P&G Manufacturing Company has contracted with OmniTRAX (a Broe Group affiliate) to provide dedicated in-plant switching services at P&G’s Lima, Ohio laundry care factory. The facility becomes OmniTRAX’s third rail-served…

New Jersey Transit on Oct. 30 previewed its in-production, Alstom Transportation-built Multilevel III railcars at the agency’s Meadows Maintenance Complex (MMC) in Kearny, N.J. No. 8015, a Trailer Car, was…

The Railway Supply Institute (RSI) on Oct. 31 named three new members to its Board of Directors. Alin Campian, Chief Financial Officer, R.J. Corman Railroad Group; Joseph Pozza, President/Country Representative North…

The National Railroad Hall of Fame has received a $200,000 capital campaign gift from Henry I. Posner, III for the organization’s visitor attraction in Galesburg. Posner, Chairman of Railroad Development…

Lawyers, policymakers and advocates are invited to attend the 2024 Passenger Rail Law Workshop, co-hosted by the Commuter Rail Coalition (CRC) and Kaplan Kirsch LLP, Nov.7-8 at the JW Marriott…

You’ve heard the saying, “Politics Make Strange Bedfellows.” It’s a line from The Tempest, written by Shakespeare in the 17th Century. It means that politics can bring people together that don’t have…

Union Pacific’s third-quarter 2024 financial results showed growth and improvement occurring across several metrics. Compared to the prior-year period, third-quarter net income of $1.7 billion or $2.75 per diluted share,…

The Utah Transit Authority (UTA) on Oct. 23 awarded Stadler US Inc. a $129 million contract for 20 low-floor CITYLINK light rail vehicles for Salt Lake City’s TRAX light rail…

Invited by Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer John Orr, Railway Age Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono spent three days aboard Norfolk Southern’s Business Train on a Chicago-New Jersey inspection…

The National Railway Historical Society, Railway Age and Railway Track & Structures have awarded Union Pacific’s heritage program their second annual Historic Preservation Award, which recognizes and honors a North…

North Little Rock, Ark.-based Hilliard Enterprises, Inc. (HEI) is acquiring Hot Springs, Ark.-based Specialized Diesel Parts, Inc. (SDP), which offers new aftermarket components for the rail, marine and power generation…

OptiFuel Systems LLC is offering a new line of Total-ZeroTM Diesel Hybrid and Total-ZeroTM Diesel-RNG Dual Fuel Hybrid Series Locomotives it says “eliminates the need for a fuel tender in zero-emission line…

ADM (Archer Daniels Midland) has accepted delivery of a KLW (Knoxville Locomotive Works) Tier 4 switcher locomotive at its Corpus Christi, Tex., facilities. A Cummins Tier 4 QST30 Module powers…

The North Carolina Railroad Company (NCRR) has created a $10 million disaster and recovery relief grant program for North Carolina communities in response to Hurricane Helene’s impact in Western North…

Since its 1979 entry into the U.S. market, Kawasaki Rail Car, the U.S. subsidiary of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, has delivered more than $12 billion worth of railcars. On Oct. 9,…

As the Southeast braced Oct. 9 for impact from Hurricane Milton, the second such storm to batter the region in two weeks, Norfolk Southern continued its rapid service restoration efforts…

Locomotive aftermarket communication and technology products supplier ACS Railroad Solutions (ACSRS) and Norfolk Southern, with assistance from Knoxville Locomotive Works (KLW), are partnering on an idle reduction system pilot project…

Total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 486,187 carloads and intermodal units, down 2.5% compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads reported for the week ending…

Ed Harris is among the rail industry’s most revered operating officers, having practiced his considerable skills at CN, CSX, Canadian Pacific and Illinois Central in a career that spans many…

Arctic Gateway Group (AGG), an Indigenous- and community-owned Manitoba company that owns and operates the Port of Churchill and the Hudson Bay Railway, has signed separate Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs)…