Safety

The Short Line Safety Institute (SLSI) and the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Office of Research, Development & Technology have shared the results of an evaluation of all Safety Culture Assessments…

Railway Age and Railway Track & Structures are returning to Chicago for our second-annual in-person Women in Rail Conference featuring trailblazing women and their allies who are significantly influencing today’s…

“During the quarter, we demonstrated that we are leveraging our service product to secure volume growth, enhancing our safety culture, and accelerating operational improvements, while eliminating service recovery costs,” said…

In response to directives from U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has produced and recently released online a summary report of its High-Hazard Flammable…

The Security and Emergency Response Training Center (SERTC) at MxV Rail In Pueblo, Colo., announced July 23 that it recently broke ground on a new training area, expanding the flammable…

CSX is recognized for its 2023 finished vehicle transport service by Hyundai GLOVIS, the logistics service provider for Hyundai Motor America and Kia America. Also, BNSF’s Wichita Falls, Tex.-based signal…

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on July 19 published its accident investigation report (download below) on the Norfolk Southern (NS) train derailment that occurred in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb.…

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on July 17 published a Second Supplement to Safety Advisory 2023-01, originally published on March 3, concerning the use of hot bearing wayside detectors (HBDs).…

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on July 9 issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) that makes available more than $1.1 billion in Railroad Crossing Elimination (RCE) Grant Program Funding.

Local training in Memphis—and across CN’s network—focuses on emergency preparedness.

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) releases its latest Measure RR rebuilding program report. Also, Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) marks a milestone in its commitment to delivering pre-pandemic…

CSX on July 11 announced that it has joined the RailPulse™ Coalition, becoming the fourth Class I railroad and the eleventh member of the coalition, which was established in late…

The growing frequency of extreme weather events requires railways to improve their understanding of infrastructure resilience, as TC Chew, Global Head of Rail at Arup, explains to Kevin Smith, Editor-in-Chief…

New cyber incident reporting obligations may be “burdensome and duplicative,” the Association of American Railroads (AAR) and American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) wrote in their July 3…

Norfolk Southern (NS) on July 10 endorsed the national safety policy recommendations made by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) as part of the agency’s investigation of the 2023 East…

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) will next month debut contactless payments onboard Green Line and Mattapan Line trolleys as well as buses and at subway fare gates, and has officially…

CN teams with the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, the City of Burnaby (British Columbia) and the government of Canada on the Holdom Overpass project. Also, Union Pacific (UP) marks the…

The July 2024 issue of Railway Age is now available digitally, with a midyear report on the state of the freight rail industry, plus the Car & Locomotive Repair Directory,…

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) secures contracts with all 28 unions. Also, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) reports a 37% decline in serious crimes through first-half 2024; and Alstom Innovia…

Southern California’s Metrolink welcomes a new Chief People Officer. Also, North County Transit District (NCTD) in California appoints a Deputy General Counsel; Bentley Systems, an infrastructure engineering software company based…