Railway Interchange

Railmark Holdings, Incorporated turns 25. Also, Wabtec joins the Princeton E-filliates Partnership.

Norfolk Southern (NS) experiences a system outage, resulting in nationwide train delays. Also, BNSF recognizes customers for excellence in product safety.

Australia-based rail systems and infrastructure construction firm Martinus announces its first North American acquisition. Also, Engelke Consulting, LLC adds federal lobbying and government affairs services for freight rail clients.

Grants totaling $1.25 million will go toward safety improvements at 11 highway/rail grade crossings in eight Kentucky counties. Five of the crossings are in communities served by Norfolk Southern (NS).

Supply chain visibility provider FourKites on Aug. 24 announced that it has expanded its leadership team with the addition of three new Senior Vice Presidents.

CSX ES44AH No. 1850, in Louisville & Nashville (L&N) colors, is the sixth in a series of heritage locomotives to roll out of CSX’s Waycross Locomotive Shop in Georgia as…

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) raised nearly C$3.5 million for children’s heart health during the CPKC Women’s Open, with C$2.9 million to the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation and C$580,000 to…

Private investment firm Auxo Investment Partners on Aug. 23 announced that it has acquired Cariboo Central Railroad Contracting, a Western Canada-based railroad construction service provider to Class I railroads, short-line…

Following the Aug. 6 fatality of a conductor trainee during a yard shoving move, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has released a new Safety Bulletin to “encourage railroads to identify…

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Aug. 23 released a notification of final guidance requirements under the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), part of the Infrastructure Investment…

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) appoints a labor representative to the Railroad-Shipper Transportation Advisory Council (RSTAC). Also, a Norfolk Southern (NS) employee has been chosen to Chair the Southern Economic…

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…

For the first 33 weeks of 2023 (ending Aug. 19), total U.S. weekly rail traffic dipped 4.9% from the same point last year, according to the Association of American Railroads’…

The Utah Inland Port Authority (UIPA) Board has unanimously approved the Golden Spike Project Area resolution in Box Elder County to create the state’s fourth inland port, to be served…

Oregon International Port of Coos Bay and NorthPoint Development have submitted a Mega Grant proposal to support the Pacific Coast Intermodal Port (PCIP) project, which will create a new gateway…

Cooperstown, N.Y.-based New York, Susquehanna & Western (NYSW) has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to acquire and operate approximately 10 miles of rail line from…

The League of Railway Women (LRW) for the 25th year will honor an “outstanding” member for her contributions to the league and to the railroad industry. Nominations are now open.…

Railroads & Economic Regulation, An Insider’s Account. By Frank N. Wilner. Simmons-Boardman Books. Hardcover, 398 pp. $69.00 Frank N. Wilner, a Railway Age colleague and Capitol Hill Contributing Editor, has…

Between 2013 and 2022, more than 12,000 incidents occurred on the nation’s 140,000 miles of track. Though the railway industry has accurately asserted significant safety improvements over the past decade,…

East Chicago (Ind.) Rail Terminal LLC and sister company East Chicago Transload LLC have teamed with Portage, Ind.-based trucking firm Oak Management LLC to provide multi-modal transportation and logistics services.…