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 […]
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NS, WAZE partner for grade crossing safety NEWSWIRE
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 […]
Rail Safety Week focus: Prevent trespasser deaths NEWSWIRE
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 […]
Rail supplier CEOs decry Chinese business practices NEWSWIRE
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 […]
C&O depot in Kentucky for sale NEWSWIRE
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 […]
First of the new CSX rebuilds rolls out of the Wabtec plant in Erie
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 […]
New marine fuel regulations could have an impact on 2020 intermodal volumes NEWSWIRE
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 […]
Non-stop Acela launches between NYC and Washington NEWSWIRE
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 […]
NS to tap expertise of former CN CEO as it adopts kinder, gentler version of Precision Scheduled Railroading NEWSWIRE
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 […]
Railcar makers Trinity, Greenbrier introduce high-capacity hoppers at Railway Interchange in Minneapolis NEWSWIRE
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 […]
Wabtec has high hopes for battery-electric road unit NEWSWIRE
An artist’s rendering of Wabtec’s battery-electric locomotive. Wabtec Corp. MINNEAPOLIS — How can you quickly create a U.S. fleet of hybrid heavy-haul locomotives? The answer, it Wabtec officials seem to say, is by creating an all-electric unit that can be mixed into a consist with existing conventional diesel-electric power. That’s the idea behind the battery-electric […]
Wabtec launches fleet modernization program aimed at locomotive engines, controls NEWSWIRE
Wabtec’s FDL Advantage program offers upgrades which aim to increase fuel economy for the widely-used prime mover by 5%. Wabtec MINNEAPOLIS — Aiming to extend both the life and value of the fleet of locomotives built by predecessor GE Transportation, Wabtec announced fleet modernization upgrades covering both the FDL prime mover and control platforms for […]
