WASHINGTON — Commuter railroad executives testifying before Congress on Tuesday spoke at length about money and red tape. The American Public Transportation Association’s chief testified before congress but so did Jim Derwinski, CEO/executive director of Metra; Peter Rogoff, CEO of Sound Transit; and Stephanie Wiggins, CEO of Metrolink. Derwinski said Metra, and the commuter rail […]
Move over Alcos, No. 6002, the Western New York & Pennsylvania’s first operating AC GE, is ready for service. Stephan M. Koenig OLEAN, N.Y. — On Tuesday, Western New York & Pennsylvania AC46CH No. 6002 became the first alternating current GE to enter revenue service on the railroad famed for its big Alco motive power. […]
CHICAGO — Car manufacturing and leasing company FreightCar America has announced a joint venture with a Mexican heavy equipment manufacturer to build railroad cars in Castaños, Mexico. The agreement is with Fabricaciones y Servicios de Mexico, known as Fasemex, which also manufactures railroad cars and has operations in both Mexico and the United States. Moving […]
Norfolk Southern is partnering with WAZE to target problematic crossings. Chris Anderson ATLANTA, Ga. — In an effort to combat grade crossing incidents in a half-dozen locations across its system, Norfolk Southern is partnering with mobile navigation application WAZE on a campaign to target drivers with messages promoting safety at and near railroad crossings. Norfolk […]
While Amtrak Police Officer Job Hernandez checks for another train, the motorized skateboarder in the foreground prepares to cross the tracks in back of the Metra train headed into Chicago Union Station on Sept. 24, 2019. Bob Johnston CHICAGO — Thousands of police department, railroad, and safety-oriented organization personnel throughout the country are participating in […]
John Wories, Amsted Rail president John Wories, Amsted Rail president, gestures during comments he gave in a panel discussion at the 2019 Railway Interchange conference in Minneapolis on Tuesday. H. Michael Yuhas MINNEAPOLIS — It was the final question in Tuesday’s hour-long panel discussion involving three CEOs at the Railway Supply Institute’s Educational and Technical […]
MOUNT STERLING, Ky. — The City of Mt. Sterling, Ky., is seeking sealed bids for the purchase of a former Chesapeake & Ohio freight and passenger station listed on the U.S. National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places. According to a Facebook post, the city is seeking to sell the former depot building, located […]
ERIE, Pa. — On Sept. 23, a new face in the modernized locomotive world made its appearance. CSX Transportation No. 7200, the first modernized CSX AC4400CW, was released at the Wabtec plant in Erie for testing. The unit was formerly CSX No. 202 and was in service up until this past April before being selected […]
CMA CGM’s former APL containership President Eisenhower docks at the Port of Los Angeles last week alongside the CMA CGM Norma. Steamship lines will have to comply with a new low-sulfur fuel mandate beginning Jan. 1, 2020. Bill Stephens A low-sulfur marine fuel requirement for steamship lines may have wide-ranging implications for North American intermodal […]
NEW YORK — The resumption of weekday Express Acela service to Washington on Monday saw southbound train 2401 leave New York’s Pennsylvania Station at 6:35 a.m. on a two hour and thirty-five minute schedule: it heralded another effort to provide non-stop service, which had been operated sporadically over the last 50 years, by both Penn […]
Claude Mongeau, former CN CEO Norfolk Southern NORFOLK, Va. — It should come as no surprise that Norfolk Southern has added former Canadian National CEO Claude Mongeau to its board of directors as it shifts to a Precision Scheduled Railroading operating model. NS CEO Jim Squires has said his railroad is taking a balanced approach […]
Trinity Rail’s new Trinflow hopper on display at Railway Interchange in Minneapolis this week. TRAINS: Brian Schmidt MINNEAPOLIS — Two new covered hopper cars from rival manufacturers both displayed at Railway Interchange 2019 in Minneapolis promise to revolutionize grain transportation in North America. Both hoppers use new adjustable gates that enable the cars to carry […]
