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“G&W is pleased to be at this year's Railway Age [and RT&S] Women in Rail Conference!” the company reported via social media during the event. “Our CEO, Michael Miller, was a featured speaker today on a panel for passenger and freight rail technology and innovation. #womeninrail #railinnovation #railtechnology” (Photograph Courtesy of G&W)

Railway Age/RT&S Women in Rail 2024 Conference Roundup

Railway Age and Railway Track & Structures on Nov. 5-6 returned to Chicago for our second-annual in-person Women in Rail Conference featuring trailblazing women and their allies, who are influencing today’s freight, passenger and transit…
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Watch: CSX Unveils 21st Heritage Unit (UPDATED 11/22)

CSX has rolled out its latest heritage locomotive before pausing their production, according to President and CEO Joe Hinrichs, Railway Age’s 2025 Railroader of the Year. Hinrichs revealed via LinkedIn…
“We’re growing our Premium Transload Program for select transload providers along the CPKC de México network who have met our growth, efficiency, safety and quality metrics,” CPKC reported via social media on Nov. 16. (Screen Grab from CPKC video)

Class I Briefs: CPKC, UP, CSX

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) expands its Premium Transload Program. Also, Union Pacific’s (UP) Mechanical Car Department achieves 1 million hours of safe work; and CSX honors the winners of…
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NCCC Announces Three Tentative Union Deals

The National Carriers Conference Committee (NCCC) recently reached tentative national collective bargaining agreements with the Transportation Communications Union (TCU), Brotherhood of Railway Carmen (BRC), and International Association of Sheet Metal,…
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Ports of Indiana Lands $11MM Grant for Rail Yard, Transload Facility

The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) has awarded the Ports of Indiana an $11.249 million grant to construct a $16 million rail yard and transload facility at its Mount Vernon, Ind., location,…
“We anticipate a continued influx of cargo due to robust consumer demand, concerns about potential tariffs, and ongoing labor negotiations at ports on the East and Gulf coasts,” POLB CEO Mario Cordero said. (POLB Photograph)

Intermodal Briefs: POLB, GPA, Port of LA

The Port of Long Beach (POLB) reaches a cargo record in October, as consumer demand drives trade headed into the holiday season. Also, Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) reports that Savannah…
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G&W Continues its 125 Anniversary Celebration in Florida

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) on Nov. 13 marked 125 years of service with a celebration in Jacksonville, Fla., where it has a corporate support center that employs nearly 200…
Ports of Indiana-Jeffersonville (Ports of Indiana Photograph)

Lumina to Launch Processing Facility at Ports of Indiana

The Ports of Indiana on Nov. 12 reported that Lumina Sustainable Materials will invest an initial $14.3 million to establish a multi-mineral processing facility, logistics base, and test laboratory at the ports’ rail-served…
CSX’s Nathan Goldman (left) and Michael Burns. (Goldman and CSX Train Photographs Courtesy of CSX; Burns Photograph Courtesy of Burns)

CSX’s Goldman to Retire

CSX’s Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer Nathan Goldman will retire and Michael Burns will transition to Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer in 2025, the Class I…
U.S. Southeast - Mexico cross-border intermodal service map, courtesy of Schneider.

Set to Launch: Southeastern U.S.-Texas/Mexico Intermodal Service

Schneider, CSX, and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) in December will offer a new intermodal service “providing continuous rail service between points in Mexico and Texas and points in the…
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The State of the Rails—Waycross

We attended CSX Investor Day 2024 on Nov. 7. There are 25 Wall Street analysts who cover CSX and 24 of them went to hear what CSX’s average annual EPS…

Carrollton Railroad Votes to Join BLET

Workers from Carrollton Railroad, a short line subsidiary of CSX Transportation that operates in western Kentucky near Louisville, Ky., and Cincinnati, Ohio, voted unanimously to join the Brotherhood of Locomotive…

CSX President and CEO Joe Hinrichs Named Railway Age 2025 Railroader of the Year

Railway Age has named CSX President and Chief Executive Officer Joe Hinrichs its 2025 Railroader of the Year. “Joe Hinrichs joined the railroad industry in September 2022, and in only…

VRE, VPRA Mark $27.5MM Quantico Upgrade

The Virginia Railway Express (VRE) and Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) have completed a $27.5 million improvement project at the Quantico rail station “designed to improve safety, service and rail…
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2024 WOMEN IN RAIL: Industry Trailblazers (Part 1 of 2)

Railway Age is celebrating eight years of recognizing women who not only excel at leadership but also serve the community and drive industry change, paving the way for the next…
CSX’s 20th Heritage Locomotive celebrating the Clinchfield Railroad. (CSX Photograph)

CSX Launches 20th Heritage Unit, Awards Alabama Property ‘Select Site’ Status (UPDATED 11/1)

CSX on Oct. 30 reported rolling out its 20th heritage locomotive that celebrates the Clinchfield Railroad and designating RailPort Logistics Mobile in Alabama as a Platinum CSX Select Site.
New York MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber, MTA Construction and Development President Jamie Torres-Springer, and Queens Borough President Donovan Richards on Oct. 29 announced an RFP for the design phase of the proposed Interborough Express (IBX) near the future site of the Jackson Heights terminal at 71st St. (Marc A. Hermann / MTA)

Transit Briefs: NYMTA, Metra, CapMetro

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) releases an RFP (Request for Proposals) to begin the preliminary engineering phase of the $5.5 billion Interborough Express (IBX) project. Also, Metra reopens…
CSX double-stack service launches at the Port of Baltimore, Md. (Screen Grab from CSX Video)

CSX: Bringing Double-Stack Service to the Port of Baltimore

CSX double-stack service to and from the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore launched Oct. 28 as part of the $500 million Howard Street Tunnel Project.  The project is improving…
Figure 1. Accident scene: CSX’s Walbridge Yard lead track in Walbridge, Ohio. (CSX Image Courtesy of NTSB)

NTSB Determines Probable Cause for September 2023 CSX Employee Fatality

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Oct. 29 released the final report for its investigation of the Sept. 17, 2023, accident involving a CSX mechanical department employee who was struck and killed…

Georgia Central Railway Votes to Join BLET (UPDATED, 10/30)

A majority of train and engine service employees at the Georgia Central Railway recently voted to join the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) in a representation election certified…
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