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The announcement marks the beginning of the implementation of test track and training infrastructure that will be operational in 2022.
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On Tuesday, Oct. 19, RT&S reported on the derailment of a Metro train on the agency’s Blue Line. All 7000-series cars were pulled from service, presenting a challenge to maintain at least some level of operation.
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Business volumes for the three months ending Sept. 30, 2021, as measured by total revenue carloads, were flat compared with last year—with bulk up 4%, industrial up 14% and premium down 9%. But UP said it expects volume growth of 5% for full-year 2021.
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For Hoboken, NJT has approved the continuation of efforts to protect and improve rail service by awarding a contract to upgrade the signal and yard power systems in Hoboken Rail Yard.
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At Pioneer, Service will be part of the Denver, Colo.-based short line holding company’s leadership team and will focus on mergers and acquisitions.
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Amtrak, which is investing $150 million in the project, executed a Master Development Agreement with Penn Station Partners in April 2019.
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The California’s Intercity Rail Corridors Linking Everyone (CIRCLE) coalition seeks to “educate federal policymakers on the unique nature of Amtrak state-supported services, raise awareness of California’s growing passenger rail system and proposed capital investments, and build stronger relationships with national intercity rail stakeholders,” said founders Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority (CCJPA), Los Angeles–San Diego–San Luis Obispo (LOSSAN) Rail Corridor Agency, and San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority (SJJPA) on Oct. 20.
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BRIGHTLINE West has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the California State Transportation Agency (CalSta), California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and California High-Speed Rail Authority which sets the framework for using 77km of right-of-way within Interstate highway 15 to link its proposed Victor Valley station and a new station at Rancho Cucamonga between San Bernardino and Los Angeles.
Posted 18 hours ago by Railpage System User
Total cargo for September reached 3.3 million tons, up 250,000 or 8%.
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Brightline, the private-sector passenger rail operator that runs a 67-mile line in South Florida, on Oct. 21 reported that it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA), California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), and California High-Speed Rail Authority.
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Most Class 1 roads are using drones effectively, and this story provides a close look at drone operation on BNSF. We appreciate BNSF’s permission to reprint this story.
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Extended chassis dwell times and a lack of dray drivers dampened Union Pacific’s intermodal traffic in the third quarter, but the railroad hopes volumes will rebound once the disruptions clear and consumer activity picks up post-pandemic, executives said during UP’s third-quarter earnings call.
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Business volumes for the three months ending Sept. 30, 2021, as measured by total revenue carloads, were flat compared with last year—with bulk up 4%, industrial up 14% and premium down 9%. But UP said it expects volume growth of 5% for full-year 2021.
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GRS has announced the sale of YSD, its boxcar door subsidiary, to Jaxon (Jackson International, Inc.), effective Oct. 20. Jaxon, based in Mineral Ridge, Ohio, provides uncoupling devices and levers, railcar pins, and custom sourcing. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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This critical infrastructure work will require both existing Main Line tracks to be taken out of service for 48 hours each weekend between New Hyde Park and Hicksville, resulting in service changes on the Oyster Bay, Port Jefferson and Ronkonkoma Branches and schedule adjustments on the LIRR’s other branches.
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LACMTA has teamed with Early Warning Labs of Santa Monica, Calif., to install ShakeAlert, an earthquake early warning system. Operated by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), it detects earthquakes of magnitude 4.8 or greater.
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Removing an at-grade crossing at Algonquin Road has been talked about over the years, but nobody wanted to take on the $35-$40 million price tag.
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CSX has been hustling over the last nine months to increase employee headcount so that the Eastern U.S. railroad can meet existing and future capacity needs, its executives said late Wednesday in a third-quarter 2021 earnings call.
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For the Chicago-based railcar lessor, net income from continuing operations for the three months ended Sept. 30, 2021, came in at $40.1 million, or $1.11 per diluted share—down 16.8% from the prior-year period’s $48.2 million, or $1.36 per diluted share.
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Trinity reported total company revenues of $503.5 million in the three months ended Sept. 30, 2021, up 9.60% from prior-year period’s $459.4 million.
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MTA Acting Chair and CEO Janno Lieber
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Brightline President Patrick Goddard in August announced that service would resume in the first half of November, following its suspension on March 25, 2020, due to the pandemic.
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The Class I railroad said that revenue was “driven by growth across all business lines, increases in other revenue and the inclusion of Quality Carriers’ results.”
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A woman was allegedly sexually assaulted on a transit train in Philadelphia last week as a number of witnesses failed to stop the incident or call police, authorities said.
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The Class I railroad said that revenue was “driven by growth across all business lines, increases in other revenue and the inclusion of Quality Carriers’ results.”
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