Latest Rail Industry News
Amtrak begins construction next month on a new $10 million, larger and up-to-date Auto Train passenger station in Sanford, Fla., bringing improved service and more station amenities to Auto Train passengers.
BNSF Railway Company is sending two maintenance-of-way crews to Wyoming and Montana this month to replace more than 150,000 ties and approximately 35 track miles of rail between Casper, Wyo., and Silesia, Mont.
The project is expected to be completed by September and will cost about $15 million.
Miami Dade Transit's (MDT) Metrorail celebrates its 25th anniversary this month and will also break ground on a Metrorail airport link, a 2.4-mile extension from the Earlington Heights station to the Miami Intermodal Center (MIC) that is currently under construction next to
CN completed agreements to sell three Mississippi line segments to Grenada Railway, LLC and Natchez Railway, LLC, both non-carrier affiliates of V&S Railway and A&K Railroad Materials. Terms were not disclosed.
The League of Railway Industry Women's 12th Annual Spring Conference will be held in Tacoma, Washington on June 17-19. This marks the LRIW's third annual conference on the West Coast, following conferences in Portland and Sacramento.
Kansas City Southern has added intermodal train service to Puerta México, a new multimodal facility in Toluca, México.
Freight traffic on U.S. railroads was down sharply during April 2009 compared with the same period last year, according to the Association of American Railroads.
GE recently honored Union Pacific Railroad for its work moving wind energy components with GE's Excellence in Customer Centricity Award through GE's Supplier Excellence Award program, which recognizes excellence in compliance, quality, lean, direct material productivity, g
Trinity Industries, Inc.'s board of directors has approved the promotion of Paul M. Jolas to vice president, deputy general counsel and corporate secretary and the election of Mary E. Henderson to corporate controller.