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Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) has reported a decrease of 4.2 percent, or 32,836 carloads, in the third quarter of 2016 compared to the 2015 third quarter. Carloads totaled 739,814.
Norfolk Southern Corporation’s (NS) safety train hosted 92 Atlanta area emergency responders for advanced training in safely handling potential rail incidents involving hazardous materials. The event was held at the Atlanta Amtrak station.
The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCSR) will increase train speed from 10 to 20 miles per hour on 2.5 miles of track between Martin Luther King Street and Highway 90 in Gulfport, Miss., effective October 31, 2016.
Ansaldo STS has been awarded two contracts by the Italian Railway Network (RFI) related to the signaling of the DD Rome – Florence route of the AC/AV Turin – Milan – Naples line.
STV has named Paul McIlree, P.E., vice president in its Transportation & Infrastructure Division, responsible for overseeing STV’s business plan for design-build and public-private partnership (P3) initiatives.
CSX Corporation has reported 2016 third quarter net earnings of $455 million compared to $507 million in the same quarter of 2015. Earnings per share were down to $0.48 per share from $0.52 per share in the 2015 third quarter.
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has issued formal Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) that would revitalize a little-used rail line that runs east-west across Dutchess and Putnam Counties, N.Y.