STV Moves N.Y.C. Headquarters
Professional services firm STV has officially moved its flagship New York City office from 225 Park Avenue South to the Empire State Building at 350 Fifth Avenue.
Professional services firm STV has officially moved its flagship New York City office from 225 Park Avenue South to the Empire State Building at 350 Fifth Avenue.
CSX, Norfolk Southern (NS), Union Pacific (UP) and The Greenbrier Companies rank on USA Today’s America’s Climate Leaders 2024 list. Also, NS collaborates with its railroaders to enhance their “home away from home”; and UP honors Mechanical employees for working 20 years injury-free.
The first-ever National University Rail Center of Excellence officially opened May 29 at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s (UIUC) Grainger College of Engineering, with support from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). FRA last fall
Amtrak achieves emergency management accreditation. Also, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) this summer is beginning a $230 million renovation of Five Points Station; and the City of Peoria, Ill., advances the Peoria-Chicago passenger rail corridor project.
Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) has awarded Railhead Corp. a contract to design and install a complete Video Recording System for the agency’s Bombardier Transportation-built 5000 Series and Morrison–Knudsen-built 3200 Series rapid transit cars.
CN on May 29 announced the addition of two new firefighting trains along with two additional railcars to its fire mitigation and suppression fleet.
The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) on May 29 reported its annual Jake Safety Award recipients, recognizing a “record” 385 member railroads for their above-industry-average safety performance in 2023;
Norfolk Southern (NS) recently announced that it is now accepting applications for its Safety First and Thriving Communities grant programs through October 1, 2024.
It was 1976, a year when there was a resurgence of leisure train travel with the start of Amtrak, when Class I railroads in the Northeast joined to form Conrail, and railroads across the nation debuted patriotic livery paint schemes in honor of America’s bicentennial. And in Minot, N.Dak., a young Dale Dannewitz started his railroading career that would span nearly a half century.
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on May 24 reported issuing a waiver of its Buy America requirements to the Nevada Department of Transportation (NVDOT) for the planned Las Vegas-to-Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., high