Freight Cars

TIMEOUT FOR TECH, RAILWAY AGE JANUARY 2024 ISSUE: Modern railways are deeply innovative and dynamic systems. Despite this fact, I am frequently in conversations with people who wonder why “things…

MxV RAIL R&D, RAILWAY AGE JANUARY 2024 ISSUE: MxV Rail analyzed wheel profile detector (WPD) data to determine the potential for predicting wheel end-of-useful life based on wear rates. Preliminary…

Railway Age is now accepting entries for our 2024 “Fast Trackers” 25 Under 40 awards, in which we will profile 25 individuals under the age of 40 who have made…

The Greenbrier Companies’ new railcar backlog “remains robust,” said President and CEO Lorie Tekorius during a report on the manufacturer’s first fiscal quarter ended Nov. 30, 2023. “Our backlog, combined…

Railway Age is now accepting entries for our 2024 “Fast Trackers” 25 Under 40 awards, in which we will profile 25 individuals under the age of 40 who have made…

Digital twins are virtual representations of real-world objects or systems that use data, simulation and machine learning to help decision-making. They can be applied to various domains, such as manufacturing,…

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has reported that Wabtec Corp. will lay off 94 workers with the closure of its Wilmerding, Pa., plant, which is set to occur around July 1, 2024. According to…

Los Angeles, Calif.-based Parallel Systems on Dec. 20 released a video of its new autonomous battery-electric freight cars, which it said showed them “successfully platooning,” or “connecting with one another…

The North Carolina Technology Association (NC TECH) recently presented TransmetriQ, a Railinc® brand that provides rail management software, with an award “for advancing technology in the supply chain.”

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) on Dec. 18 reported that structural failure of a bathtub gondola car led to the 2019 derailment of a CN train proceeding through…

We spent two days in three Southeast cities with Trinity Industries CFO Eric Marchetto and head of Investor Relations Leigh Anne Mann. Management articulated what is arguably a railcar paradigm…

The acquisition of certain railcar assets and operations formerly owned by SMBC Rail Services LLC has been completed by American Industrial Transport, Inc. (AITX), a railcar leasing and repair and…

Wabtec is the most recent rail supplier to enter the rapidly growing railcar telematics market, entering into an agreement with Netherlands-based Intermodal Telematics B.V. (IMT) under which Wabtec’s Digital Intelligence…

As supply chain, labor and border challenges ease, Trinity Industries’ (TRN) year-to-date choppy execution, despite a backdrop of decidedly favorable supply dynamics, should improve leading to 14% 2024 production growth…

FINANCIAL EDGE, RAILWAY AGE DECEMBER 2023 ISSUE: Everyone’s Holidays are costing more in 2023. Heck, everything costs more in 2023. After three years of rising prices, it is taxing. “Financial…

RAILWAY AGE, DECEMBER 2023 ISSUE: A railcar and lease rate outlook for 2024 and beyond.

The Midwest Association of Rail Shippers (MARS) will host its annual Winter Meeting Jan. 9-11, 2024, in Lombard, Ill., at the Westin Chicago Lombard hotel.

Railway Age’s December 2023 issue is now available digitally, featuring the 2024 Freight Rail Outlook that predicts “brighter days ahead.”

Railcar component manufacturer Miner Enterprises, Inc. on Nov. 28 has announced that Paul Aspengren has been promoted to Director of Sales, effective immediately.

The versatile, bilevel Multi-Max Plus™, designed and built by The Greenbrier Companies, addresses the constantly changing requirements of transporting motor vehicles by rail. Specifically designed to carry tall cargo vans…