The U.S. President Who Signed Sweeping Railroad Economic Deregulation Bill – Jimmy Carter – Has Died
PLAINS, Ga.–The 39th President of the United States, James Earl Carter, Jr. died peacefully at his home in Plains earlier today.
PLAINS, Ga.–The 39th President of the United States, James Earl Carter, Jr. died peacefully at his home in Plains earlier today.
DARTMOUTH, Nova Scotia – The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has released an investigation report into the 2023 derailment near Dunsinane, New Brunswick.
DECATUR, Ill. – Norfolk Southern’s Engineering team has completed major infrastructure upgrades in 30 hours across two states last November.
CORONA, Calif. – BNSF worked with the City of Corona to build a suspension bridge as a way to reduce traffic congestion in the McKinley Street intersection.
NEW YORK –– So there I was, quietly minding somebody else’s business, when I received notification that Railway Age had released a new Rail Group on Air podcast, “TRB Long Freight Train Consensus Study.” The podcast
SAN DIEGO –– RT&S has been following and reporting on the proposed tunnel through and around Del Mar to address the continuing line stability problems the railroad has had.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Youngstown & Southern Railroad’s Lansingville Yard should be completed in 2025.
FORT WORTH, Texas – BNSF has completed a new section of double track on its Fort Worth Subdivision.
BISMARCK, N.D. – BNSF gives an update on the construction of the bridge that crosses over the Missouri River.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba – The Arctic Gateway Group (AGG) released information that shows improvements of the Hudson Bay Railway.
Mining railroad VALE EFVM (Estrada de Ferro Vitória a Minas) in Brazil has equipped locomotive No. 1256 with ENSCO Rail’s Autonomous Track Geometry Measurement System (ATGMS), according to the supplier. The system is described as providing “continuous,
NEW YORK ––Before and even now as a retired locomotive engineer, I have enjoyed my Railway Age subscription because you’re always on the cutting edge of the railroad world. I feel compelled to comment on the articles by about crew size in the May 2024 issue. The major point made against the [FRA] mandate of two-person crew size was the so-called “lack of data backing this decision.”
WINNIPEG, MB/ENTERPRISE, NT –– Cando Rails and Terminals has announced that it has acquired the rail terminal operations of AWP Industries in the Northwest Territories
FORT WORTH –– BNSF announced this week that the last 3.5 of approximately 51 miles of new double track were cutover, about halfway across the railroad’s Southern Transcon.
MOUNT VERNON, Ind. – The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced last week that a federal grant of $11,249,000 was awarded to the Ports of Indiana-Mount Vernon so the Ports can begin building a $16 million rail yard and transload facility.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Ohio Rail Commission has approved the creation of a new railyard in Youngstown.
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. – Anacostia Rail Holdings (ARH) has announced that Louisville & Indiana Railroad (LIRC) was awarded a matching $6,492,000 grant to improve the railroad’s Clagg lift span in its Ohio River Bridge.
QUEBEC CITY – The Government of Canada has acquired the Québec Bridge and will invest more than C$40 million a year over the course of a 25-year rehabilitation program.
OTTAWA –– RT&S reported within the last two weeks that striking workers at the Port of Montreal and the lockout of port workers in British Columbia was underway and impact of the work stoppages were beginning to stir up some economic headwinds.
OSAGE, Iowa – CN’s engineering team has finished work on replacing a bridge on the Osage line.