Watco partners with maritime company to support offshore wind industry
Crowley and Watco are partnering to create a single-source terminal and supply chain management solution to support the emerging offshore wind industry.
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Coy Beaman, founder and CEO of Advanced Rail Systems, dies
Advanced Rail Systems is deeply saddened to announce the sudden passing of its founder and CEO, Coy Beaman.
February issue of RT&S is now digital—track maintenance, winter maintenance, trucks/hi-rail vehicles
The February issue of RT&S features a story on track maintenance in the city of Baltimore as well as product/market reviews in rail grinding, winter maintenance, and in the truck/hi-rail vehicle segments.
Power provided by coal-fired plants drops as a result of pandemic
A new report shows a significant drop in electric power demand during pandemic.
Monte Stokes joins Pacific Harbor Line as Chief Engineer
Pacific Harbor Line (https://www.anacostia.com/railroads/phl)) has appointed Monte Stokes as chief engineer of the 75-mile short-line railroad serving the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. Effective February 1, he succeeded Robert Giannoble,
CTC allocates $6.45MM for short line improvement projects
The California Transportation Commission (CTC) will distribute $6.45 million to seven short line railroad infrastructure projects. The projects are funded through the 2020 Short-Line Railroad Improvement Program (SLRIP), which was established under California’s
Look: WWI-era railroad tracks resurface on beach
Not everything from World War I has perished. Railroad tracks used during the time period have reappeared in Cape May’s Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area in New Jersey. Due to effects of
Goderich-Exeter Railway, a Genesee & Wyoming road, suffers runaway and derailment
A Goderich-Exter Railway (a short line owned by Genesee & Wyoming) freight train that runs between Goderich and Stratford, Ont. yesterday began rolling backward down a hill toward Goderich Harbor yesterday, collided
California short-liner receives grant to improve track
OmniTRAX Inc., a comprehensive logistics solutions provider, reports the Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad (STE) was awarded a grant by the California Transportation Commission under the Short-Line Railroad Improvement Program (SLRIP) to replace
R. J. Corman Railroad Group announces appointment of Ron Batory to board of directors
R. J. Corman Railroad Group, today announced that it has appointed former U.S. Department of Transportation FRA Administrator Ronald L. (Ron) Batory to its Board of Directors. Prior to his service in