Thanks in part to the preservation efforts of several renowned railroad industry leaders, Pennsylvania’s 150-year-old narrow-gauge East Broad Top Railroad— considered by The Smithsonian as “a national treasure”—will once again be operating…

Foregoing PTC (Positive Train Control) as deployed on the U.S. rail network, Metrolinx says its GO Transit regional rail system will be “the first passenger rail system in either Canada…

The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) has set its determination of the Volume-Related Composite Price Index (VRCPI) for CN at 1.9281 and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) at 1.8760 for the 2024–2025 crop…

ISS—not the International Space Station weighing in from 1.33 million feet (246 miles) above the earth’s surface in orbit, but that other ISS, proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services—is endorsing…

FROM THE EDITOR, RAILWAY AGE MAY 2024 ISSUE: Multiple-choice question: How many crew members should occupy a locomotive cab? A) Three. B) Two. C) One. D) Zero. E) None of…

Canadian Pacific Kansas City launched its Final Spike Anniversary Steam Tour on April 24 in Calgary, and welcomed aboard Alberta Premier Danielle Smith for part of the first leg as…

Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s long-awaited Final Spike Anniversary Steam Tour of Canadian Pacific Hudson 2816, The Empress, from Calgary to Mexico City to mark the one-year anniversary of CPKC’s official…

Norfolk Southern’s Operations Task Force, led by Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer John Orr, reports that has made several improvements at the Conway Yard locomotive shop in Pennsylvania,…

Alstom, in an effort to reduce its debt load and negative cash flow position, on April 19 formalized a binding agreement with Knorr-Bremse AG, parent company of New York Air…

SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority) has proposed a $2.6 billion Fiscal Year 2025 budget consisting of a $1.74 billion Operating Budget and $922.8 million Capital Budget. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s…

Wabtec and ARTC (Australian Rail Track Corporation) have entered into an agreement to collaborate on digital technology for Australian rail system interoperability. Wabtec, whose I-ETMS-based Positive Train Control (PTC) onboard…

CSX, the first of the Class I’s out of the gate with financial results, reported for 2024’s first quarter slightly lower revenue and income compared to the prior-year quarter, but…

James M. Foote, a third-generation railroader who began his career at 18 as a Soo Line nighttime mechanical department laborer in his native Superior, Wisc., died April 16. He was…

Watco has made several executive leadership changes that the company said “will refine its focus and simplify its mission.” The changes go into effect immediately. Nick Coomes is now Executive…

The Surface Transportation Board on April 17 issued findings and closed its proceeding in Oversight Hearing Pertaining to Union Pacific Railroad Company’s Embargoes, Docket No. EP 772. STB noted that “UP’s…

A little less than one year ago, CSX partnered with CPKC (Canadian Pacific Kansas City) to develop hydrogen fuel cell (HFC)-powered locomotives. On April 16, CSX unveiled its first unit,…

Norfolk Southern President and CEO Alan Shaw and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer John Orr discuss their joint strategy and vision for improving service and safety and enabling…

Norfolk Southern has deployed its second Digital Train Inspection Portal (DTI) in Jackson, Ga., on its Atlanta South District Subdivision, where approximately 19 trains pass through daily. Each portal features…

The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) declined April 15 to hear Norfolk Southern’s challenge to a 2022 Surface Transportation Board ruling (Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. Surface Transportation Board et al., case…

Citing four years of delays, poor workmanship and quality controls and zero deliveries, SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority) has terminated a $185 million contract with Chinese SOE (state-owned enterprise) CRRC…