Railway Interchange

Columbia Rail, which operates 166 miles of short line railroads in Eastern Washington and Eastern Oregon, has chosen TekTracking LLC’s Track Inspection Maintenance Planning & Scheduling (TIMPS) platform to digitize…

RAILWAY AGE, JUNE 2025 ISSUE: A few months into the current Administration, the tariff picture remains unclear. If the goal of today’s economic strategies is to increase domestic industrial demand and…

RAILWAY AGE, JUNE 2025 ISSUE: Telematics providers are upbeat, despite sluggish adoption. Although rail telematics providers and users would like a speedier and more widespread integration of telematics technology in…

The Association of American Railroads in reporting freight rail traffic for the week ending June 7, 2025 (Week 23), noted that total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 483,807 carloads and…

Supply chains are always evolving, and staying ahead means embracing technology. Union Pacific (UP) recently hosted a webinar to showcase how innovation is enhancing shipment visibility, safety and service for…

After a long, cold Canadian winter, folks in the Great White North usually look forward to spring. We'll put away our snow shovels and turn to gardening tools. Trees sprout…

Operating data for the week of May 26 highlighted the first of the four big public holidays that typically accelerate the U.S. Class I networks, due to the temporary reduction…

The Institution of Railway Signal Engineers-North American Section (IRSE-NAS) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Technical Tour during Railway Interchange 2025 in Indianapolis, marking three days of educational presentations,…

The Greenbrier Companies, Inc., now offers a rolling tank car platform that can be used to deliver “expert-led,” hands-on safety training to railcar operators, maintenance teams, and safety professionals.

ENSCO, Inc., has hired Gregory Holtman as Training Coordinator for the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Transportation Technology Center (TTC) in Pueblo, Colo. With more than 15 years of rail operations, safety, and…

The newest additions to Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s (CPKC) locomotive fleet arrive from Fort Worth, Texas. Also, BNSF reports its “best May ever” for dwell; and CSX recognizes West Virginia…

Railroad Development Corp. (RDC) has promoted Ida Posner to Chief Operating Officer (COO) of RDC and appointed Nate Asplund, President of Pop-Up Metro, to lead the integration of the newly…

North American carload and intermodal traffic for the first 22 weeks of 2025 (ending May 31) was up 3.2% from the prior-year period, according to the Association of American Railroads’…

Union Pacific’s (UP) De Soto Car Shop is used to tackling big projects, but it recently faced its most challenging rebuild to date—its culture. Today, the shop is home to…

Norfolk Southern (NS) on June 3 announced that Chairman Claude Mongeau has resigned from the Board of Directors this week for “personal reasons.” A new Chair will be elected at…

Alstom on June 2 announced the opening of its new 135,000-square-foot Plant 4 manufacturing facility in Hornell, N.Y., which will produce stainless steel car body shells for passenger rail vehicles…

BNSF on June 2 announced the creation of a new team focused on single carload growth.

On May 21, TrinityRail put on a hands-on event at the Indiana Rail Road yard in Indianapolis, Ind., in conjunction with Railway Interchange 2025.

American Industrial Transport, Inc. (AITX) appoints Doug MacDonald to its Board of Directors. Also, the National Railway Labor Conference (NRLC) names Stephanie Deiger as Vice Chair.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) on May 28 filed a motion in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky to remove race- and sex-based presumptions from…