The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) is launching “Creating Connections: For the Long Haul,” a marketing campaign “aimed at showcasing the vital role of freight rail in Virginia’s transportation
CN is taking delivery on 600 new 1,150-cubic-foot iron ore hopper cars, colloquially called “jennies,” from FreightCar America. The new equipment, described as “a significant upgrade to CN’s fleet,” incorporates materials from
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is “at full strength” following Senate confirmation and swearing in of Alvin Brown and J. Todd Inman, filling two vacancies and bringing the board to its
Norfolk Southern on April 9, 2024, announced reaching a $600 million “agreement in principle,” subject to court approval, to resolve a consolidated class action lawsuit resulting from the Feb. 3, 2023 East
Anacostia Rail Holdings (ARH) wholly owned subsidiary Pacific Harbor Line (PHL) on March 27 hosted officials of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB), Southern California ports, and labor organizations to discuss “how
Nigel Astell, well known in the global rail transit community and to Railway Age/Parsons Next-Generation Train Control Conference attendees through his role in organizing this annual event (slated for October 17-18 in
The Surface Transportation Board on April 5, 2024, by unanimous vote, denied the request of the Coalition to Stop CPKC to modify the reporting requirements imposed in STB’s approval of Canadian Pacific’s
Little Rock, Ark.-based analyst Stephens Inc. on April 4 released the results of a survey, Rail Shipper Survey on the Activist Campaign at NSC, conducted with Norfolk Southern shippers that indicates a
CN is acquiring its first plug-in hybrid diesel/battery-electric main line locomotive, an EMD® SD70H, from Progress Rail, a Caterpillar Company. The SD70H, Progress Rail’s six-axle North American Tier 4 main line hybrid
Amtrak has selected Wohlsen Construction Company as construction contractor for the $53 million Unified Operations Center (UOC) Facility Project in Wilmington, Del. Wohlsen will advance the buildout and construct workspaces, conference rooms,