RAILWAY AGE, MARCH 2025 ISSUE: In terms of freight car types, the North American covered hopper car interchange fleet, at 570,000 units, is the largest. Within the next eight years,…

NJ Transit and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen—the only union holdout in long and contentious negotiations—have announced a tentative contract agreement, averting a possible locomotive engineer strike or…

Should freight railroads consider catenary electrification? Absolutely not, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) stresses in a study “highlighting the overwhelming financial, operational and infrastructure challenges of transitioning the U.S.…

Passenger rail projects, as many industry observers have been pointing out since POTUS 45 won a second term this past Presidential election, will suffer under the POTUS 47 regime. California’s…

The 2025 edition of Railway Age’s Next-Gen Freight Rail (NGFR) conference offers a presentation focused on rapidly evolving hydrogen-powered locomotive initiatives for main line freight rail applications. “Hydrogen Power for…

The International Association of Railway Operating Officers (IAROO) has announced plans for its Annual Meeting, to take place at Railway Interchange in Indianapolis, May 20-22, 2025. The meeting will be…

In 1998, the SFMTA (San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency) Muni Metro was the first U.S. rail transit system to place CBTC (communications-based train control) in revenue service. Also known as…

Wabtec Corp. on Feb. 12 reported “strong” fourth-quarter 2024 results that included 350-plus bps (basis points) of adjusted operating margin expansion, mid-single-digit revenue growth and a double-digit adjusted EPS (earnings…

Fortune has once again placed CSX its “World’s Most Admired Companies” list for 2025 in the Transportation sector, bumping the Class I railroad up one spot, from 6th to 5th,…

MTA Metro-North Railroad Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Justin Vonashek will succeed Catherine Rinaldi as President of the second largest (by ridership) regional/commuter railroad in the U.S. Rinaldi,…

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) in a Feb. 6 ribbon-cutting ceremony dedicated the Patrick J. Ottensmeyer International Railway Bridge, the new second span crossing the Rio Grande linking Laredo, Tex., with…

The 2025 edition of Railway Age’s Next-Gen Freight Rail (NGFR) conference will feature Christopher P.L. Barkan, Ph.D., Executive Director, RailTEC and The National University Rail Center of Excellence, University of…

BOOK REVIEW: Managing Major Railway Projects. By Alfred E. Fazio,. P.E., and Anthony Fazio, P.E. Simmons-Boardman Books, 2024. (800) 228-9670. 200 pp. $79.95 (softcover); $89.95 (hardcover). Al Fazio, a colleague…

FROM THE EDITOR, RAILWAY AGE FEBRUARY 2025 ISSUE: Take a close look at the faces of this year’s 25 Under 40 honorees. What do you see? Diversity! Since this award’s…

A crippling trade war with global repercussions involving the USMCA (United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement) nations prompted by POTUS 47’s attempt to impose steep tariffs as of 12:01 AM Feb. 4 on…

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Jan. 14 approved, with conditions, CN’s acquisition of Class III Iowa Northern Railway Company (IANR), as well as related notices of exemption for trackage…

The 2025 edition of Railway Age’s Next-Gen Freight Rail (NGFR) conference will feature CSX Head of Innovation Bill Jacobs and Director of Innovation Dave Mauger in a joint presentation about…

Newly confirmed U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Jan. 29 (his first full day on the job) issued three Orders the agency said in a press release are in keeping…

Wabtec has landed $248 million order for Evolution Series ES43ACmi locomotives and services from Baowu & Winning joint venture Winning Consortium Simandou (WCS) for rail operations on a high-grade iron…

Training locomotive CSXT 911343 is the latest addition to CSX’s Responder Incident Training (RIT) program. It’s described as “a specialized unit designed to simulate real-world scenarios, offering first responders hands-on…