Watco, Blue Yonder Collaborate to Expand Services
Watco has collaborated with Blue Yonder, a digital supply chain transformation company, to expand its services to shippers using the Blue Yonder Dynamic Price Discovery Solution. The post Watco, Blue...
View ArticleREEF Act Heads to Biden’s Desk for Signature
The Railroad Employee Equity and Fairness (REEF) Act is heading to President Joe Biden’s desk for signature, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Dec. 18. Included in the National...
View ArticlePennDOT: $55MM for 30 Freight Rail Projects
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) on Dec. 18 announced the approval, through the state’s Rail Transportation Assistance Program (RTAP) and Rail Freight Assistance Program (RFAP),...
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ASLRRA Members Bring Joy (and Santa!) to Their Communities this Holiday Season
While many, many ASLRRA members are active in their communities throughout the year, the winter holiday season often turbocharges these efforts. Railroads and supplier companies plan a variety of...
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Michigan State RMCP 2025: Reserve Your Spot!
In 2024, the largest-ever Michigan State University Eli Broad College of Business Railway Management Certificate Program (RMCP) class assembled for the program’s 19th iteration. Some 30 people...
View ArticlePresident-Elect Intends to Nominate Fink as FRA Lead
“David will bring his 45-plus years of transportation leadership and success, which will deliver the FRA into a new era of safety and technological innovation,” the President-elect said in a post on...
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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 ArticleUCRY Votes to Join BLET
Train and engine service workers from Patriot Rail’s Utah Central Railway (UCRY) have voted unanimously to join the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen (BLET) in an election certified by...
View ArticleIntermodal Briefs: SC Ports, Ports of Indiana
South Carolina (SC) Ports highlights the ongoing expansion of Inland Port Greer and construction of the Navy Base Intermodal Facility. Also, Tanco Terminals is boosting its Lake Michigan operations at...
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 ArticlePresident Jimmy Carter, 1924-2024
The prosperity and growth from which the railroad industry has benefitted for the past 45 years is largely due to two people, both Democrats: New Jersey Congressman and Governor James J. Florio The...
View ArticleRBMN’s Iron Horse Rambles to Resume in 2025
Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad (RBMN) recently announced that its Iron Horse Rambles passenger excursions, featuring steam locomotive #2102, will resume in 2025. The post RBMN’s Iron...
View ArticleBLET, B&E Ratify New Contract
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and Genesee & Wyoming subsidiary Berkshire & Eastern Railroad (B&E) have ratified a new agreement governing rates of pay,...
View ArticleSmall-Road Briefs: Watco, Patriot Rail, G&W
Subsidiaries of Pittsburg, Kans.-based Watco and Jacksonville, Fla.-based Patriot Rail reach safety milestones. Also, Genesee & Wyoming’s (G&W) Heart of Georgia Railroad property celebrates its...
View ArticlePeople News: SFMTA, ASLRRA, Savage
Director of Transportation Jeffrey Tumlin announces his departure from the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA). Also, the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association...
View ArticleBattery Locomotives: Debate Continues
This commentary is in response to the article “Point-of-Use ZE an Incomplete Picture,” by Nicholas Little, Railway Age, Nov. 20, 2024, which was in response to my Jan. 3, 2024 article, “ZE The post...
View ArticleAAR: U.S. Rail Volume Up for 2024
For the 52-week period ending Dec. 28, 2024, total U.S. rail traffic of 25,178,586 carloads and intermodal units was up 3.4% from same point in 2023, according to the Association of American Railroads...
View ArticleFRA C3RS Strengths, Weaknesses Identified
In railroading, “close calls” are defined as “potentially unsafe events or conditions.” Tasked by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe)...
View ArticleFRA: Wheel Failure Investigation Program, Phase 3
According to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), between 2013 and 2015, accidents associated with wheel failures represented 11% of all equipment-caused accidents, a figure based on November...
View ArticleCarload Express Acquiring MDDE
Carload Express, Inc. (Carload) has sought Surface Transportation Board (STB) approval to acquire Maryland & Delaware Railroad Company (MDDE) through the purchase of outstanding equity shares from...
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