For Port NOLA, a $1MM FEMA Security Grant
The Port of New Orleans, La., (Port NOLA) will use a $1,040,583 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant to make physical and technology upgrades that will improve the Harbor Police...
View ArticleNorth American Rail Volume Up Through Week 41: AAR
Total North American carload and intermodal traffic rose 2.4% through the first 41 weeks of 2024 compared with the prior-year period, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Oct. 16. The...
View ArticleEco-Energy Commences Operations at Iowa-Based Renewable Feedstock...
Eco-Energy announced Oct. 15 that it has commenced operations at its newly built renewable feedstock distribution facility located in Newton, Iowa. The post Eco-Energy Commences Operations at...
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STB Signs Off on CPKC, CSXT Acquisition of Meridian & Bigbee Lines
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Oct. 17 issued two separate decisions approving, with conditions, Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s (CPKC) request to acquire from Genesee & Wyoming Class...
View ArticleSC Ports Boosting Rail Capabilities
“We know the confidence our customers place in us when they choose our port,” South Carolina Ports (SC Ports) President and CEO Barbara Melvin said during her State of the Port address on Oct. 16. “We...
View ArticleASLRRA Opens Nominations for 2025 Safety Awards
The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) is now accepting nominations for its annual Safety Person of the Year and Safety Professional of the Year awards that recognize...
View ArticleNOPB Launches $3MM Transloading Industrial Park
New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (NOPB) on Oct. 17 reported that Heniff Transportation Systems LLC will manage rail transloading services at the newly opened New Orleans Transloading Industrial Park....
View ArticleSTB to SCOTUS: We Authorize ‘Railroad Construction,’ Not ‘Development and...
Utah’s Seven County Infrastructure Coalition in March petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review an appeals court’s decision that “derailed” the Uinta Basin Railway project, according to Colorado...
View ArticleUSDOT: More Than $33MM for P&L Railway
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has awarded $33,780,304 in federal funding, as part of the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) grant program, to Paducah & Louisville...
View ArticleTransport Canada Awards C$38MM to Seven Port Projects
Transport Canada on Oct. 18 reported that it will invest up to C$38 million in seven port projects in Quebec through the National Trade Corridors Fund. The Fund, a competitive, merit-based program, The...
View ArticleSad Sullying of STB’s Independence
You’ve heard the saying, “Politics Make Strange Bedfellows.” It’s a line from The Tempest, written by Shakespeare in the 17th Century. It means that politics can bring people together that don’t have...
View ArticleLRT 2024 Conference Explores Engineering for Operations Scenarios
The 2024 edition of the Railway Age and Railway Track & Structures Light Rail Conference will take place this November 13-14 in San Diego, where modern LRT in the United States emerged The post LRT...
View ArticleStandards Here, Standards There, Standards Everywhere
Why aren’t the FRA, AAR and APTA collaborating on, instead of pursuing separate, passenger and freight standards? On Sept. 16, 2024, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) PRESS...
View ArticleFRA NPRM Seeks to Enhance Railroad Track Safety
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on Oct. 23 published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that seeks to enhance railroad track safety by requiring certain railroads to supplement visual...
View ArticleCARB Pushes Back Data Collection Deadline for In-Use Locomotive Regulation
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has issued an Enforcement Notice concerning its In-Use Locomotive Regulation, which is pending authorization from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
View ArticlePeople News: Port NOLA/NOPB, NYPD Transit Bureau
The Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) taps Beth Ann Branch as President and CEO of Port NOLA and CEO of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (NOPB). Also, Joseph Gulotta...
View ArticleGeorgia Central Railway Votes to Join BLET
A majority of train and engine service employees at the Georgia Central Railway recently voted to join the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) in a representation election certified...
View ArticlePosner Supports NRRHF Capital Campaign
The National Railroad Hall of Fame has received a $200,000 capital campaign gift from Henry I. Posner, III for the organization’s visitor attraction in Galesburg. Posner, Chairman of Railroad...
View ArticleFRA Awards $2.4B for Rail Improvement Projects
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on Oct. 29 reported that 122 freight and passenger rail improvement projects—including 81 at short lines—across 41 states will share more than $2.4 billion in...
View ArticlePHL Advances Zero-Emission Operations, Receives ASLRRA Safety Awards
Pacific Harbor Line (PHL), together with the California Air Resources Board (CARB), has received partial funding for five new Progress Rail battery-electric locomotives and two battery chargers through...
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