RailComm, Inc. has been selected to provide a wireless remote control derail system at Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad’s RIP Track Facility. A customized Local Control Panel located within the shop will provide wireless remote control to the derails.
Manhattan’s redesigned and repositioned South Ferry subway station, the recipient of $530 million in rehabilitation, will open March 16, New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority says.
Manhattan’s redesigned and repositioned South Ferry subway station, the recipient of $530million in rehabilitation, will open March 16, New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority says. The upgraded station, served by the No.
Electro-Motive Diesel Inc. plans to eliminate 347 jobs at its McCook, Ill., plant as early as April, according to a layoff notice filed with the state of Illinois. The move follows previous plans announced earlier to cut 600 jobs at EMD’s London, Ontario, facility.
Fortune magazine has awarded Union Pacific the title of “Most Admired” railroad in its annual survey of American companies, Fortune said. UP scored first among all railroads in the key areas of innovation, people management, use of corporate assets, social responsibility, quality of management, financial soundness, long-term investment, and global competitiveness.
On May 18, 2009, the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers-North American Section (IRSE-NAS) will hold its Annual General Meeting at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn., in conjunction with the Railway Systems Suppliers, Inc. (RSSI) 2009 Exposition.
Gov. David A. Paterson Monday released the 2009 New York State Rail Plan with a “comprehensive strategy forsupporting freight and intercity passenger rail service.” The plan includes “an inventoryof freight and passenger
Gov. David A. Paterson Monday released the 2009 New York State Rail Plan with a “comprehensive strategy forsupporting freight and intercity passenger rail service.”
Railway Age magazine has named Wilmington, Calif.-based Pacific Harbor Line, Inc. 2009 Short Line Railroad of the Year, and the Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co. 2009 Regional Railroad of the Year. The awards will be presented at the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association’s annual meeting in Las Vegas, Nev., April 25-28.
Following a successful pilot program on the Canadian Pacific Northern Ontario Service Area and last year’s Total Friction Management™ program rollout in Western Canada, Portec Rail Products, Inc. is now offering Total Friction Management™ to the rail industry.
Current plans for Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s Orange (light rail) line to serve Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport are being reconsidered as adjustments to airport access are weighed.
American railroads again made big safety investments in 2008, and again they paid off in a big way.
Scrambling belatedly to secure light rail transit service after rejecting same a decade ago, Virginia Beach, Va., may receive a $20 million state grant to acquire 10.6 miles of Norfolk Southern right-of-way within the municipality. The route, if acquired, would almost certainly become an addition to “The Tide” light rail line now being constructed in neighboring Norfolk, which ends at the Virginia Beach border.
Continuing its advancement of the Crescent Corridor, Norfolk Southern appears ready to begin developing a major intermodal hub in Chambersburg, Pa., near the Maryland border, in conjunction with the Franklin County (Pa.) Area Development Corp. Corporation President L. Michael Ross said the NS site will be accessible by road via Exit 3 of Interstate 81 in what will be the Antrim Commons Business Park.
The Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday reported a bill aimed at eliminating the railroads’ limited antitrust exemption. The Association of American Railroads said the effort “could alter economic oversight of the railroads.”
Norfolk Southern says the employees in its mechanical department turned in a history-making safety performance in 2008, completing the year with a reportable injury ratio of 0.53, the lowest ever achieved by any operating department at Norfolk Southern.
Greenbrier Cos. Inc. says it could be forced to trim expenses, and lay off more employees, if GE Railcar Services Corp. holds firm in reducing an existing delivery contract of 11,900 railcars over an eight-year period. Greenbrier said GE Railcar, a subsidiary of Fairfield, Conn.-based General Electric Co., “desires to substantially reduce, delay, or otherwise cancel railcar deliveries.”
Northern California’s Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority (CCJPA) says it’s prepared to target up to $98 million in federal Stimulus Package funding to 10 “shovel-ready” projects, and has the list prepared for federal officials to evaluate March 9, when CCJPA representatives will be in Washington. Total cost of the projects involved is $144 million.
Houston’s Metropolitan Transit Authority Wednesday unanimously approved a $1.46 billion contract for four new light rail lines, which would add 20 miles to its current initial seven-mile route, cementing its decision to bank on LRT in lieu of Bus Rapid Transit routes.
