HELENA, Mont. — Montana’s legislature is considering a bill that would use a tax on railroad cars to help provide funding for the organization seeking to revive passenger service on the former route of the North Coast Hiawatha. House Bill 848, introduced by state Rep. Denise Baum (D-Billings) earlier this month, initially sought to direct […]
SEATTLE — Sound Transit has hired Dow Constantine, the current King County (Wash.) executive, as its next CEO. The Sound Transit board approved the choice of Constantine today (March 27) by a 15-0 vote. Constantine has been a member of the board since 2006, but had recused himself from the board’s process of considering CEO […]
PITTSBURGH — Global mining company Vale has finalized an agreement with Wabtec to purchase 50 new Evolution Series locomotives for two railways in Brazil, the companies have announced. The order calls for 36 EVOBBW locomotives for the Vitória a Minas Railroad (EFVM) and 14 ES58ACi locomotives for the Carajás Railroad (EFC). The locomotives will be […]
SAN JOSE, Calif. — A judge has ordered an end to the strike by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority workers. The San Jose Mercury News reports Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Daniel T. Nishigaya on Wednesday issued an injunction ordering the 1,500 members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265 back to work, saying the […]
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas state Senate this week passed a bill to provide $350 million for grade crossing separation projects, as well as a related resolution calling on the city of Houston to build a pedestrian bridge at the site where a high school student was killed last December. Senate Bill 1555, introduced in […]
BUSSNANG, Switzerland — No one has ever thought of cog railways as fast. Stadler and the meter-gauge Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn railway are working to change that. The two companies on Tuesday unveiled what they say is the world’s fastest rack-and-pinion railway, operating on the MGB branch line connecting Andermatt and Göshenen, Switzerland. The Stadler Orion […]
WASHINGTON — For a fourth straight week, U.S. rail traffic has recorded an increase of more than 5% over the same week a year earlier. Statistics from the Association of American Railroads for the week ending March 22 show total traffic was 496,214 carloads and intermodal units, a 5.5% increase over the same week in […]
ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern continues to expand its industrial site development with the recent certification of nine additional rail-served properties in seven states through the Redi Sites program. This brings the total number of NS Redi-certified sites to 12, showcasing the company’s commitment to providing prime locations for businesses seeking rail-integrated solutions. The Redi Sites […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX on Tuesday evening (March 25) announced it had reached a tentative five-year labor agreement with the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, its second such deal of the day. The union — formally the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers & Helpers — represents 59 CSX employees. “The agreement with […]
Norfolk Southern is working on more than 450 projects, representing $9 billion in investments, as part of the railroad’s role in industrial development, says Stefan Loeb, the railroad’s vice president of business development and first- and final-mile markets.Loeb was appearing on the FreightWaves podcast “Bring It Home,” which addresses American reindustrialization. Norfolk Southern is working […]
FORT WORTH, Texas – BNSF Railway says its customers invested more than $4.2 billion along its lines in 2024. Significant investments were made from customers including CJ Logistics America, Hudson Asphalt Terminal, and Bakersfield Renewable Fuels. As a result of these and other customer investments, BNSF projects supported the creation of more than 1,000 new […]
ATLANTA – In a major step toward reopening the west end of its hurricane-damaged AS Line in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Norfolk Southern has completed the installation of new bridge spans for its bridge replacement project over the Pigeon River in Newport, Tenn. The AS Line has been out of service since Hurricane Helene brought […]
