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Jun
18

Rail supplier news from Alstom, Ardenna, Sharma and Stantec (June 18)

Jun
18

GO Transit's new Bloomington station to open June 28

Jun
18

CTA names Barclay chairman

Jun
18

UP announces DEI giving goals

Rail News Home Union Pacific Railroad 6/18/2021 Rail News: Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad yesterday announced new diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) giving goals, as well as a summer tour that features a new commemorative locomotive dedicated to diversity.UP believes DEI principles are critical to its success. As a result, UP officials are asking every program or organization that it supports financially through its Community Ties Giving Program to demonstrate a commitment to DEI principles by 2023, company officials said in a press release.The company views its goal of reaching 100% of DEI-aligned grants as a multiyear effort.Meanwhile, UP's new "We are One" tour will begin tomorrow, Juneteenth Day, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.The brightly colored locomotive will start its 2021 journey in Houston, Texas. UP No. 1979 is only Union Pacific's 18th commemorative locomotive. It honors the company's nine employee resource groups (ERGs) and the work they do to support DEI. The unit commemorates the year UP's first ERG ‚ the Black Employee Network, was established in 1979.

Jun
18

UP announces DEI giving goals

Jun
18

Sound Transit, Amazon make $100 million commitment to affordable housing

Jun
18

Rail groups applaud Senate panel's vote on transport bill; Democrats call for high-speed rail funding

Jun
18

OneRail Coalition's Canby to step down

Jun
18

Class I execs respond to shippers' rail service concerns

Jun
18

Class I execs respond to shippers’ rail service concerns

Jun
17

FTA issues sustainable transit challenge

Jun
17

Whiteland to build new distribution center at CenterPort Canada

Jun
17

BLET reaches tentative agreement with Long Island Rail Road

Jun
17

ICC approves funding for multiple grade crossing projects

Jun
17

U.S. rail traffic for last week rose almost 18%

Jun
17

L&C short line to serve new Gallo winery in South Carolina

Jun
17

CP to serve Richardson’s new grain elevator in Saskatchewan

Jun
17

CP to serve Richardson’s new grain elevator in Saskatchewan

Rail News Home Canadian Pacific 6/17/2021 Rail News: Canadian Pacific
The project is expected to be completed by fall 2022. Photo – Richardson International/Facebook

Richardson Pioneer Ltd. this week announced construction has begun on a new high throughput grain elevator in Carmichael, Saskatchewan.

The project is expected to be completed by fall 2022. Canadian Pacific will serve the new elevator, which will feature 46,000 metric tons of storage capacity with a loop-rack rail design capable of loading 175 high-cube rail cars, Richardson officials said in a press release.

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Jun
17

Amtrak kicks off $28 million project to upgrade long-distance ride

Jun
16

OCTA OKs $1.3 billion budget for FY2021-22