Latest Rail Industry News
The Wall Street Journal has named The Railroad Associates Corporation, a railroad contractor, to its annual list of "Top Small Workplaces for 2009."
Xorail, a provider of communications and signaling services to the railroad sector, has moved its corporate headquarters to 5011 Gate Parkway in Jacksonville, Fla.
The initial public stock offering of short line operator RailAmerica, Inc. this month will include about 21 million shares priced at between $16 and $18.
Short line operator Watco Transportation Services, Inc. is looking to acquire its fourth railroad in the state of Idaho. It has reached an agreement with Rio Grande Pacific Corp. to purchase 36 miles of track from the Idaho Northern & Pacific Railroad.
L.B. Foster Company has received a $2.1 million contract to supply direct fixation fasteners and bonded insulated joints for the first phase of the new Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Orange Line from Dallas to Irving, Texas.
Norfolk Southern unveiled the latest in alternative energy locomotive technology at its Juniata Locomotive Shop in Altoona, Pa. NS 999 is a prototype 1,500-horsepower switching locomotive that relies solely on rechargeable batteries for power.
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Thai Nguyen has been named design engineer for Unit Rail, the rail fastening division of Amsted Rail.