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CSX has announced its customers invested nearly $9.5 billion in 114 new or expanded facilities in 2016. These facilities are to be located on the company’s rail network or connecting short lines and are expected to generate approximately 8,100 new jobs in areas served by CSX.
The new Cincinnati streetcar line. Photo: courtesy of the Cincinnati Bell Connector.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s (MBTA) Fiscal and Management Control Board (FMCB) has unanimously approved a contract with Management Consulting, Inc. (
Mary Toutounchi
RailPros President Eric Hankinson announced the promotion of Mary Toutounchi, PE, to vice president last month.
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported that U.S. rail traffic for the week ending January 7, 2017, totaled 441,417 carloads and intermodal units, an 11.4 percent decrease compared to the same week in 2016.
FTA Acting Administrator Flowers announces CTA funding. Photo: courtesy of FTA.
R. J. Corman Railroad Group, LLC has announced the appointments of Nathan Henderson as president of R. J. Corman Railroad Services, LLC and Noel Rush as senior vice president commercial development, effective immediately. Henderson and Rush will continue to report to R. J.
Harsco’s Protran Technology unit, part of the Harsco Rail division, has received an order to equip the Denver Regional Transportation District’s (