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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern’s Mexican subsidiary remains shut down about 80 miles northwest of Mexico City following a fiery collision last week caused by theft-related sabotage. All Kansas City Southern de Mexico service to and from the Mexico City-area remains suspended, KCS officials say. Vandals reportedly blocked tracks in Nopala in the […]
Part of the funds will go to New York City Transit for new signaling and equipment, station improvements, and track replacement. Subway riders on the nation’s largest transit system can expect to see more work trains, such as this one at the West 4th Street station in Manhattan, for system upgrades in the next five […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — More than a hundred historical railroad maps of the Missouri Pacific, including Arkansas predecessors, are now online as a result of a digitalization project at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The maps are part of the university’s Center for Arkansas History and Culture and were a 2017 gift by […]
Association of American Railroads WASHINGTON — The Association of American Railroads today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Sept. 21, 2019. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 528,670 carloads and intermodal units, down 6.8% compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week ending Sept. 21 were […]
APTA recommendations for Congress Richard Wronski WASHINGTON — The CEO of the American Public Transportation Association Congress Tuesday to boost federal funding to meet growing needs and new technology, reform existing programs and policies, and address the difficulties facing those agencies. At a hearing before the House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, titled, […]
Kyle Mulligan, Canadian Pacific chief engineer Canadian Pacific Kyle Mulligan never planned on being a railroader. Mulligan graduated from Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, in 2009 with a master’s degree in biomedical engineering where his thesis focused on figuring out what sounds electronic stethoscopes could detect from the lungs. While in school he also worked […]
An afternoon NJ Transit train arrives Short Hills Station in April 2017. The Morris and Essex line here is the positive train control proving grounds for the rest of the NJ Transit system. New multiple-unit cars expected to arrive in the mid-2020s will replace locomotives on most trains. Ralph Spielman NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit “still […]
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 […]
