Canadian Pacific Railway has joined Atlanta-based e-VERIFILE.COM Inc.’s e-RAILSAFE Canada (ERS-Canada) workplace safety/security management service. CP will require its contractors and suppliers and their employees that need access to CP’s Canadian properties
Thomas E. Barron has been appointed President of Parsons Transportation Group, Inc. (PTG), a global business unit of Parsons Corp. He will be responsible for the business unit’s worldwide operations. Barron joined
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) late Tuesday issued nine safety recommendations, six of which are “urgent,” to address concerns about the safety of train control systems that use audio frequency track circuits following
CN unveiled an upgraded on-line calculator Wednesday, accessible at www.cn.ca/ghg_calculator, that estimates total carbon emissions for shipments using more than one mode of transportation. CN said the new calculator "generates carbon-emission estimates for shipments
Debate within Toronto’s metropolitan area over the future of the Scarborough Line, simmering at low levels for years, is becoming more pronounced as the Toronto Transit Commission proceeds with its plans for
Fulfilling an option it has steadfastly maintained as an option, the University of Minnesota Tuesday filed suit against regional planning agency Metropolitan Council to protect what it says is delicate scientific research equipment from vibrations or electromagnetic interference feared from the 11-mile Central Corridor light rail line in St. Paul.
The Canadian government and VIA Rail Canada have launched a C$20 million (US$18.7 million) program to “renew and improve two key components of its nationwide locomotive and rolling stock fleet,” including 78
Geneva, Ill.-based Miner Enterprises, Inc. Tuesday announced its new DuraShield™ covered hopper car hatch cover, which it says combines lightweight, high durability, low profile design with a high performance seal. The company
FreightCar America Inc. reported a profit larger than anticipated for its second quarter, with earnings of $7 million, or 59 cents per share, compared with a loss of 3 cents a share,
SteelEye Technology, Inc. announced Monday that Alstom Transport had selected the company to deploy SteelEye® LifeKeeper® for Linux to protect mission-critical applications of the maintenance system services for Beijing Metro Line 2.
Track installation finally has begun for Washington, D.C.’s first new streetcar line, Anacostia Streetcar, in the district’s Southeast quadrant, following years of delays and still with no firm assurance that the line
Signal Peak Energy, an expanded coal mining operation near Roundup, Mont., with a new 35-mile link to the BNSF Railway mainline, has confirmed reports that it will send an undetermined number of coal
French National Railways (SNCF), which owns and operates France’s TGV high speed rail network, said Friday it had responded to the Federal Railroad Administration’s Request For Expression of Interest process with respect
In a stunning move certain to affect the rail supply industry within North America and beyond, London-based Balfour Beatty plc, Britain’s biggest builder, has agreed to buy construction and infrastructure-services provider Parsons
In a conference call with Morgan Stanley analysts William Greene and Adam Longson, former Surface Transportation Board Chair Linda Morgan anticipated a draft version of rail legislation to be introduced by Sen.
A planned $4 billion Transbay Transit Center in downtown San Francisco took a big step forward Thursday when the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Credit Council recommended the approval of a $171 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance
Phoenix-area sports fans headed for a scheduled event of the NBA Suns or WNBA Mercury basketball teams at US Airways Center can present their game tickets as a valid light rail fare,
U.S. carload freight traffic for the week ended September 12 was down 19.8% compared with the same week in 2008, the Association of American Railroads reported. AAR noted part of the decline
The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Transportation Policy Board, a regional transportation board, Wednesday approved plans to help fund CSX efforts to expand and improve freight capacity in the District of Columbia,
Train crew employment on U.S. railroads in mid-August stood at 57,167, an increase of 353, or 0.62%, over July, although the transportation (train and engine) group trailed August 2008 numbers by 15.86%. Also registering
