USA railroad industry news – Page 28
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Metro Report InternationalMetra ticket machine contract aims to eliminate on-train cash sales
USA: Chicago commuter rail operator Metra has awarded VenTek International a two-phase contract worth up to $70m to supply 650 ticket vending machines and provide five years of maintenance, so that all 242 stations will have a TVM. The weather-hardened machines meeting accessibility requirements will accept ...
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Metro Report InternationalSan Diego opens Mid-Coast light rail extension
USA: The Mid-Coast Extension of San Diego’s light rail network was opened for revenue service on November 21, when the San Diego Association of Governments hosted celebrations at the University of California San Diego Central Campus in La Jolla. The 17·7 km ...
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Metro Report InternationalFederal Transit Administration sets out funding priorities
USA: The Federal Transit Administration has set out its key funding priorities after President Biden signed the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act into law on November 15. The act authorises spending of up to $108bn with guaranteed funding of $91bn for public transport in 2022-26, ...
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NewsSan Bernardino Arrow DMU delivery
USA: The first Flirt low-floor diesel multiple-unit for San Bernardino County Transportation Authority’s future Arrow passenger service in southern California has left Stadler’s Salt Lake City factory. In September 2017 SBCTA placed a $31·4m order for three DMUs, with an option for three more, as part ...
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Metro Report InternationalSubway cars to be converted into emergency pump trains
USA: Redundant New York Subway cars are to be converted into mobile pump trains which can be used to remove water from tunnels following hurricanes and unusually heavy rainfall. The project forms part of NYC Transit’s storm preparedness efforts following Superstorm Sandy in 2012, and is ...
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NewsNorfolk Southern inaugurates Atlanta headquarters
USA: Norfolk Southern formally inaugurated its new headquarters in Midtown Atlanta on November 10, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by Georgia’s Governor Brian Kemp, Senator Raphael Warnock, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and other civic leaders. When Norfolk & Western merged with Southern ...
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Metro Report InternationalReplacement contractor selected for Maryland’s Purple Line light rail project
USA: Maryland Department of Transportation and PPP concessionaire Purple Line Transit Partners have selected a replacement contractor to complete the stalled project to build a 26 km east–west orbital light rail line between New Carrollton and Bethesda in the suburbs of Washington DC. Maryland Transit Solutions ...
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NewsIndustry welcomes $66bn of rail funding in Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act
USA: Rail industry organisations have welcomed the passing by Congress of the $1tr Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act, which includes significant funding for passenger and freight rail as well as public transport. The White House said IIJA would provide the largest investment in passenger rail since ...
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NewsNew Jersey bridge replacement contract awarded
USA: New Jersey Transit has selected a Queens-based joint venture of Skanska and Traylor Bros are to build the new Portal North Bridge over the Hackensack River, replacing a 110 year old swing bridge which forms a bottleneck on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor. The project is seen ...
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NewsCanadian National buys battery locomotive
USA: Canadian National’s Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad has purchased a Wabtec FLXdrive battery-electric freight locomotive, with financial support from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Marine & Rail Freight Movers grant programme. Wabtec’s FLXdrive battery loco is designed to work in multiple with conventional diesel ...
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NewsPrototype autonomous battery-powered wagon aims to help rail compete with trucks
USA: Technology company Intramotev is developing a prototype self-powered autonomous wagon, which it hopes can make rail freight more competitive over distances of up to 1 500 km.
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NewsRhomberg Sersa buys Balfour Beatty’s US track business
USA: Rhomberg Sersa Rail Group has acquired Balfour Beatty’s Track Solutions business and rebranded it as Rhomberg Sersa North America. The company provides inspection, ballast cleaning and subgrade management services and equipment to private and public customers including NJ Transit, MTA, BNSF and Amtrak. It operates ...
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Metro Report InternationalGubernatorial visit marks progress on New York’s $11bn East Side Access programme
USA: Governor of New York State Kathy Hochul was among the first dignitaries to travel by rail into Long Island Rail Road’s deep-level platforms being built beneath New York’s Grand Central Terminal, arriving on a special train on October 31.
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NewsCP and KCS file merger application with STB
NORTH AMERICA: Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern have formally filed a merger application with the US Surface Transportation Board, setting out their aim of establishing a single network linking the USA, Mexico and Canada before the end of 2022.
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In depthTrack Technology: Mobile milling saves rail replacement
A compact milling machine can be used for quick interventions to remove rail defects before the damage becomes too severe.
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NewsBernhard Capital Partners to acquire RailWorks Corp
NORTH AMERICA: Infrastructure-focused private equity manager Bernhard Capital Partners has reached an agreement to acquire infrastructure contractor RailWorks Corp from Chicago-based private equity firm Wind Point Partners. ‘We have long recognised that rail would be an important component of our infrastructure services-focused investment strategy, and we ...
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Metro Report InternationalGalveston Trolley reopens
USA: The Galveston Island Trolley in Texas has reopened, having been suspended since the infrastructure and heritage-style cars were damaged by Hurricane Ike in September 2008. The 11 km line with 22 stops opened in 1988 and is operated by Island Transit using four diesel-electric cars ...
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NewsUS coupler manufacturers accuse China of unfair competition
USA: The Freight Rail Coupler Coalition of wagon coupling manufacturers has filed petitions with the Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission alleging that state-supported Chinese manufacturers are engaging in price dumping, distorting the US market. The coalition is seeking the introduction of duties to ...
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NewsGulf of Mexico train ferry enters service
NORTH AMERICA: The CG Railway joint venture of Genesee & Wyoming and SEACOR Holdings has taken delivery of two train ferries from China’s CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding Co. Cherokee entered service between the USA and Mexico in September, and Mayan is scheduled to replace the current ...
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NewsDonations sought to establish Reinschmidt railway engineering scholarship
USA: Donations from across the rail sector are being sought to support a scholarship fund in memory of former permanent way specialist Al Reinschmidt, who died in 2018. The Albert J Reinschmidt Memorial Scholarship Fund, which has been established by friends and rail industry colleagues, is ...