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CSX will be the first railroad to put into demonstration Wabtec’s Trip Optimizer Zero-to-Zero system. Photo – wabteccorp.com
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CSX and Wabtec are partnering to modernize CSX's locomotive fleet with digital technologies designed to deliver fuel efficiency and emissions reductions.
The partnership will help CSX in the Class I's commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 37% by 2030, CSX and Wabtec officials said in a press release.
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Rail News Home Canadian Pacific 6/24/2021 Rail News: Canadian Pacific
Canadian Pacific announced today that shippers of grain and other agricultural products across North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota have submitted letters to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) opposing CN's and Kansas City Southern's combination, its use of a voting trust, or both.The letters describe how a potential CN-KCS combination and its proposed use of a voting trust would see reduced options for agricultural shippers in the Upper Midwest leaving them fewer direct competitive options, and eliminating the new network of shipping options a CP-KCS combination would create, CP officials said in a press release.Meanwhile, CN and KCS announced that their proposed voting trust as part of their merger proposal now before the Surface Transportation Board has been endorsed by two major labor unions: the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART) Transportation Division.The letters from all parties are available for review on the STB website.
Canadian Pacific announced today that shippers of grain and other agricultural products across North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota have submitted letters to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) opposing CN's and Kansas City Southern's combination, its use of a voting trust, or both.The letters describe how a potential CN-KCS combination and its proposed use of a voting trust would see reduced options for agricultural shippers in the Upper Midwest leaving them fewer direct competitive options, and eliminating the new network of shipping options a CP-KCS combination would create, CP officials said in a press release.Meanwhile, CN and KCS announced that their proposed voting trust as part of their merger proposal now before the Surface Transportation Board has been endorsed by two major labor unions: the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART) Transportation Division.The letters from all parties are available for review on the STB website.
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Rail News Home CSX Transportation 6/24/2021 Rail News: CSX Transportation
NEPA approval allows CSX, which owns the tunnel, to finalize engineering and obtain permits. Construction will occur in phases and is expected to begin later this year. Photo – Port of Baltimore/Twitter
NEPA approval allows CSX, which owns the tunnel, to finalize engineering and obtain permits. Construction will occur in phases and is expected to begin later this year. Photo – Port of Baltimore/Twitter
The planned Howard Street Tunnel expansion project in Baltimore has received a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) as part of the project review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced yesterday.
The project will expand the 126-year-old Howard Street Tunnel to accommodate double-stacked container trains traveling to and from the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore, increasing efficiency and capacity.
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Rail News Home CSX Transportation 6/24/2021 Rail News: CSX Transportation
NEPA approval allows CSX, which owns the tunnel, to finalize engineering and obtain permits. Construction will occur in phases and is expected to begin later this year. Photo – Port of Baltimore/Twitter
NEPA approval allows CSX, which owns the tunnel, to finalize engineering and obtain permits. Construction will occur in phases and is expected to begin later this year. Photo – Port of Baltimore/Twitter
The planned Howard Street Tunnel expansion project in Baltimore has received a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) as part of the project review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced yesterday.
The project will expand the 126-year-old Howard Street Tunnel to accommodate double-stacked container trains traveling to and from the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore, increasing efficiency and capacity.