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AAR: Rail Traffic ‘Balanced’ Through June; New Report Launching July 8
Class I Briefs: UP, NS
3i/Regional Rail Acquiring CCET (UPDATED July 3)
BNSF Honors Four State DOTs for Grade Crossing Safety
Short Lines & Regionals
AAR: Rail Traffic ‘Balanced’ Through June; New Report Launching July 8
U.K.: Hydrogen-Fueled Steam Freight Locomotive Conversion Planned
3i/Regional Rail Acquiring CCET (UPDATED July 3)
For GJR, Another Record Year
Switching & Terminal
AAR: Rail Traffic ‘Balanced’ Through June; New Report Launching July 8
Class I Briefs: UP, NS
PHL Hosts Tour for STB’s Primus
POLB Awards First Pier B Construction Contract
Intermodal
AAR: Rail Traffic ‘Balanced’ Through June; New Report Launching July 8
Class I Briefs: UP, NS
PHL Hosts Tour for STB’s Primus
POLB Awards First Pier B Construction Contract
Passenger
Intercity
‘Green Signals’ with ‘Train Daddy’ Andy Byford
S-Line Project Kicks Off in North Carolina
FRA L-D Study Reveals ‘Interesting’ Numbers
CABR Continues Measured Progress (Updated June 29, 2024)
Commuter/Regional
Fifth of a Series: NJT Gets Four-Year Reprieve—Starting Next Fiscal Year (Updated July 3)
‘Green Signals’ with ‘Train Daddy’ Andy Byford
Transit Briefs: LACMTA, LIRR, PATH, SEPTA, Sound Transit
Transit Briefs: Govt. of Canada/Govt. of Quebec, Amtrak/NJ Transit, TransLink, MTA (Maryland)
Rapid Transit
‘Green Signals’ with ‘Train Daddy’ Andy Byford
Transit Briefs: MBTA, OCTA
Watch: Happy Birthday, Skyline!
Transit Briefs: LACMTA, LIRR, PATH, SEPTA, Sound Transit
High Performance
‘Green Signals’ with ‘Train Daddy’ Andy Byford
CHSRA Taps SYSTRA | TYPSA JV to Design Track, OCS for Initial Passenger Service (UPDATED)
New VIA Rail Siemens Fleet More Than 50% Complete
RSI’s Patty Long Featured at Rail Insights
Light Rail
Fifth of a Series: NJT Gets Four-Year Reprieve—Starting Next Fiscal Year (Updated July 3)
‘Green Signals’ with ‘Train Daddy’ Andy Byford
Transit Briefs: MBTA, OCTA
Transit Briefs: LACMTA, LIRR, PATH, SEPTA, Sound Transit
Mechanical
Freight Cars
Miner Celebrates 40 Years of AggreGate® Ballast Discharge Systems
Supply Side: FreightCar America, Rail Vision
NTSB Releases East Palestine Summary; AAR, NS Respond (Updated June 26)
‘There Will Be Hell to Pay’
Locomotives
U.K.: Hydrogen-Fueled Steam Freight Locomotive Conversion Planned
PHL Hosts Tour for STB’s Primus
Class I Briefs: CSX, NS, UP, CPKC, CN, BNSF
Cattron Introduces L-Stop Locomotive Stop System
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Finance
Regulatory
June 20, 2018
Freight
Trade tensions as rail freight lags economy
Written by
Railway Age Staff
Is the Trump Administration’s widening trade war hurting rail freight traffic at home?
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