Watch: CPKC Final Spike Anniversary Steam Tour

Along Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s former Soo Line right-of-way between Minot, N.Dak. and Glenwood, Minn., the CPKC Final Spike Anniversary Steam Tour special, led by The Empress, H-1b Hudson-type 4-6-4 2816, built

Ed Boyle, Vice President Engineering, Norfolk Southern (NS Photograph)

Forward Focus

2024 READERS’ MOST INFLUENTIAL LEADERS, RAILWAY AGE MAY 2024 ISSUE: Railway Age’s 2024 subscriber-selected honorees all embody an entrepreneurial spirit anchored in a commitment to service, safety and sustainability.

Batory Slated for Amtrak Board

President Joe Biden on May 2 announced his intent to nominate Ronald L. Batory to the Amtrak Board of Directors. “Ronald L. Batory is a career railroad professional with more than 45

Now On Line: Railway Age May 2024 Digital Edition

The May 2024 issue of Railway Age is available digitally, featuring the honorees of our fifth-annual Readers’ Most Influential Leaders poll, plus Railinc’s locomotive report and MxV Rail R&D.

Duos Technologies Group

Duos Granted Patent for RIP® Technology

Duos Technologies Group, Inc. (Duos), through its subsidiary Duos Technologies, Inc., announced May 2 that it has been granted another patent for its Railcar Inspection Portal (RIP®) technology.

From Railcar to Pet Food Bowl

As activist sharks circle Norfolk Southern’s Atlanta headquarters in anticipation of the May 9 proxy vote, the railroad has a landed a new customer in North Carolina whose products are literally going

2024 50-year honorees, UP, top row, from left: Dana Carman Sr., locomotive engineer; Jack Dugal, locomotive engineer; Mike Freeman, locomotive engineer; Stanley Grishom, locomotive engineer; bottom row, from left: David Perez, locomotive engineer; Joseph Perry, yardperson; Mickey Richard, flagging foreperson; and Vadim Woods, conductor. (Image Courtesy of UP)
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Saluting UP’s 50-Year Railroaders

Continuing a long-standing Union Pacific (UP) tradition, employees achieving 50 years of railroading will be honored May 8, in a special ceremony with UP senior leadership at 11:15 a.m. CT.

STB Finalizes Reciprocal Switching Rule (UPDATED, 5/7)

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on April 30 reported adopting Reciprocal Switching for Inadequate Service, STB Docket No. EP 711 (Sub-No. 2), by unanimous vote, implementing new regulations at 49 CFR part 1145, which it said “sets forth a path for shippers and receivers to petition the Board for the prescription of a reciprocal switching agreement.” The final rule “is designed to promote adequate rail service,” according to the STB. Board Member Robert Primus concurred with a separate expression, noting “I am voting for the final rule because something is better than nothing.” Frank N. Wilner, Railway Age Capitol Hill Contributing Editor, weighs in and provides a reciprocal switching “primer.”

CTA Sets CN, CPKC 2024–2025 VRCPIs

The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) has set its determination of the Volume-Related Composite Price Index (VRCPI) for CN at 1.9281 and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) at 1.8760 for the 2024–2025 crop year beginning

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AAR: Decreased Coal Shipments Cause U.S. Rail Declines in April

“U.S. Rail carloads declined in April primarily due to decreased coal shipments,” said Association of American Railroads (AAR) Chief Economist Rand Ghayad.

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