BNSF Railway says its customer base continues to reduce overall carbon dioxide emissions “shipping their freight by rail instead of entirely over the road,” leveraging the environmental benefits of freight rail transportation.
New York-based STV, Inc. announced Tuesday it has acquired ARCHITECTURE/vbn (VBN), an award-winning architectural design firm based in Oakland, Calif. VBN will be integrated into STV’s West Coast operations.
The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) is considering the purchase of vintage President’s Conference Committee streetcars (PCCs) as part of its efforts to restore streetcar service to the nation’s capital.
Erie, Pa.-based GE Transportation Friday unveiled its next Evolution Series locomotive that the company says “will decrease constituent emissions by more than 70% and save railroad customers more than $1.5 billion in infrastructure and operational costs.”
At its J.R. Davis Yard in Roseville, Calif., Union Pacific on Aug. 22 unveiled an advanced experimental locomotive, UP 9900 that will test three emissions-reducing technologies: exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), diesel oxidation catalysts (DOC), and diesel particulate filters (DPF).
Union Pacific will partner with EMD to develop 25 experimental locomotives that are based in two rail yards in California to be used in a $20 million test of new technology designed to reduce diesel emissions from freight locomotives.
CSX Monday unveiled its 2011 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report outlining the company’s operations, environmental, social, and financial performance.
The American Carbon Registry has presented Norfolk Southern its Corporate Excellence award for “making a public commitment to reducing CO2 emissions 10% below 2009 levels by 2014 and for reaching nearly 40%t of that five-year goal in the first year,” the railroad announced Tuesday.
Union Pacific has named 74 companies as annual Pinnacle Award recipients for chemical transportation safety.