The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded a $1.2 million grant to the city of Newton, Mississippi, to help expand rail access to the Newton Industrial Park.
According to grantee estimates, the project will create 125 new jobs and spur $85 million in private investment.
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Reading & Northern Railroad has named William Clark as senior vice president – Coal where he will be responsible for managing the anthracite coal business, as well as the railroad's freight car fleet of more than 1,200 cars.
Clark joins Reading & Northern from Talen Energy (formerly PPL) where he managed logistics, coal purchasing and the oversight of a fleet of more than 2,000 rail cars serving four power plants. Prior to joining Talen/PPL, Clark spent 14 years at Norfolk Southern and has also worked at the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad and Iowa Interstate Railroad.
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2/23/2017
Rail News: Rail Industry Trends
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2/23/2017
Rail News: Passenger Rail
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2/23/2017
Rail News: Rail Industry Trends
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2/23/2017
Rail News: Passenger Rail
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2/22/2017
Rail News: Rail Industry Trends
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2/22/2017
Rail News: MOW
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2/22/2017
Rail News: Canadian Pacific
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2/22/2017
Rail News: Canadian Pacific
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Canadian Pacific yesterday unveiled a new logo to commemorate its role in Canada's history as the nation marks its 150th anniversary this year.
The logo combines images that reflect the past and future, CP officials said in a press release.
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The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending February 18, 2017.
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2/22/2017
Rail News: Passenger Rail
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2/22/2017
Rail News: BNSF Railway
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2/22/2017
Rail News: BNSF Railway
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Customers served by BNSF Railway Co. invested nearly $3.5 billion in economic development projects in 2016, the Class I announced yesterday.
Last year marked the sixth consecutive year that BNSF customers and local economic development organizations invested more than $1 billion in a calendar year for new or expanded facilities, BNSF officials said in a press release.
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The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) says its members are making "significant progress" toward implementing positive train control (PTC) and are on schedule to meet the December 2018 deadline.
The analyses were based on surveying APTA members and assessing the quarterly reports submitted to the FRA for the last quarter of 2016. It also showed that given the priority of PTC, there remains significant investment backlog for State of Good Repair (SOGR) and expansion projects, including upgrades and replacement to track, bridges, rolling stock and facilities. Since APTA's last quarterly report, the Federal Transit Administration has updated the SOGR for the public transit industry, which has increased to $90 billion.
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2/22/2017
Rail News: PTC
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Three teams have been selected by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to compete for the design-build contract to build the Green Line Extension Project.
The teams were shortlisted following an evaluation of their Statements of Qualifications. MBTA said under the design-build contract, the project will be delivered by a single firm, which will work under a single contract for the design and construction of the Green Line Extension Project.
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2/22/2017
Rail News: CSX Transportation
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