Eugene, Ore.-based EDX Wireless said Wednesday its EDX® SignalRail™, a flexible RF planning tool, incorporates advanced route-based studies specifically designed for planning Positive Train Control (PTC) wireless networks. SignalRail also can be
The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County Board of Directors Tuesday said it voted unanimously to increase the capital budget for fiscal year 2011 MetroRail Expansion project from $158 million to $343.5
Union Pacific said Tuesday its 2010 employee safety performance was the best in the company’s nearly 150-year history. Union Pacific’s full-year employee reportable injury rate was 1.37, a 6% improvement over the
Axion International, a producer of recycled composite plastic industrial building products and railroad ties, said Tuesday it has signed a $15 million contract with a Class I railroad. The railroad, which was
U.S. Class I railroads called train crews back to work at a steady pace in 2010, with the result that transportation (train and engine) employment increased 9.21% to 62.027 during the year.
While railroads have come a long way toward maximum utilization of their plant and workforce, the journey isn’t over. History tells us that in a healthy industry, every year brings its share of productivity breakthroughs.
The National Railroad Passenger Corp., Amtrak, began operating on May 1, 1971, with a fleet of aging equipment inherited from the freight railroads, which had been relieved of their obligation to operate
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has upset the implementation schedule for central Florida’s planned SunRail regional passenger rail service, by freezing state funding intended for the project. The move comes as the state’s
The Federal Railroad Administration has awarded a $750,000 grant to study the expansion of Amtrak’s Keystone Corridor, currently established between Philadelphia and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania’s state capital, west from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh. The
Railway Age is now accepting entries for its annual Short Line/Regional Railroad of the Year competition. Short lines and regionals—and there are more than 500 of them—are invited to submit entries describing
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Friday released an agenda for 2011 that it said “continues a fundamental re-shaping of the MTAthat includes cost-cutting that will result in cumulative savings of $3.8
Harsco Corp. on Friday announced plans for revitalizing its long-standing Harrisburg Steel operating site in central Harrisburg, Pa., as a new regional supercenter for its Infrastructure business group. The initiative will create
Fairport, N.Y.-based RailComm said Friday that short line Fort Worth & Western Railroad has extended its contract with RailComm for its computerized Track Warrant Control System. RailComm’s Domain Operations Controller (DOC®) dark
Denton County Transportation Authority (DCTA) ticket vending machines will be the same as those of Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) and Trinity Railway Express (TRE) regional rail service, DCTA said Thursday. DCTA’s
LaGrange, Ill.-based Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) said Friday it has signed an agreement to supply five new SD70ACe locomotives to Quebec North Shore and Labrador (QNS&L), a subsidiary of Iron Ore of Canada.
Bayonne, N.J., demonstrably the most pro-light rail transit community in New Jersey, will be rewarded for such support on Monday when New Jersey Transit dedicates its latest extension of Hudson-Bergen Light Rail
U.S. freight carload traffic rose 1.5% in the week ending January 22, compared with the third week of 2010, the Association of American Railroads said Thursday, categorizing the advance as “modest.” U.S.
Opening statements Thursday from House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John L. Mica (R-Fla.) and Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) on high speed rail for the Northeast
Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) has named Joel Haka Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, effective Feb. 21, 2011. Haka brings more than 30 years experience in the maritime operations industry
L.B. Foster Co. has been awarded a contract by short line Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway Co. (CRANDIC) to provide approximately 1,000 tons of 115# standard rail for the upgrade of
