KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern’s Mexican subsidiary remains shut down about 80 miles northwest of Mexico City following a fiery collision last week caused by theft-related sabotage. All Kansas City Southern de Mexico service to and from the Mexico City-area remains suspended, KCS officials say. Vandals reportedly blocked tracks in Nopala in the […]
John Wories, Amsted Rail president John Wories, Amsted Rail president, gestures during comments he gave in a panel discussion at the 2019 Railway Interchange conference in Minneapolis on Tuesday. H. Michael Yuhas MINNEAPOLIS — It was the final question in Tuesday’s hour-long panel discussion involving three CEOs at the Railway Supply Institute’s Educational and Technical […]
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo — A Congolese freight train derailment this morning has killed at least 50 people, according to several media reports. The U.K.’s Independent newspaper reports that the train derailed about 3 a.m. in the southeast of the country. The people who died were reportedly riding the train illegally as stowaways. […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern de Mexico’s mainline north of Morelia in the Mexican state of Michoacán was reported blocked Wednesday by civil protests, according to KCS officials. The stoppage is “completely unrelated to our company, impeding our ability to continue without risks to the protesters,” railroad officials say. Michoacán has been the […]
YOKOHAMA, Japan — A warning light alerted the driver of a Japanese commuter train that there was an obstacle in the train’s path, but he was unable to stop in time to avoid hitting a produce truck at a grade crossing. The driver of the truck was killed, a rare fatal rail accident for Japan. [See […]
Workers examine the site of a commuter train derailment in Yokohama, Japan, on Thursday. The train hit a truck loaded with produce, killing the driver. Associated Press/Eugene Hoshiko YOKOHAMA, Japan — One person was killed and 33 were injured when an express commuter train collided with a truck on Thursday. Kyodo News reports the train […]
BOSTON — Kansas City Southern’s performance metrics continue to improve amid its shift to Precision Scheduled Railroading. Train speeds improved 12%, terminal dwell improved 11%, and the number of miles freight cars traveled per day increased 9% in August compared to a year ago, Chief Marketing Officer Mike Naatz told an investor conference on Wednesday. […]
VIENNA, Austria – Plasser & Theurer has appointed Daniel Siedl as chief operating officer and Dr. Winfried Büdenbender as chief technical officer, effective immediately. Büdenbender held management positions in various companies in the technical sector. Siedl was managing director of ROBEL Bahnbaumaschinen GmbH (Germany) before he joined Plasser & Theurer. Prior to his new position, […]
September 1st is finally here! Here’s what happened down at London’s King’s Cross station, as we celebrated the day students go #BackToHogwarts. pic.twitter.com/Gg7fhQvsr9 — Pottermore (@pottermore) September 1, 2019 LONDON — King’s Cross station in London featured as the backdrop and silent star for an unusual back-to-school celebration this weekend for throngs of Harry Potter […]
BERLIN — On Monday, Aug. 26, Vossloh AG signed a contract for the sale of its Locomotives business unit, currently reported as discontinued operations, to CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd., Zhuzhou, China, a subsidiary of the China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation Ltd. CRRC is the largest rolling stock manufacturer in the world. The agreed purchase […]
LUCKNOW, Uttar Pradesh, India — Officials in the northeast Indian city of Lucknow have banned bananas from the provincial capital city’s Charbaugh Railway station. Bureaucrats say the yellow fruit’s peels contribute to dirtying the station. They’ve warned fruit sellers that any one violating the banana ban will be dealt with strictly. A vendor said the […]
ALDERSHOT, England — The first solar farm to directly power a rail line is scheduled to go on line today in Britain. About 100 solar panels at the facility near Aldershot in Northeast England will directly power signals and lights on Network Rail’s Wessex line, the Guardian reports. The solar farm will generate 30 kilowatts, […]
