Railway Age’s 2023 ‘Fast Trackers’ 25 Under 40 Honorees
Railway Age is pleased to announce the 25 “Fast Trackers” selected for this year’s 25 Under 40 awards program.
Railway Age is pleased to announce the 25 “Fast Trackers” selected for this year’s 25 Under 40 awards program.
Severe winter conditions were blamed for Amtrak suspending a number of its long-distance and regional trains across the nation’s Northern Tier and Midwest during the Christmas holiday week. Then came West Coast cancellations in the wake of heavy rains and flooding during the first week of January.
Amtrak experienced early challenges with stakeholder communications in its intercity trainset acquisition and maintenance facility modification work, leading to scope changes, cost increases and schedule delays, according to a new report from the Amtrak Office of Inspector General (OIG).
Amtrak has released visuals of its upcoming new long-distance and corridor service single-level, semi-permanently-coupled push/pull trainsets—the Siemens Mobility-built Amtrak Airo™—which will replace aging Amtrak-owned Amfleet I equipment.
The Ontario government on Dec. 15 reported that it will spend C$139.5 million to purchase three Siemens Mobility Ltd. trainsets as part of its plan to reinstate Northlander passenger rail service between Toronto and Timmins by the mid-2020s.
During the week of Dec. 5 2022, Union Pacific and CN operated a dedicated train of a single Siemens Mobility “Venture” car from the Amtrak fleet from California to Canada. The coach
Transport Canada confirmed Oct. 31 that state corporation VIA Rail Canada has been shunted aside from its own project to construct and operate an electrified “High Frequency Rail” (HFR) service along the Corridor linking Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto—the only profitable route VIA currently covers.
The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) last month presented AdWheel Grand Awards to 16 members for their marketing and communications efforts.
Editor’s Note: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corp. Rail Division publications Railway Age and International Railway Journal have benefited from a longstanding relationship with what is now called Siemens Mobility. From light rail to high
Siemens Mobility GmbH has ordered 14 fuel-cell modules from Ballard Power Systems to power a fleet of seven Mireo Plus H passenger trains.