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Has STB’s Primus a Pro-Labor Agenda?
NEWS ITEM: Robert E. Primus, named by President Biden in May to succeed Martin J. Oberman as Surface Transportation Board (STB) chairperson, last week scheduled a public hearing in Washington for...
View ArticleThe Clock is Ticking: Railroads and the Net-Zero 2050 Goal
The Class I railroads set ambitious goals to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the past 5-10 years, but a review of recent data shows mixed progress at best. Two of these The post The Clock is...
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RSI Sets Expo Speaker Lineup
The Railway Supply Institute reports that 17 rail industry figures have confirmed their speaking slots at the Oct. 9-11 2024 RSI Expo & Conference, which includes a comprehensive Education...
View ArticleRBMN Ramps Up Coal Business Unit
Class II Reading & Northern, Railway Age’s four-time Regional of the Year recipient, has made a few changes in its corporate leadership structure “to better deal with the unprecedented growth in...
View ArticleFRA Publishes Second Supplement to 2023 Hot Bearing Wayside Detector Safety...
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on July 17 published a Second Supplement to Safety Advisory 2023-01, originally published on March 3, concerning the use of hot bearing wayside detectors...
View ArticleWatch: POLB Breaks Ground on Pier B Project
The Port of Long Beach (POLB) on July 18 held a groundbreaking ceremony for its $1.567 billion Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility project, which is slated to double the footprint of The post Watch:...
View ArticleRhonda Gomez Tapped to Lead NARBW
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View ArticleBusher Named RBMN VP Real Estate
The Reading & Northern (RBMN) has promoted long-time employee Jolene Busher to Vice President-Real Estate, reporting to Executive VP-Strategic Planning Christina Muller-Levan. Busher joined RBMN in...
View ArticleShort Line Training Center Debuts VR Modules
The Short Line Training Center’s online Learning Management System (LMS) now includes three virtual reality (VR) training modules, according to the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association...
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Nominations Open for 2024 Women in Rail Awards
Women are significantly influencing today’s rail industry. Railway Age’s 2024 Women in Rail awards will honor 20 trailblazers for their achievements in our November issue. These outstanding...
View ArticlePotential Implications of Loper Bright for the Rail Industry
The Supreme Court has recently reshaped one of the fundamental pillars of administrative law—the Chevron doctrine, under which agencies received a level of deference in interpreting ambiguous statutes....
View ArticleAAR: North American Rail Volume Up Through Week 29
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) on July 24 reported that total North American carload and intermodal traffic rose 2.3% through the first 29 weeks of this year compared with the prior-year...
View ArticleProject Milestone Reached at JAXPORT Auto Processing Facility
Contractors for Southeast Toyota Distributors continue to make significant progress on a new 340,000-square-foot state-of-the-art auto processing facility currently under construction at the...
View ArticleFRA Posts Summary Report on HHFT Routes, Legacy Tank Cars Evaluation
In response to directives from U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has produced and recently released online a summary report of its...
View ArticleMark Your Calendar: 2024 Women in Rail Event Set for Nov. 5-6
Railway Age and Railway Track & Structures are returning to Chicago for our second-annual in-person Women in Rail Conference featuring trailblazing women and their allies who are significantly...
View ArticleCSS Acquires 100 Steel Coil Cars
The Greenbrier Companies and National Steel Car have delivered 100 new purpose-built steel coil railcars (50 units each) to Anacostia Rail Holdings (ARH) subsidiary Chicago South Shore & South Bend...
View ArticleSafety Culture Assessments Show Areas of Strength, Opportunities
The Short Line Safety Institute (SLSI) and the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Office of Research, Development & Technology have shared the results of an evaluation of all Safety Culture...
View ArticleComing Soon: Next-Gen Train Control 2024 Conference
Railway Age’s Next-Gen Train Control Conference, presented jointly with Parsons, has been the global rail industry’s single-most important communications and signaling and advanced-technology event...
View ArticlePatriot Rail Dedicates Depot to John Fenton, Former CEO
Patriot Rail’s Blue Ridge Scenic Railway (BRSR) on July 26 renamed its depot in honor of John E. Fenton, celebrating his contributions to the transformation of the scenic operation in Georgia and The...
View Article2024 Women in Rail Event Focuses on Inclusivity, Allyship
Allyship and inclusivity aren’t just buzz words. They not only translate directly into the recognition of an individual’s or project’s contribution to the organization or community at large, but also...
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