WASHINGTON –– The Short Line Safety Institute (SLSI) is pleased to announce that John Angel, Vice President, Compliance and Training, Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Services, Inc., has joined its Board of Directors.
LUFKIN, Texas – Union Pacific uses helicopters to manage vegetation across its network.
ATLANTA –– Although labor issues are not on our beat, we would be remiss in not reporting the situation that’s taking place in Canada right now. Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor of Railway Age, filed this report today.
ATLANTA –– Jeffrey Watson, Vice President of Engineering at Genesee & Wyoming, has been chosen to receive the annual Railway Track & Structures Engineer of the Year Award for 2024.
WETHERSFIELD, Conn. – Beginning August 25 and lasting through early September, crews will work on replacing railroad crossings at Hartford Avenue, Jordan Lane, and Wells Road in Wethersfield.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Commerce Commission approved an agreement to install automatic warning devices at a grade crossing in Henry County.
LONGVIEW, Texas ––Logistics firm Custom Inc. on Aug. 14 held a ground-breaking ceremony for a transload facility in Longview Tex., that will be served by Union Pacific (UP).
FORT FRANCES, Ontario –– A Canadian National bridge that provides a connection to Thunder Bay, Ont. collapsed this week.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– This week, the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) welcomes Nicole Brewin as the Association’s Vice President of Congressional Affairs.
NORFOLK, Va. — The Port of Virginia’s® expanded central rail yard is fully operational signaling the completion of a project giving the port the capacity to process 2 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) by rail annually.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – After flooding caused by storm Debby, service on the St. Lawrence subdivision has resumed.
ENTERPRISE, N.W.T. – Service on CN’s line near the N.W.T.-Alberta border is disrupted due to damage inflicted by a wildfire.
OMAHA – Union Pacific has completed work on its main line in Omaha, Nebraska.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – After flooding caused from storm Debby, CSX gives an update on its Northeast operations on the Albany and St. Lawrence subdivisions.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – BNSF plans to complete two controlled blasts of a collapsed rail bridge that crosses the Big Sioux River.
OMAHA ––(From Railway Age, August 2024 issue). With more than 32,000 miles of track covering 23 states in the western two-thirds of the U.S., those charged with inspecting and maintaining track at Union Pacific (UP) have their work cut out for them.
NORTH BERGEN, N.J. –– Watco has started operating a new transload facility for the New York, Susquehanna, and Western Railway Corporation (NYSW) in North Bergen, New Jersey.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – CSX is monitoring its infrastructure as tropical storm Debby moves up the east coast.
ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern announced this week that it is making significant capacity improvements that will enhance a critical rail corridor, and open additional opportunities for statewide business and economic growth
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Funding has been made available for the construction of a flyover for a CSX rail crossing in Massachusetts.