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Railway Age has extended the deadline for its sixth annual Women in Rail awards program. Nominate a visionary woman in the rail industry (or yourself) by 5 p.m. ET on…

BNSF President and CEO Katie Farmer will top the lineup for Railway Age’s inaugural Rail Insights: Women in Rail Conference, to be held virtually on Nov. 10. Hearing from leading…

Railway Age’s inaugural Rail Insights: Women in Rail Conference features a dialogue with the industry’s top women leaders.

A short drive east of Pueblo, Colo., north of the Arkansas River, flanked by the Sangre de Christo Mountains, and surrounded by shortgrass prairie, lies the Transportation Technology Center, the…

When President Biden met with the railroad and union leaders in the Oval Office after a deal was struck, he characterized the tentative agreement reached by the parties as “an…

TIMEOUT FOR TECH, RAILWAY AGE SEPTEMBER 2022 ISSUE: Fitness-for-service assessments of an engineered system are designed to address a basic question: Is the system acceptably safe to use for its…

MxV RAIL R&D, RAILWAY AGE SEPTEMBER 2022 ISSUE: Air hose separation (AHS) and air hose failure (AHF) are major causes for undesired emergency brake applications (UDE) on trains, and both…

Topping the list of reasons to attend Railway Age’s inaugural Rail Insights: Women in Rail Conference are headliners Katie Farmer, President and CEO of BNSF; Corina Moore, President and CEO…

Do you know a visionary woman in the rail industry? Nominate a colleague or yourself for the sixth annual Railway Age Women in Rail awards.

Peak season visibility is murky, as some cracks emerge in the macro. Improving rail service offers some respite as volumes tick upward. Rail pricing continues to come above cost pressures.…

The September 2022 issue of Railway Age is now available digitally, with a focus on locomotive rebuild technology and passenger rail in the Windy City—plus the Product Innovations Showcase 2022.

This is a deeper look at the possible role of using existing train movements to help reduce air pollution using direct carbon capture science, through an exclusive interview with the…

Amsted Digital Solutions (ADS) has named Valerie Williams to lead the company’s Professional Services team, with an emphasis in fleet Management. Valerie’s more than 16 years of experience in railcar…

VLS Environmental Solutions, LLC (VLS), a portfolio company of I Squared Capital, has announced that it is expanding its railcar services footprint from three to 12 locations with the recent…

Ajith (“AJ”) Kumar recently received his 362nd U.S. patent. He is Vice President Technology-Innovation for Wabtec, whose origins began in Western Pennsylvania with founder George Westinghouse Jr.’s invention of the…

The Greenbrier Companies Chief Operating Officer Manufacturing Operations William (Bill) Krueger has been appointed President of the division, effective Sept. 1, 2022. Reporting to President and CEO Lorie Tekorius, he…

The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (Greenbrier) elects Thomas B. Fargo as Independent Board of Directors Chair. Also, Daniel Stein joins The Chlorine Institute (CI) as Senior Director of Products Stewardship &…

Trend Reminder: As always, this column represents Jim Blaze’s independent evaluation of trends and different rail freight vending companies. This column is about rail freight’s evolving software management tools. As…

In accordance with subsection 13(3) of the Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board Act, Canada’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) has submitted its Annual Report to Parliament for the period…

John Wozniak, PE, joins WAGO as new Product Manager for Automation Digital Products. Also, Clark Testing celebrates 30th anniversary. WAGO WAGO announced on Aug. 16 that John Wozniak, PE, has…