Latest Rail Industry News
Metro recently opened a new, $4.3 million paint facility that will be used to prepare and repaint MetroLink’s 87 Light Rail Vehicles (LRVs), many of which have been in service since the 1990s and require fresh paint to maintain their structural integrity.
Michael Norkus has been elected to Genesee & Wyoming Inc.’s (GWI) board of directors and will serve on the Governance Committee for the short line holding company.
Kansas City Southern de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (KCSM) announced that David W. Eaton is moving from vice president corporate affairs and right of way protection to vice president sales and marketing, replacing Gloria M.
As part of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s $3.3 billion plan to modernize the entire PATH rail system, the Board of Commissioners recently authorized more than $340 million worth of contracts to help replace antiquated mechanical train controls
An advisory panel of railroads and freight shippers that meets regularly with the Surface Transportation Board is urging Congress to adopt cargo switching rules favored by shipper groups, but it bogged down over access to competing long-haul railroads.
Vossloh has expanded its presence in the communications and signaling sector by purchasing a majority stake in Global Rail Systems, Inc., the Marlin, Texas-based supplier. Terms were not disclosed.
CN has announced orders for 70 new locomotives from GE Transportation, a unit of General Electric Co. (GE), and Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. (EMD).
The North Carolina Railroad Company's (NCRR) board of directors has elected John L. Atkins III, of Durham, as chairman, and Christie S.
