CN Upgrades Track From Liberty to Montgomery

CHICAGO – CN has completed project work in the Chicago region, with trains traversing on upgraded track from Liberty to Montgomery.

Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Denies BNSF Land Use Designation Change –– UPDATED, 5:30 P.M. ET

PHOENIX, Ariz. –– BNSF has hit some choppy air in its progress toward building a new logistics hub in Arizona.

Eliminating Paper Barriers is the Pro-Competitive Move –– Commentary from Railway Age

NEW YORK –– Prior to the Staggers of Act of 1980, the only way a Class I railroad could shed the cost of marginal or money losing light density rail line was abandonment.

CN on UP+NS Merger: ‘Our Customers’ Voices Must Be Heard’

Joining BNSF and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) in expressing their concerns about the proposed Union Pacific (UP)-MONTREAL –– Norfolk Southern (NS) merger, CN recently launched a page on its website encouraging its customers to speak up and file a Notice of Intent to Participate with the Surface Transportation Board (STB).

Patriot Rail Completes Collaborative Grade Crossing Upgrades

KENDALLVILLE, Ind. – Patriot Rail completes a highway-rail grade crossing upgrade at Drake Road with its partners Midwest Rail, CDL Electric, and Wabtec.

NS, CSX Complete Modernization Efforts at Birmingham Junction

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Norfolk Southern and CSX replaced infrastructure components at the 14th Street Junction in Birmingham, Alabama.

BNSF Upgrades 130 Miles of Track to CWR

LA JUNTA, Colo. – BNSF worked with the Colorado and Kansas departments of transportation and Amtrak on a track project.

Eric Gebhardt, CTO of Wabtec, gave the keynote speech on day one of the Third Annual TTC Conference & Tour.

Eric Gebhardt Headlines Third Annual TTC Conference & Tour

Nearly 300 professionals from freight and passenger railroads, industry suppliers and consultants, universities, and research organizations gathered in Pueblo, Colo., earlier this month for the Third Annual TTC Conference & Tour, reported host

STV Leads Design for Amtrak’s Ivy City Yard Upgrades

WASHINGTON, D.C. – STV will lead design services for the Ivy City Yard upgrades in Washington, D.C.

CSX Temporarily Rerouted SN&A North Subdivision; Service Restored (UPDATED 10/10)

NASHVILLE – CSX is temporarily rerouting operations on its SN&A North Subdivision due to a bridge outage.

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Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employe Division (BMWED) Comments on the Removal of Former CSX CEO Joe Hinrichs

NOVI, Mich. –– The BMWED has rejected some of the other Union remarks on the impact of Joe Hinrichs on labor-management relations at CSX.

BMWED, A&S Ratify Agreement

ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division (BMWED) American Rail System Federation members on the UP-owned Alton & Southern Railway (A&S) ratified a 5 year collective bargaining agreement.

‘Injustice in Jacksonville’

JACKSONVILLE –– CSX President and CEO Joe Hinrichs, Railway Age’s 2025 Railroader of the Year, has been suddenly and unexpectedly railroaded by his own collectively myopic Board of Directors, and for no reason other than, sooner or later, refusing to join the transcon merger fray. I’m not the only one who wholeheartedly agrees with CNBC’s Jim Cramer that there has been an “injustice in Jacksonville” based on short-sightedness and hedge fund pressure. Call me naïve, but I didn’t see it coming. Nor did many others.

CSX Reopens Howard Street Tunnel (Updated 10/3)

BALTIMORE – CSX reopened the expanded Howard Street Tunnel on September 26 in Baltimore.

Port of Benton Achieves Class 1 Track Status

RICHLAND, Wash. – Port of Benton’s railroad track has achieved Class 1 track status after the completion of major construction.

BNSF’s North First Avenue Bridge Project Receives Award of Merit

BARSTOW, Calif. – BNSF’s North First Avenue Bridge Project received the Engineering News-Record’s Southern California Best Projects Award of Merit.

ORDC Approves $2.3M for 5 Projects Across Ohio

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Rail Development Commission has approved more than $2.3 million in grant funding for five projects throughout Ohio.

CSX Re-Opens Blue Ridge Subdivision

JACKSONVILLE –– Readers will remember the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene in the southeastern United States nearly one year ago. One area of severe damage was CSX’s former Clinchfield Railroad line, which has undergone a nearly year-long rebuild process. The line was opened for revenue traffic this past weekend.

BNSF Rebuilds 85-Year-Old Bridge in Texas

JUSTIN, Texas – BNSF has rebuilt an 85-year-old wooden trestle bridge north of Justin, Texas.

Intramotev, Watco Forge TugVolt Commercial Agreement

ST. LOUIS — Intramotev, developer of the TugVolt autonomous battery-electric railcar, has entered into a new commercial agreement with short line holding company Watco, which will deploy the technology within its network, beginning with the Wood River Transload Terminal in Illinois, just north St. Louis, Mo.

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