Railroad News

2/8/2017    

Rail News: Supplier Spotlight

2/8/2017    

Rail News: Passenger Rail

The 219-mile Heart of Georgia Railroad (HOG), Inc., will be under new ownership in the second quarter of 2017, following approval by the Surface Transportation Board.

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWI) has agreed to acquire the shares of Atlantic Western Transportation, Inc., parent company of HOG. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Following the acquisition, HOG will be managed as one of GWI's Coastal Region railroads, led by Senior Vice President Andy Chunko.

A broken axle has been cited as the probable cause of a series of events that resulted in two derailed trains and close to 476,000 gallons of crude oil being spilling near Casselton, N.D.

The NTSB found that the chain of events for the accident began when a train carrying grain derailed because of a broken axle on one of its cars. NTSB investigators found a void in the middle of the axle, which was used previously on another train car. In response to the NTSB's urgent safety recommendation on the matter, the American Association of Railroads has moved to require testing of secondhand use axles.

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending February 4, 2017.

For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 541,474 carloads and intermodal units, up 7.3 percent compared with the same week last year.

2/8/2017    

Rail News: Passenger Rail

Sasser Family Holdings, Inc., (Sasser) has appointed Jeff Walsh, previously the company's chief operating officer, to serve as chief executive officer, effective Feb. 15. 

Patriot Rail Company, LLC (Patriot Rail), a shortline railroad and rail services company based in the U.S., has announced promotions in two key roles and an addition to the commercial sales team.

2/8/2017    

Rail News: High-Speed Rail

2/8/2017    

Rail News: Short Lines & Regionals

2/8/2017    

Rail News: Safety

2/7/2017    

Rail News: People

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) has issued a Request for Proposals for preliminary engineering and other planning work for a new AirTrain connection to LaGuardia Airport.

The planned AirTrain is part of the modernization and transportation of LaGuardia. With the AirTrain, the airport would be less than 30 minutes away from Midtown Manhattan with a 15-minute Long Island Rail Road ride between midtown and Willets Point and a six-minute AirTrain ride to LaGuardia.

Officials from GoTriangle hosted a tour of the proposed Durham–Orange Light Rail Transit corridor for Representatives David Price (D-NC-04) and G.K. Butterfield (D-NC- 01).

The project would connect Chapel Hill to Durham, N.C., along 17.7-miles and include 18 stations. GoTriangle says the project would serve three of the top 10 employers in the state and directly connect to three major universities.

2/7/2017    

Rail News: Mechanical

The Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) has awarded Archer Western a contract to build its new $28.5 million TEX Rail station.

Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) President Dorval Carter, Jr. shared Feb. 6 the first major project announcement in the $23 million Illinois Medical District (IMD) Blue Line station renovation plans.

2/7/2017    

Rail News: Intermodal

2/7/2017    

Rail News: Mechanical

2/7/2017    

Rail News: Passenger Rail