STB to Prepare EIS for Proposed Eagle Pass Rail Line (UPDATED)
The Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) Office of Environmental Analysis on March 29 issued a Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in connection with Green Eagle...
View ArticleSmall-Road Briefs: RCPE, R.J. Corman Railroad Group
Genesee & Wyoming’s (G&W) Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad (RCPE) celebrates its 10th anniversary. Also, R.J. Corman Rail Group founder Richard J. Corman is posthumously inducted into...
View ArticleCARB’s Unattainable Rail Mandate
WATCHING WASHINGTON, RAILWAY AGE JUNE 2024 ISSUE: One would think California’s housing cost crisis, soaring energy prices, hundreds of companies relocating and a population exodus would induce greater...
View ArticleWill Intermodal, Petroleum Carry the Day for Railroads?
“At first glance, rail traffic in May seems to display mixed signals,” AAR Chief Economist Rand Ghayad reported June 5. “While coal’s continued decline has led to a decrease in total carloads, a The...
View ArticleWabtec Lands Another Vale Contract
Global mining company Vale has signed a 10-year master service agreement valued at approximately $340 million (R$1.8 billion) with Wabtec Corporation “to increase the efficiency and operations” of the...
View ArticleVISIBILITY
RAILWAY AGE JUNE 2024 ISSUE: If you’re in the industry long enough, chances are that eventually you’ll come across a story about a wayward railcar—not necessarily an anecdote about a railcar ending The...
View ArticleTexAmericas Center Earns UP ‘Focus Site’ Designation
The New Boston, Tex.-based TexAmericas Center is now part of Union Pacific’s (UP) Focus Site program, which includes more than 30 “shovel-ready” industrial development sites that range from 125 to more...
View ArticleSeven Reasons to Love CRISI Grants
Known formally as Sonnet 43, this 14-line poem describes seven ways Browning loved her husband. As luck would have it, there are also seven important ways that are cause for loving CRISI, and while my...
View ArticleMoving More With Less
GUIDE TO EQUIPMENT LEASING, RAILWAY AGE JUNE 2024 ISSUE: The battle for the soul of Norfolk Southern concluded with more whimpering than expected. Together, Ancora’s three-board-seat-limited victory...
View ArticleSTB Releases Final EA for Proposed Suffolk County, N.Y. Rail Line
The Final Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed construction and operation of Townline Rail Terminal’s new rail line in Suffolk County, N.Y., was issued June 7 by the Surface Transportation...
View ArticleFGA, GRYR Become ‘SmartWay’ Partners
Jacksonville, Fla.-based Pinsly Railroad Company on June 7 reported that its Florida Gulf & Atlantic (FGA) and Grenada Railroad (GRYR) subsidiaries have joined the U.S. Environmental Protection...
View ArticleJ. Craig Thorpe Leads Rail Artist Workshop
Noted railroad painter and illustrator J. Craig Thorpe will lead a three-day artists’ workshop at the Station Inn, Cresson, Pa., August 23-25. Thorpe , the event’s artist in residence, “will bring a...
View ArticleLouisiana Commits $230.5MM to Port NOLA Infrastructure Projects
A commitment of $230.5 million was made to the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) for its Louisiana International Terminal (LIT), St. Bernard Transportation Corridor, and St. Claude Bridge projects by the...
View ArticleASLRRA Provides Response to USDOT RFI on NMFN
The American Short Line and Railroad Association (ASLRRA) on June 10 submitted comments in response to a U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Request for Information (RFI) on “Goals, Criteria,...
View ArticleTSB Releases Final Transportation Occurrence Stats for 2023
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has published its final annual statistical summaries from 2023 on transportation occurrences (accidents and incidents) in the rail, air, marine, and...
View ArticleCARB Rule Discussed at Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee Hearing
Four witnesses on June 13 testified before the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight in a hearing titled “Environmentalism Off the Rails:...
View ArticleOmniTRAX Advances Bradley to EVP of Operations
OmniTRAX, an affiliate of The Broe Group, on June 14 announced that it has promoted John Bradley to Executive Vice President of Operations. The post OmniTRAX Advances Bradley to EVP of Operations...
View ArticleBNSF: Second Class I to Participate in FRA C3RS (UPDATED 6/17)
BNSF and the American Train Dispatchers Association (ATDA) are partnering with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to join a one-year pilot program of the FRA-sponsored Confidential Close Call...
View ArticleAZER T&E Employees Vote to Join BLET
Arizona Eastern Railway (AZER) T&E employees have voted to join the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), becoming the union’s newest members. The post AZER T&E Employees...
View Article3i/Regional Rail Acquiring CCET
Cincinnati Eastern Railroad (CCET) later this month will be added to the portfolio of Regional Rail, a Kennett Square, Pa.-based short line holding company backed by 3i. Class III CCET leases...
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