CHICAGO –– Union Pacific Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer Rahul Jalali told reporters on a media day business train that UP-NS computer systems integration will go smoothly if the merger is approved.
WUHAN, China – Pandrol China signed an agreement to expand its reach and ‘technological influence’ in the Chinese rail industry.
ATLANTA –– Norfolk Southern has developed a wheel integrity system that it’s now testing in Indiana.
TORONTO –– The CPKC Geotechnical Engineering team was recognized at last week’s Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards program in Toronto.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Ill. – Holland has acquired key products, technologies, and intellectual property from ARR Rail Solutions Ltd.
NEW DELHI, India – Sensonic announced it has partnered with Skylark Drones to provide railway infrastructure monitoring technologies.
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
ATLANTA –– Norfolk Southern today released information about its Automated Track Geometry Measurement System (ATGMS).
NEW YORK –– Amey, a provider of data-led, integrated asset management services based in London, has secured its first contract in the U.S. market with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to deliver an Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) Implementation System for the Long Island Rail Road.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– The federal Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency has warned that end-of-train devices (EOTs) are vulnerable to cyber breaches that could affect the train’s brake control system.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Automated track inspection has been a hot topic of discussion for at least a couple of years, even though some form of the technology has been around for decades.
PITTSBURGH –– Less than a week after announcing the acquisition of Evident’s Inspection Technlogy Division, Wabtec this week announced the company’s acquisition of Frauscher Sensor Technology Group.
NEW YORK –– If you’ve looked out at the Hudson River recently, you may have wondered what that big, metal rectangle in the middle of it is. It’s the cofferdam enclosing the Hudson River Ground Stabilization (HRGS) Project work area – a key part of the Hudson Tunnel Project. (All images courtesy of Gateway Development Commission).
PITTSBURGH –– Wabtec Corporation announced [this week] that it completed the acquisition of Evident’s Inspection Technologies division (Inspection Technologies), formerly part of the Scientific Solutions Division of Olympus Corporation, a global leader in Non-Destructive Testing, Remote Visual Inspection and Analytical Instruments solutions for mission critical assets.
Pueblo, Colo. –– The 30th Annual AAR Research review, hosted by MxV Rail from April 29 to May 1, 2025, brought together more than 300 attendees from around the world, including Class I and short line railroads, university students, and suppliers inspired by three days of learning, dialogue, and knowledge sharing in service of moving the industry forward.
ATLANTA –– It has been our pleasure to be the presenting sponsor of the Heavy Haul portion of the Wheel-Rail Interaction Conference for the past two years.
SAN JOSÉ, Calif. –– The Mineta Transportation Institute, an organization based at San Jose State University, which says its mission is to “create a connected world through research, education, and workforce development,” has released an update to its 2020 report on cybersecurity at transit agencies.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – L&T Technology Services Limited has launched TrackEi™, a track inspection solution powered by AI.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. – From the March issue of Railway Track and Structures, Rafael Maldonado and Ivan Aragona from ENSCO, Inc. write about using track inspection technologies to inform maintenance planning.
ATLANTA ––Norfolk Southern (NS) achieves a milestone with its Digital Train Inspection Portal.