BANDUNG, Indonesia — Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company, has signed a contract with PT Kereta Indonesia (PT KAI) for 36 new EMD GT38AC freight locomotives, expanding the public railway operator’s existing GT Series fleet. The new EMD locomotives will go into service for PT KAI’s South Sumatra coal haulage operations and join more than 50 […]
WASHINGTON — The Railway Supply Institute announced today that it is soliciting individual nominations for three new members of its board of directors to begin in January 2021. The typical office term for board members is three years with an opportunity to extend that term if elected to the board’s executive committee. “For decades, RSI […]
SPRINGVILLE, Utah — Island Radar and AlphaHive have a lot in common. Both companies are spin-offs of Utah-based Wavetronix, the world market leader in radar vehicle detection products. Now, the two are joining forces in a partnership that brings AlphaHive’s business infrastructure to Island Radar, while AlphaHive will receive mentoring from Island Radar’s experienced business […]
Wednesday morning rail news: — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will provide a $500,000 benefit payment to families of workers killed by the COVID-19 virus following negotiations between the MTA and unions representing subway, bus, and commuter rail workers. The MTA will also cover health insurance for spouses and dependents for three years, and will not […]
J.B. Hunt containers head east on a BNSF intermodal train at Brookfield, Ill., in November 2019. A J.B. Hunt executive says the company is experiencing its best rail service ever. TRAINS: David Lassen Railroads’ intermodal service is the best it’s ever been, J.B. Hunt executives said during the company’s first-quarter earnings call on Tuesday. Darren […]
A Metra UP North train passes through Glencoe, Ill. Metra is among the commuter rail agencies joining Thursday’s “Sound The Horn” salute to essential workers. TRAINS: David Lassen Wednesday afternoon rail news: — Commuter rail operators throughout the U.S. have joined the “Sound The Horn” effort launched by Amtrak and New York-area transit agencies to […]
Association of American Railroads WASHINGTON — The Association of American Railroads today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending April 11, 2020. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 412,503 carloads and intermodal units, down 21.9% compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week ending April 11 were […]
CHICAGO — Amtrak will introduce its pre-packaged “Flexible Dining” program on western long-distance trains beginning Friday, April 17, in response to the sharply reduced ridership resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. With the introduction of the program on trains west of Chicago and New Orleans, only the Lorton, Va.-Sanford, Fla., Auto Train will retain full dining […]
The Oklahoma Railway Museum is acquiring two coaches from short line railroad Farmrail. Oklahoma Railway Museum Tuesday afternoon rail news: — With William Flynn set to take over Wednesday as Amtrak president and CEO, outgoing CEO Richard Anderson sent a message to employees today thanking employees for their efforts during his tenure and in the […]
The publicly traded Class I railroads will begin to report first-quarter earnings this week, with Kansas City Southern kicking off results on Friday. Investors may be more interested in learning how railroad management teams expect their systems to weather the economic storm caused by the coronavirus pandemic, which week by week has accelerated already-declining North […]
More Tuesday morning rail news: — The regulatory board that oversees the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is considering whether to renew its contract with commuter rail operator Keolis Commuter Services — or whether it has any choice other than renewing the deal that expires June 30, 2022, at least for two years. Part of the […]
Tuesday morning rail news: — Fifty workers from New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority have now died of coronavirus-related causes, part of a nationwide death toll that has transit employees considering work stoppages. Citylab reports that at least 16 other transit workers who are members of the Amalgamated Transit Union have died in other cities, along […]
