The Rail Division of Custom Truck & Equipment (CTE) is expanding its offerings to the Railroad Maintenance of Way (MOW) marketplace.
This expansion comes three years after the company founded CTE Rail Division, which offers HiRail Vehicle and Fleet segments. CTE says the expansion to MOW is a result of the company's success in its rail division.
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (Metro) board yesterday approved five-year contracts with all five of its transit labor unions.
The contracts provide average annual salary adjustments of 4.2 percent compounded annually for all five unions over the life of the agreements.
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has expressed concern to CSX about "deteriorated service" as a result of the company's recent restructuring under new President and Chief Executive Officer E. Hunter Harrison.
In a letter sent to Harrison yesterday, the board said it has heard from CSX customers and industry stakeholders concerned about "increased transit times, unreliable switching operations, inefficient car routings, poor communications and coordination with CSX customer service, and acute disruption to customers' business operations," STB officials said in a press release.
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has expressed concern to CSX about "deteriorated service" as a result of the company's recent restructuring under new President and Chief Executive Officer E. Hunter Harrison.
In a letter sent to Harrison yesterday, the board said it has heard from CSX customers and industry stakeholders concerned about "increased transit times, unreliable switching operations, inefficient car routings, poor communications and coordination with CSX customer service, and acute disruption to customers' business operations," STB officials said in a press release.
Kansas City Southern announced the appointments of Ginger Adamiak as vice president, sales and marketing for the energy and short line relations business unit, and Darin Selby as vice president intermodal operations.
Selby succeeds Morris Godwin, who is retiring effective Sept. 1 after 10 years with the company. Adamiak and Selby report to executive vice president and chief marketing officer Brian Hancock.
Kansas City Southern announced the appointments of Ginger Adamiak as vice president, sales and marketing for the energy and short line relations business unit, and Darin Selby as vice president intermodal operations.
Selby succeeds Morris Godwin, who is retiring effective Sept. 1 after 10 years with the company. Adamiak and Selby report to executive vice president and chief marketing officer Brian Hancock.
Kansas City Southern announced the appointments of Ginger Adamiak as vice president, sales and marketing for the energy and short line relations business unit, and Darin Selby as vice president intermodal operations.
Selby succeeds Morris Godwin, who is retiring effective Sept. 1 after 10 years with the company. Adamiak and Selby report to executive vice president and chief marketing officer Brian Hancock.
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Recruiting and retaining younger workers and developing them into future leaders was a frequent topic discussed at the 121st annual meeting of the American Association of Railroad Superintendents (AARS) earlier this week in St. Louis.
In the first half of 2017, TransLink's SkyTrain ridership soared nearly 12 percent to 74 million boardings compared to the same point last year.
Ridership across all the agency's transit modes grew 5.7 percent to 200 million boardings, TransLink officials said in a press release.
The Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) has adopted the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) to track reported crime on its system.
Under the new system, more types of reported offenses are captured, and all offenses associated with an incident are reported. The previous reporting system used a hierarchy to report only the most serious offense in an incident, TriMet officials said in a press release.
U.S. railroads' total carload traffic fell 2 percent to 256,863 units during the week ending July 22 compared with the same week in 2016, marking the first decline in carloads in several weeks, according to Association of American Railroads' (AAR) data.
U.S. intermodal volume rose 4.1 percent to 277,289 containers and trailers during the week compared with a year ago. Total U.S. weekly rail traffic increased 1.1 percent to
534,152 carloads and intermodal units compared with last year's weekly total.
Exhibit space for the Railway Interchange 2017 conference has sold out, event organizers announced this week.
The exhibition, the largest rail industry trade show in North America, will be held Sept. 17-19 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. Technical and educational sessions will take place Sept. 18-20, according to a Railway Interchange 2017 press release.
Union Pacific Corp. announced yesterday that Bhavesh "Bob" Patel has been elected to the company's board.
Patel is chief executive officer and chairman of the management board of LyondellBasell Industries, one of the world's largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies.
Union Pacific Corp. announced yesterday that Bhavesh "Bob" Patel has been elected to the company's board.
Patel is chief executive officer and chairman of the management board of LyondellBasell Industries, one of the world's largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies.
The U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development on Tuesday approved a fiscal-year 2018 appropriations bill that would provide funding for Amtrak's long-distance routes.
The proposal slots $1.6 billion for the national intercity passenger railroad's Northeast Corridor and national network. The funds would enable Amtrak to continue service for all current routes, according to a press release issued by the subcommittee.
Kansas City Southern yesterday announced two new appointments to its business units in energy and short-line relations and intermodal operations.
Ginger Adamiak has been named vice president sales and marketing for energy and short-line operations, while Darin Selby has been named vice president intermodal operations. Selby will succeed Morris Godwin, who announced his retirement effective Sept. 1.
Kansas City Southern yesterday announced two new appointments to its business units in energy and short-line relations and intermodal operations.
Ginger Adamiak has been named vice president sales and marketing for energy and short-line operations, while Darin Selby has been named vice president intermodal operations. Selby will succeed Morris Godwin, who announced his retirement effective Sept. 1.
The U.S. Department of Transportation has released the $14 million in funds from the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant the city of Springfield received for phase two of the rail improvement project.
In a release from U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL-18), LaHood said that he along with Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL-13) recently met with federal transportation officials urging the timely release of the grant.
The U.S. Department of Transportation has released the $14 million in funds from the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant the city of Springfield received for phase two of the rail improvement project.
In a release from U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL-18), LaHood said that he along with Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL-13) recently met with federal transportation officials urging the timely release of the grant.