A House committee hearing yesterday on President Donald Trump's infrastructure proposal led to some tense exchanges between U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and lawmakers from New York and New Jersey over the administration's support of the Hudson River rail tunnel replacement project.
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A federal appeals court has upheld a $1.25 million award to a BNSF Railway whistleblower in a safety violations case.
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Both Canadian Class Is today announced their efforts to improve grain shipments following extreme winter weather in February that affected the nation's grain supply chain.
The announcements were made in response to grain shippers' and producers' recent concerns about a growing backlog of rail shipments.
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This weekend, Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) crews are set to continue work on the installation of an Automatic Train Control (ATC) signal system.
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Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) Metro-North Railroad will send Metro-North crews out this weekend to make improvements to the Port Jervis Line.
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The agency may put the three-car trains into service as early as this spring.Photo – SFMTA's blog
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has begun testing three-car setups with its new Siemens-built light-rail units.
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The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (SCVTA) said it has identified more challenges than expected during the BART Silicon Valley Project's first phase.
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Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx have issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for interested parties to build and finance the Lakeshore East - West Corridor Expansion project.
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Union Pacific Railroad (UP) has announced a planned private investment of $450 million in Texas' transportation infrastructure that is intended to improve safety, efficiency and customer service.
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Tony Hatch is an independent transportation analyst and consultant, and a program consultant for Progressive Railroading’s RailTrends® conference.
CSX execs accomplished the most important thing they set out to do March 1 at the railroad's long-anticipated Investor & Analyst Conference in New York City. Having already scooped themselves by unveiling their big buyback program and unveiling their 60 percent — down over 600 basis points (bps) — operating ratio (OR) target for 2020, the CSX team revealed its management depth and competence, as well as its commitment to Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR).
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Tony Hatch is an independent transportation analyst and consultant, and a program consultant for Progressive Railroading’s RailTrends® conference.
CSX execs accomplished the most important thing they set out to do March 1 at the railroad's long-anticipated Investor & Analyst Conference in New York City. Having already scooped themselves by unveiling their big buyback program and unveiling their 60 percent — down over 600 basis points (bps) — operating ratio (OR) target for 2020, the CSX team revealed its management depth and competence, as well as its commitment to Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR).
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