Koppers announces new leadership appointments
Koppers Holdings Inc., announced two new leadership appointments to support the company’s long-term strategy to grow shareholder value detailed at its Investor Day event held in September 2021.
Author: David C. Lester
Watch: Holland celebrates fifty years of mobile flash-butt welding
Holland is proud to celebrate 50 years of providing mobile flash-butt welding services and equipment around the world.
BNSF releases plan for 2022 capital investments
BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) announced its 2022 capital investment plan of $3.55 billion.
California High-Speed Rail funded grade separation opens to traffic
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) announced it has completed another structure on the nation’s first high-speed rail system.
Heads up: upcoming weekend closures in March on A and E Lines in DTLA for Regional Connector work
L.A. Metro will be working on the railroad for the next couple of weekends.
Sound Transit announces March 2022 service changes
Service changes for Sound Transit will take effect next month.
Sound Transit names Brooke Belman as acting CEO following Peter Rogoff’s May 31 departure
While the Sound Transit Board continues its national search for the agency’s next CEO, it voted unanimously to appoint longtime agency leader Brooke Belman to the role of Acting CEO upon CEO Peter Rogoff’s departure on May 31.
Metrolink announces new executive leadership team appointments
Metrolink CEO Darren Kettle announced the appointments of Don Filippi as chief operations officer and Arnold Hackett as chief financial officer, and the addition of Paul Hubler as chief strategy officer.
RTD selects consultant to study feasibility of ‘peak service’ rail to northwest communities
RTD announced its selection of HDR Engineering Inc. to study the feasibility of implementing a “peak service” rail schedule between Denver Union Station and downtown Longmont.
Port of L.A. has busiest January on record
The Port of Los Angeles processed 865,595 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in January, a 3.6% increase compared to last year. It was the Port’s busiest January in its 115-year history and a new milestone for a Western Hemisphere port.
U.S. DOT announces funding to strengthen port infrastructure
The U.S. DOT’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced nearly $450 million in newly available grant funding for port-related projects through the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP)—by far the largest investment in the program ever.
NTSB issues final report on 2020 Watco employee death
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its final report on the 2020 death of an employee of the Decatur & Eastern Illinois Railroad, a Watco railroad.
BNSF suffers derailment in Minnesota
On Thursday, Feb. 17, at around 9:00 a.m. a BNSF freight train derailed in the town of Frazee, Minn. which is approximately 170 miles northwest of Minneapolis.
Watch: CN’s distributed braking cars help the railroad run trains more safely in the winter
Through the coldest winter conditions every year, the CN fleet of distributed braking cars, or Air Cars, keep goods moving safely and with reliable service.
Watch: CN’s autonomous track Inspection program
Over the past couple of years, RT&S has reported on Canadian National’s automated track inspection program.
CSX train derails north of Atlanta on Thursday morning
A CSX freight trained derailed the morning of Thursday, Feb. 17 in Kingston, Ga., just northwest of Atlanta.
Norfolk Southern appoints Paul Duncan vice president network planning and operations, John Friedmann to retire
Norfolk Southern Corporation announced that Paul Duncan has been appointed vice president network planning and operations.
NTSB releases initial report on Norfolk Southern contractor death in December 2021
The National Transportation Safety Board has released a preliminary report on the death of a contractor to Norfolk Southern working with a track gang. The accident took place on December 8, 2021.
FRA Administrator Bose urges STB to support Amtrak Gulf Coast service
FRA Administrator Amit Bose testified on behalf of the Department at the Surface Transportation Board Hearing on Amtrak’s application seeking to restore passenger rail service along the Gulf Coast (Docket No. FD 36496).
Ceres Terminals and JAXPORT announce long-term, $60 million investment in TraPac Jacksonville container terminal
The JAXPORT Board of Directors unanimously approved a 20-year, $60 million agreement between Ceres Terminals and JAXPORT for the lease and modernization of the TraPac Jacksonville container terminal in Jacksonville, Florida.