The Federal Trade Commission has given Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. antitrust approval for its planned takeover of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.,operator of BNSF Railway. The approval, which was expected, appeared Mondayin a list of antitrust
Jersey City, N.J., has hired a former state Supreme Court chief justice to mediate a disagreement over its Sixth Street Embankment, former ex-Pennsylvania Railroad right-of-way sought by various interests for green space,
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood gave the opening address Friday at a conference in Washington, D.C. convened to address domestic high speed rail manufacturing potential, and hammered at rail manufacturing’s potential to
Traffic increased in nine of the 19 carload freight commodity groups in the week ended Nov. 28, although total carload volume was down 3.9% compared with the same week last year. Both weeks included
GE Transportation announced Thursday it has signed an agreement with America Latina Logistica, SA (ALL), Curatiba, Brazil, to deliver 10 new AC44i locomotives by year’s end for freight transport. ALL reportedly operates the
Hard and persistent work by short line and regional railroad advocates throughout 2009 have solidified congressional support for extending and improving the short line railroad tax credit, according to officials of the
A strike by CN locomotive engineers belonging to the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) that began on Nov. 28 has ended following an agreement to resolve contractual disagreements through further negotiations and,
The Federal Railroad Administration has released new numbers from 734 large and small railroads showing continued across-the-board improvement in rail safety in the United States. In the nine months ended Sept. 30,
Canada’s federal government Monday introduced legislation to terminate the strike against Canadian National, which commenced Saturday, calling the strike a threat to the weak economic recovery. Passage of the bill is expected
Iowa Northern Railway has extended its contract with RailComm for its computerized Track Warrant Control system.RailComm’s Domain Operations Controller (DOC®) dark territory train control system is accessed through a web-enabled Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) delivery model.
Las Condes, Chile, a suburb of the nation’s capital, Santiago, has awarded Alstom-Comsa a development contract worth $1 million to develop a light rail system plan, with results to be presented next
Florida State Sen. Paula Dockery, who is running for governor next year, continues to oppose the proposed 61.5-mile SunRail project envisioned for Orange County, with Orlando as its hub. But she emphasizes
Parsons Brinckerhoff has appointed President and Chief Operating Officer-PB Americas George J. Pierson as Chief Executive Officer effective Jan. 1, 2010. Pierson, who will retain his PB Americas post, succeeds Keith J.
CSX Transportation has named David A. Brown to become executive vice president and chief operating officer effective with the retirement of Tony Ingram on Dec. 31. "I am excited about the leadership and experience
The Association of American Railroads reports that in the week ended Nov. 21, freight traffic on U.S. railroads rose to its highes tlevel so far this year. The Class I carriers originated 287,087 carloads
Canadian Pacific is working with Natural Resources Canada in what is described as "an industry-leading biodiesel fuel pilot project," part of the National Renewable Diesel Demonstration Initiative. The test marks the first use biodiesel fuel in Canadian
Matthew K. Rose, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, has been named 2010 Railroader of the Year by railroad industry trade journal Railway Age. “In an
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) reports that U.S. truck tonnage in October was down just 5.2% from October 2008, "the best year-to-year showing" since November 2008. ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello said the improvement
Their success in sizing operations to demand helped Class I railroads maintain a relatively high return on investment (ROI) during the 12 months ended Sept. 30. During a period that contained many of the
Dallas-based DRI Corp. said Tuesday its Swedish-based subsidiary, Mobitec AB, through its Mobitec Brazil Ltda. business unit, won an order from Bombardier Transportation for electronic information display systems (EIDS) to be used
