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
WASHINGTON, D.C. – STV will lead design services for the Ivy City Yard upgrades in Washington, D.C.
NASHVILLE – CSX is temporarily rerouting operations on its SN&A North Subdivision due to a bridge outage.
NOVI, Mich. –– The BMWED has rejected some of the other Union remarks on the impact of Joe Hinrichs on labor-management relations at CSX.
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.
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.
BALTIMORE – CSX reopened the expanded Howard Street Tunnel on September 26 in Baltimore.
RICHLAND, Wash. – Port of Benton’s railroad track has achieved Class 1 track status after the completion of major construction.
BARSTOW, Calif. – BNSF’s North First Avenue Bridge Project received the Engineering News-Record’s Southern California Best Projects Award of Merit.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Rail Development Commission has approved more than $2.3 million in grant funding for five projects throughout Ohio.
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.
JUSTIN, Texas – BNSF has rebuilt an 85-year-old wooden trestle bridge north of Justin, Texas.
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.
Every day, motorists cross BNSF tracks without realizing the planning beneath their wheels. With more than 25,000 railroad grade crossings on the BNSF network, the safety of these road and rail intersections is important to all of us.That begins with planning, engineering and collaborating among stakeholders. The evidence
INDIANAPOLIS –– Carl Walker, Vice President of Engineering at CSX, was presented with the RT&S Engineer of the Year Award at the opening session of the AREMA Conference being held this week in Indianapolis.
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. –– While this is not a typical story for RT&S we’re reporting on this because of some insightful remarks made by CSX CEO Joe Hinrichs at this investor conference.
WALBRIDGE, Ohio – CSX announced Sept. 10 the Walbridge Yard in Ohio underwent infrastructure improvements.
ATLANTA –– Norfolk Southern’s Intermodal and Automotive business units recently announced upgrades to four terminals in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania that support “capacity, efficiency, and customer demand.” These projects are “strategic moves” designed to “bring more business to our railroad while helping to reduce highway congestion and truck carbon emissions.”
EDMONTON, Alberta –– The Canada Infrastructure Bank has loaned $72.1 million to Cando Rail & Terminals for expansion of its Sturgeon Terminal.
We hosted a call with a former Class I CEO on the implications of a transcontinental merger. Our panelist believes the merger will enable significant share gains over the long term, more