Latest Rail Industry News
The chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee is expected soon to introduce legislation that could toughen rail competition rules for the first time since railroads were deregulated in 1980.
JMA Railroad Supply has signed a long-term agreement with Heyl & Patterson Inc. to market and supply the company's products to the railroad industry.
Booth sales are off to a fast start for the National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association (NRC) annual convention.
The NRC is a trade association dedicated to serving the needs of railroad contractors, suppliers, and the entire railroad and rail transit construction industry.
Construction work is in full swing on Union Pacific's nearly $370 million, 785-acre Joliet Intermodal Terminal and CenterPoint Intermodal Center - Joliet ("CIC - Joliet"). The initial phase of the 3,900-acre, state-of-the-art integrated logistics center is slated for completion in June 2010.
The good industry news is that rail carloadings are at their highest level in five months. The bad news, of course, is that overall volumes are still down double digits from the same period last year and likely won’t improve dramatically for at least several months.
Robert "Butch" Brest has joined A. Stucki Company as Executive Vice President.
The first state applications for "shovel-ready" passenger rail projects are due into the Federal Railroad Administration this week, and FRA Administrator Joseph Szabo thinks some of the federal grants to follow will need to help freight lines get ready for more and faster passenger trains.
Temple & Central Texas Railway, a newly formed Patriot Rail Corp. subsidiary, has won an exclusive long-term license to provide rail switching and other rail-related services to customers at Central Pointe Rail Park in Temple, Texas.
Sharon Harmsworth, vice president of equipment at TTX Company, will be the featured speaker at next month's League of Railway Industry Women annual luncheon. The luncheon will be held Sept.