Don’t Saturate Your Almonds in Dark Matter
FROM THE EDITOR, RAILWAY AGE DECEMBER 2024 ISSUE: The Oxford Languages Dictionary defines “contemplative” as both an adjective and noun. The adjective form means “expressing or involving deep...
View Article45G: A Success Story Needing a New Chapter
ASLRRA PERSPECTIVE, RAILWAY AGE DECEMBER 2024 ISSUE: The election is over, and the results are in. I went to bed in the early morning hours of Nov. 6 and enjoyed a remarkable dream. In his victory...
View ArticleNext-Gen Freight Rail Conference Will Feature 2025 Railroader of the Year Joe...
The 2025 edition of Railway Age’s Next-Generation Freight Rail (NGFR) conference will feature CSX President and CEO Joe Hinrichs, our 2025 Railroader of the Year, in a fireside chat with...
View ArticleNCCC, ATDA Reach Tentative National Agreement
The National Carriers Conference Committee (NCCC) on Dec. 6 announced that it has reached a tentative national agreement with the American Train Dispatchers Association (ATDA), one of several...
View ArticleTRB Long Freight Train Consensus Study: Rail Group On Air
In 2021, the U.S. Congress directed the Secretary of Transportation to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine – Transportation Research Board (TRB)...
View ArticleBLET, G&W Railroads Ratify Agreements
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen (BLET) members have ratified new contracts with Genesee & Wyoming (G&W) properties Huron and Eastern Railway (HESR) and Indiana Southern...
View ArticleWatch: Carmeuse America Deploys Intramotev TugVolt
Intramotev, a technology start-up that produces self-propelled battery-electric railcar retrofits, has released video footage of its TugVolt unit running in revenue service at Carmeuse America’s...
View ArticleEugene, Ore: Union Pacific Transferring Local Service to CORP
Union Pacific and Genesee & Wyoming (G&W) on Dec. 10 announced plans for G&W’s Class II Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad, Inc. (CORP) to handle local service out of Union Pacific’s...
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Railway Age: Nominations Welcome for Short Line/Regional of the Year Awards
Railroads may describe outstanding achievement in one or a combination of areas, including but are not limited to: turnaround situations; consistent excellence; innovation in operations or...
View ArticleU.S. Rail Projects Require Sustained Momentum
Countries throughout the world have been investing billions in passenger rail infrastructure for decades. In contrast, the United States faces ongoing struggles in staying competitive, a task that is...
View ArticleReport: SCOTUS Considers Uinta Basin Railway Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 10 heard oral arguments in a case centering on the halted Uinta Basin Railway project in northeastern Utah and challenging the scope of the National Environmental Policy...
View ArticleAAR: Carloads Down, Intermodal Up for Week 49
Total U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Dec. 7, 2024 (Week 49) was up 4.4% from the prior-year period, with intermodal gains offsetting carload losses, according to the Association of American...
View ArticleASLRRA, AAR File Amicus Brief in Support of Railroads Suit Against TSA
The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association and the Association of American Railroads (AAR) on Dec. 4 filed an amicus brief in support of petitioners CN and the Illinois Central Railroad...
View ArticleIndustry Calls For Resumption of Port Labor Negotiations
“Return to the bargaining table,” urged more than 270 federal, state, and local trade associations and government agencies in a Dec. 6 letter to U.S. East and Gulf Coast port employers, represented by...
View ArticlePeople News: A. Stucki Company, Watco, UP
A. Stucki Company names Stacy Waltz as Chief Human Resources Officer. Also, Watco Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Business Officer Rachael Peterson is recognized with the Kaye Lynne Webb...
View ArticleCalling All ‘Fast Trackers’ Nominations! Deadline: Jan. 8
Retired Michigan State Center for Railway Research & Education Director Nick Little will once again serve as judge for the awards program, which was established in 2016 recognizing 10 individuals...
View ArticleCREATE Secures $290MM for 75th Street Corridor
The Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency (CREATE) Program has been awarded more than $290 million in USDOT grants for the 75th Street Corridor Improvement Project (CIP), described...
View ArticleGranularity is Essential
So there I was, quietly minding somebody else’s business, when I received notification that Railway Age had released a new Rail Group on Air podcast, “TRB Long Freight Train Consensus Study.” The...
View ArticleHESR, ISRR Teamsters Ratify New Contracts
Thirty-seven workers at the Huron and Eastern Railway (HESR) and the Indiana Southern Railroad (ISRR), represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) of the Teamsters Rail...
View ArticlePeople News: NS, TNW Corporation
Norfolk Southern (NS) names Felismina “Mina” De Oliveira as Vice President Enterprise Resources. Also, TNW Corporation appoints Dan Blank to Director of Sales. The post People News: NS, TNW Corporation...
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