In 2024, Norfolk Southern’s Operation & Awareness Response (OAR) program trained more than 5,500 first responders with specialized training and resources at 20 cities on the Class I’s network. More…

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) commuter rail O&M (operations and maintenance) contractor Keolis Commuter Services has reached amended labor agreements with an additional nine of fourteen unions. The agreements, which…

Amtrak’s internal yet independent Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released a report on Phase 1 (of four) of the railroad’s Long Distance Fleet Replacement (LDFR) program, defining the $7…

Tanco Terminals, which stores and performs value-added services for liquid cargoes from petroleum to food-grade oils, is constructing an $8.2 million expansion of its liquid tank farm at Ports of…

Roughly one month before a new Administration is installed in Washington D.C.—one many believe will pay little or no attention to the environment and the global climate change crisis, and…

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is exercising Option 2 with Kawasaki Rail Car Inc. for 435 additional R211 rapid transit railcars—355 R211A/S (traditional closed-end) cars and 80 R211T…

BNSF has awarded Certified Sites designation to four new locations: Everett, Spokane and Plymouth, Wash.; and Springfield, Mo., with acreage ready for industrial development. The Certified Sites program, the railroad…

The Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency (CREATE) Program has been awarded more than $290 million in USDOT grants for the 75th Street Corridor Improvement Project (CIP), described as “the largest…

Kevin S. Corbett, who has ably and confidently led New Jersey Transit since Feb. 14, 2018, has resigned effective Jan. 15, 2025 and will move on to a position at…

NJ Transit on Dec. 12 broke ground on the County Yard and Delco Lead Storage and Inspection Facility Project, part of the agency’s Resilience Program to provide an additional resilient storage…

Caltrain and Stadler US, Inc. have established a TSSSA (Technical Support and Spare Supply Agreement) for the agency’s new fleet of KISS electric multiple units (EMUs).  The agreement provides on-site…

The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for 70 new rapid transit trainsets and a CBTC (Communications-Based Train Control) system. The trainset procurement consists of…

Union Pacific and Genesee & Wyoming (G&W) on Dec. 10 announced plans for G&W’s Class II Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad, Inc. (CORP) to handle local service out of Union…

Vancouver, B.C.-based Ballard Power Systems has signed a multi-year supply agreement with Stadler US to supply 8 mW (megawatts) of FCmove®-HD+ HFC (hydrogen fuel cell engines) to power California Department…

The Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA) has renewed its 26-year-old Metrolink rolling stock fleet maintenance contract with Alstom Group (originally Bombardier Transportation), expanding it to an O&M (operations and…

In 2021, the U.S. Congress directed the Secretary of Transportation to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine – Transportation Research Board (TRB) “to…

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) has awarded Stadler Signaling North America a $500 million contract to equip its rapid transit network with Stadler’s NOVA Pro CBTC (communications-based train…

FROM THE EDITOR, RAILWAY AGE DECEMBER 2024 ISSUE: The Oxford Languages Dictionary defines  “contemplative” as both an adjective and noun. The adjective form means “expressing or involving deep thought.” The…

2025 FREIGHT RAIL OUTLOOK, RAILWAY AGE DECEMBER 2024 ISSUE: If “regaining strength” best describes the state of the rail industry in 2024, “we’ll keep at it, however …” may well…

Presumed-outgoing STB Chairman Robert Primus (yes, the President-elect is expected to replace him) recently wrote to Association of American Railroads President and CEO Ian Jefferies taking issue with what he…