U.S. freight carload and intermodal volume rose during the week ending March 5, 2011, measured against the comparable week in 2010, the Association of American Railroads said Thursday. Freight carload volume rose
Bombardier Transportation said Thursday it has received an order for six new three-car BOMBARDIER REGINA high speed trains from Sweden’s Västtrafik, thus increasing the latter’s fleet to a total of 26 trains.
An improving economy may have contributed to an increase in vehicle-train and pedestrian collisions, deaths, and injuries in 2010, according to Operation Lifesaver, Inc., the national nonprofit rail safety education organization. OLI
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has received a $1 billion dividend from BNSF Railway, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday. On top of last year’s $1.5 billion dividend, this brings Berkshire’s earnings from BNSF to
Amtrak said Wednesday its February ridership rose 7.6% to 2,099,010 riders, up more than 147,000 passengers, from levels of February 2010, making the gain the 16th consecutive month of ridership growth. “The
Railway Age magazine has named Blacklands Railroad the 2011 Short Line Railroad of the Year, and the Reading & Northern Railroad its 2011 Regional Railroad of the Year. The awards will be
Stressing that U.S. Class I railroads have committed “the three highest years of capital expenditure on record, in the middle of the greatest recession since the Great Depression,” Association of American Railroads
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF: Close to 300 people from the mechanical, operating, financial, and supply sectors of the North American freight railroad industry are attending Railroad Financial Corporation’s 25th annual Rail Equipment Finance
BNSF has informed its customers that by shipping via rail rather than truck in 2010, they reduced emissions by more than 21 million metric tons of CO2, “also equivalent to reducing the
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF: Close to 300 people from the mechanical, operating, financial, and supply sectors of the North American freight railroad industry are attending Railroad Financial Corporation’s 25th annual Rail Equipment Finance
After experiencing near-record container traffic in 2010, the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey announced that it will invest $283 million in 2011 to upgrade the port road network, enhance
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn (D) on Monday signed a bill creating the Southeast Commuter Rail Transit District, a step designed to implement regional rail passenger service for southeastern Chicagoland. The district will
Lawrence Beal (1938-2010), who founded National Railway Equipment Company and grew it into a global supplier of new and rebuilt locomotives, and a pioneer in genset technology, was honored March 7 at
Despite harsh winter weather in much of the U.S. during February, U.S. freight carload traffic and intermodal traffic rose during the month measured against February 2010, the Association of American Railroads said
Lexington, Mass.-based RailRunner, N.A., Inc. announced Monday a renewal of its European product certification efforts as a result of the European Railway Agency (ERA) recent modifications to its Technical Standards of Interoperability
CAF USA, the U.S. subsidiary of Beasain, Spain-based Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, says it still believes it deserves a chance to supply Houston with light rail transit vehicles. Metropolitan Transit Authority
The Obama Administration has agreed to adjust Positive Train Control requirements imposed on the nation’s freight railroads, including Class I’s, short lines, and regionals. The Federal Railroad Administration reached agreement Wednesday with
Will Florida’s loss be California’s gain? That’s one of many questions that arise from the Florida Supreme Court’s decision that Governor Scott was within his rights in spurning federal grants to bring
Railway Age sent the following today to the White House: DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: Will Florida’s loss be California’s gain? That’s one of many questions that arise from the Florida Supreme Court’s
Claiming political principle, not political grandstanding, as the foundation for Florida’s rejection of $2.38 billion in federal funds for high speed rail, Gov. Rick Scott has also set off a scramble for
