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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
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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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April 15, 2024
Freight
Holistic, Culture-Driven Safety: Railway Age CEO Perspectives on Safety
Written by
Ian Jefferies
, President and CEO, Association of American Railroads
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