2011, measured against the comparable week in 2010, the Association of American Railroads said Thursday. U.S. intermodal volume for the
Canadian Pacific and the Province of Manitoba announced Thursday the signing of a 10-year memorandum of agreement that sets the framework “to further develop their collaborative relationship to enable long-term rail and
AECOM Technology Corp. said Thursday it has won a $10.6 million contract for Phase 2 of the New Orleans Streetcar Expansion project. The project extends streetcar service a mile beyond current Rampart/St.
Green Bay, Wis.-based Schneider National said Wednesday that it will open its new Intermodal Training Academy next month in Chicago, strategically placed “within one of the busiest railroad regions in the United States.” “Given the exponential growth of its Intermodal division, Schneider National is excited to announce the opening …
Bombardier Transportation said Thursday it has won an order to supply an additional 78 FLEXITY Swift high-floor light rail vehicles (LRVs) and 10 FLEXITY Classic trams to the Frankfurt Transport Authority, VGF,
Clackamas, Ore.-based United Streetcar, LLC, a subsidiary of Oregon Iron Works, Inc., has landed an $8.7 million order from Washington, D.C., for two streetcars to augment the city’s three-car fleet, still to
Canadian Pacific announced Wednesday that it has completed the first year of infrastructure improvements under a three-year plan to upgrade its North Main Line between Winnipeg and Edmonton. The $250 million program
New Jersey Transit Tuesday posted the release of its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for rail service in the Northern Valley portion of Bergen County, N.J., across the Hudson River from New
With Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in its sights, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) has awarded a design-build contract for a 5.2-mile extension of the Orange Line from the future Belt Line Station to the airport’s Terminal A. DART said Tuesday a joint venture of Kiewit, Stacy and Witbeck, Reyes, Parsons (KSWRP) was selected by the DART Board of Directors to complete the $149.7 million project known as Irving-3 (I-3).
The Surface Transportation Board announced that it has initiated a proceeding to determine the reasonableness of “certain tariff provisions requiring shippers to indemnify Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) against future liabilities, other than those resulting from UP’s negligence or fault, when UP transports toxic by inhalation hazardous (TIH) commodities.” STB is inviting participation by the public.