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MxV Rail Opens FAST® Loop Track

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has headquartered rail industry research and test activities in Pueblo, Co., for more than 40 years. Building on this legacy, AAR’s wholly owned subsidiary MxV Rail

OptiFuel Total-Zero™ Locomotive Showcased at ASLRRA

OptiFuel Systems will be showcasing its OptiFuel Total-Zero™ Locomotive at the 2024 ASLRRA Annual Conference & Exhibition in Kansas City, March 24 to 26. The linehaul locomotive is described as “the industry’s

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ZE Power for Short Lines

Since the second half of the 20th century, four-axle diesel-electric switcher locomotives have been used extensively on short lines. The most common are the EMD SW1500 (1,500 hp/1,119 kW), GP9 (1,750 hp/1,305

Cathcart, which operates Belpre Industrial Parkersburg Railroad (pictured), is investing more than $10 million to expand its Kansas City, Mo., railcar repair facility. Belpre Industrial Parkersburg Railroad was a Railway Age 2021 Short Line of the Year Honorable Mention. (Photograph Courtesy of Belpre Industrial Parkersburg Railroad)

Industrial Development Briefs: Cathcart, Buffalo, Virginia CTB

Cathcart Rail (Cathcart) is expanding its railcar repair facility in Kansas City, Mo. Also, Buffalo Rail & Infrastructure Corporation (Buffalo) acquires Canfor Pulp Products’ pulp mill assets, including 300-plus acres of heavy industrial land, in Taylor, B.C.; and the Virginia Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) approves increasing the Rail Industrial Access fund.

O’Neil Featured Speaker at NEARS Spring Conference

Paddy O’Neil, who in 2002 retired from Norfolk Southern as Assistant Vice President Fleet Planning and Optimization, will be a featured speaker at the NEARS (Northeastern Association of Rail Shippers) Spring 2024

AAR: Carloads Down, Intermodal Up for Week 11

U.S. rail traffic for the week ending March 16, 2024 (Week 11) was up 6.7% from the prior-year period, as intermodal gains more than offset carload losses, according to the Association of American Railroads’ (AAR) latest report.

Port of Charleston Capacity Set to Expand

South Carolina Ports plans to purchase the former WestRock paper mill site in North Charleston, S.C., to expand port capacity at the Port of Charleston. The roughly 280-acre industrial waterfront property sits adjacent to

MaxAccel’s SafeTrack platform offers a core set of crew management functions, including employee certification status, extra board management, employee communications, HOS compliance, job/territory qualification, and payroll with claims and arbitraries. (Image Courtesy of MaxAccel)

MaxAccel Joins ASLRRA Member Discount Program

The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) has selected MaxAccel, which supplies electronic recordkeeping applications, to become its newest Member Discount Program provider.

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Now Final: Cincinnati Rail Line Sale to NS (UPDATED)

Norfolk Southern’s (NS) proposed purchase of the approximately 337-mile, city of Cincinnati-owned Cincinnati Southern Railway (CSR) was approved by city voters on Nov. 7, 2023, and finalized March 15, 2024.

Andy Muller, CEO and Founder of Reading Blue Mountain & Northern, was one of the 10 Most Influential Industry Leaders, as selected by Railway Age subscribers in 2023.

Nominations Open: Railway Age ‘10 Most Influential Industry Leaders’

Railway Age is calling on subscribers to submit their nominations by April 10 for the fifth-annual 10 Most Influential Industry Leaders poll.

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