RAILWAY AGE, AUGUST 2020 ISSUE, ANNUAL WINTER PREPAREDNESS REPORT: Winter preparedness is essential for avoiding frozen equipment, malfunctioning cars, service delays or even suspended operations.
Fail to prepare for winter’s harsh conditions and your railroad will be running on ice—literally and figuratively. One railroad that prepares for winter’s onslaught is BNSF, which has some of the most rugged territory in North America.
Ettore Morelli has been hired as Senior Vice President and National Alternative Delivery Leader for Transportation at WSP USA.
Edward (Ted) Axt is returning to WSP USA as the Senior Engineering Manager for Transit and Rail in Sacramento.
LTK Engineering Services has hired former Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD) General Manager and CEO David Genova as its Director of Transit Advisory Services.
The European Commission (EC) has approved Alstom’s bid to take over rival Bombardier Transportation, a move which will create the second largest manufacturer in the rail sector behind CRRC.
NJ Transit’s River Line is testing a new method of refurbishing and maintaining the exteriors of light rail vehicles (LRV) that aims to be more cost-effective, environmentally safer and easier to apply than traditional painting. The new technique involves the use of wraps, similar to decals, to cover the exterior of the vehicles.
PTSI Transportation recently enhanced its Compendium of Commuter Rail Fares (CRF), mainly a notification to subscribers of any significant fare changes as soon as PTSI hears of them.
Renowned railway industrial designer Cesar Vergara, Principal of Vergarastudio, talks with Railway Age Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono about the numerous challenges facing passenger rail agencies and railcar engineers and designers created by
LILEE Systems has released its Next Generation Communications Management Unit solution, which aims to enable wireless communications security and interoperable key exchange for the ACSES II Positive Train Control (PTC) system, a form of PTC implemented by Northeast Corridor (NEC) railroads.
This installment in Railway Age’s Rail Group On Air Podcast series with the Commuter Rail Coalition features New Jersey Transit President and CEO Kevin Corbett, who discusses NJT’s approach to ridership recovery
