Latest Rail Industry News
Secretary Foxx at CityLYNX Gold Line groundbreaking. Photo: courtesy of FTA.
Michael Wester
Gulf & Ohio Railways has named Michael Wester director of purchasing and logistics at Knoxville Locomotive Works, Inc., and vice president strategic planning at Gulf & Ohio Railways, effective January 2, 2017.
Salco Products, Inc. has announced that Carl S. Hybinette, Phil Goginsky, Roberto Sanchez and Dennis Allbritten have joined its Engineering and Technical Consulting Services Group.
Carl Hybinette
Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) has reported an increase of 26.2 percent, or 56,233 carloads, for December 2016 compared to December 2015. Carloads totaled 270,543.
Same-railroad traffic for December 2016 was up by 8.3 percent, or 17,834 carloads, to 232,144 carloads when compared to December 2015.
VIA Rail Canada (VIA Rail) reported one of its busiest holiday seasons, which ran from December 19 to January 8, with ridership up by 16 percent to 282,000 passengers. December 23, 2016, was the busiest day of the season, with almost 18,600 trips taken.
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has issued a letter officially allowing Orange County, California’s OC Streetcar project to enter the
The first Brightline Trainset at Workshop b in West Palm Beach, Fla. Photo: courtesy of Brightline.
New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced a proposal to invest $120 million in the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) for enhancements to 16 stations, and to provide a new terminal at MacArthur Airport and a new stop at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Kansas City Southern (KCS), Watco Companies, LLC and WTC Industrial (WTC) announced a joint venture