The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) on Sept. 5 released its Draft FY 2024-2029 Consolidated Transportation Program (CTP). The six-year, $21.2 billion plan outlines capital investments in each mode funded…

RAILWAY AGE, SEPTEMBER 2023 ISSUE: GP38-2 No. 5131 is, in many ways, a typical Class II or Class III diesel-electric locomotive. It’s a rebuilt unit acquired from a Class I,…

FROM THE EDITOR, RAILWAY AGE SEPTEMBER 2023 ISSUE: Capitol Hill Contributing Editor Frank N. Wilner’s new book, Railroads & Economic Regulation, An Insider’s Account, reviewed by fellow Contributing Editor Jim…

The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) filed two more sets of comments last week in response to the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) second comment period on additional…

Five finalists have been selected from numerous entries received for the National Railway Historical Society/Railway Age/Railway Track & Structures inaugural “Outstanding Railroad Historic Preservation Award,” designed to recognize a railroad…

Veteran freight railroad operating executive Tim Tierney, P.E., has joined HNTB as a Senior Project Director and Rail Industry Technical Advisor, a role in which he “will leverage his wealth…

Rail transit industry veteran Thomas J. Spearing III has rejoined global construction management firm Hill International, Inc. as Senior Vice President, Rail and Transportation Sector Leader, a new position.

The U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded the Port of Oswego (located on Lake Ontario, just north of Syracuse, N.Y.) a $4 million grant to improve rail infrastructure and…

The Commuter Rail Coalition is hosting its 2023 Commuter Rail Summit at the InterContinental Hotel in Chicago Sept. 18 -20, an event organizers note is “an opportunity to connect with…

TransmetriQ, a Railinc® brand, recently launched Reporting & Analytics, described as “a new comprehensive [railcar] fleet reporting tool that synthesizes asset location, health and repair data to provide deeper fleet…

The Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (CIIT, for Corredor Interoceánico del Istmo de Tehuantepec), expected to undergo a “supervised test run” on Sept. 17, received a recent visit from Mexico…

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has submitted to Congress “Automated Track Inspection Technologies,” a report (download below) required under the 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act. Sent to the House and Senate Appropriations…

The Federal Railroad Administration’s Congressionally mandated Long-Distance Service Study, launched in late October 2022, is roughly 50% complete. An interim, 120-page report (download below) was recently posted to the study’s…

All 1,475 workers at National Steel Car, Hamilton, Ont. who belong to Local 7135 of the United Steelworkers Union (USW) have returned to work following a strike that lasted 41 days.…

John Orr, Executive Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer of Canadian Pacific Kansas City, provides an in-depth, up close and personal look at North America’s first and only transnational railway…

In June 2022, Norfolk Southern rolled out the most recent iteration of its Thoroughbred Operating Plan (TOP) called TOP|SPG (Service, Productivity and Growth). One objective was increasing throughput at the…

RAILWAY AGE, AUGUST 2023 ISSUE: The Amsted Digital Solutions Bogie IQ™ takes onboard health monitoring to a new level.

The Federal Railroad Administration on Aug. 9 issued its Norfolk Southern Safety Culture Assessment Report, undertaken in early March as a 60-day supplemental assessment following the East Palestine derailment and…

Norfolk Southern has entered into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (DOL-OSHA) and Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division-International Brotherhood of…

BeRailSafe, the North Carolina Department of Transportation Rail Division (NCDOT) railroad safety education and outreach unit, is working with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction to offer a new…