Recently added articles from Railway Age:

Class I return on net investment.(Industry Indicators)(Statistical table)(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... <Pre> Class I return on net investment 12 months ending March 31, 2008 Class I 2007 2008 Burlington Northern and Santa Fe 11.52% 10.07% CSX Transportation 8.30%7.61% Grand Trunk (CN)9.48% 10.04% Kansas City Southern 10.27% ...

How to tell an investor from a trader.(from the editor)

Jun 01, 2008; Vantuono, William C. ... In any industry where company stock is bought and sold on the open market, there are basically two kinds of participants, each with different reasons for their interest in a particular stock: Investors and traders. Though the names are at times interchangeable, they often can mean two ...

Railroads maintaining Wall Street momentum.(industry outlook)(Dow Jones Transportation Average )(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Dow Jones Transportation Average reached an all-time late last month and was up 19% since March 19, gains that far outpaced the 11% rise for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index over the same period, Dow Jones reported on May 23. "The spike that sent oil ...

NARS forum: shipper satisfaction at new high.(industry outlook)(North American Rail Shippers Association)(Association of American Railroads)(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... The 2008 North American Railroads Customer Forum took place in San Francisco last month as part of the annual meeting of the North American Rail Shippers Association (NARS). The Association of American Railroads, which sponsored the forum, hosted a panel discussion with top railroad ...

Amtrak.(North America)(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Amtrak: Awarded a contract to ARINC, Inc. for a new CETC (Centralized Electrification and Traffic Control) system for Amtrak's Northeast Corridor operations that will provide Amtrak with a capability to improve the efficiency of train operations and traction power energy management. The ...

CSX.(North America)(CSX Distribution Services)

Jun 01, 2008 ... CSX: Will expand its Railcomm-supplied Domain Operations Controller (DOC[R]) system at Boyles Yard, Birmingham, Ala ....

Synopsys, Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).(North America)(Prover Technology)(Synopsys Inc.)(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Synopsys, Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.): Invested in Prover Technology AB, which provides signaling design automation services for safety-critical systems that control trains, turnouts, and signals. Prover says the Synopsys investment will enable it to accelerate its R&D efforts and expand ...

Shiga Transport Co. Ltd. (Japan).(Worldwide)(Wabash National Corp. )(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Shiga Transport Co. Ltd. (Japan): Purchased a demonstration set of RoadRailer[R] equipment from Wabash National Corp. Shiga, representing Japan's trucking ...

Metro-North: new tech with a retro look.(market)(MTA Metro-North Railroad)(Brookville Mining Equipment Corp.)(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] MTA Metro-North Railroad is taking delivery of 16 diesel-electric commuter rail locomotives for service in non-electrified territory from Brookville Equipment Corp. The locomotives, painted in a scheme similar to M-N predecessor New Raven, feature EPA Tier ...

Can we make better use of existing capacity?(short line/regional perspective)

Jun 01, 2008; Betke, George C., Jr. ... Our industry has been full of talk about capacity constraints that prevent the system from accommodating projected traffic growth and threaten a further reduction in the 14% of domestic freight tonnage that moves by rail. That figure falls to less than 8% by eliminating coal and even lower ...

Midland.(Supply Briefs)(Midland Manufacturing Co. (Fort Worth, Texas))(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Midland Manufacturing, a division of OPW Fluid Transfer Group, opened a new 3,000 square-foot facility to remanufacture original Midland valves, Along with the new facility, Midland invested in several ...

Faiveley.(Supply Briefs)(Elicon-National)(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Faiveley Transport has entered into discussions to purchase Ellcon-National, which produces freight car products such as brakes and loading devices and equipment for passenger railcars ...

General Electric.(Supply Briefs)(General Electric Co.)(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... General Electric Co, reportedly seeks a buyer for its rail services unit in a deal that could be worth about $4 billion, part of GE's attempt to reduce ...

NS, Pan Am propose the Patriot Corridor.(Rail Update)(Pan Am Railways and Norfolk Southern joint venture)(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Pan Am Railways and Norfolk Southern last month announced plans to implement expanded joint rail service between Albany, N.Y., and the greater Boston area via the "Patriot Corridor" through a 50-50 joint venture, dubbed Pan Am Southern. The move is designed to tap New England's freight ...

RailAmerica will abandon troubled Oregon short line.(Rail Update)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Following months of controversy and acrimony, Boca Raton, Fla.-based RailAmerica, Inc. said it will seek to abandon its Coos Bay Line between Coquille and Eugene, Ore., operated by subsidiary Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad (CORP). In a May 12 letter to the Surface Transportation Board, ...

Railway Age salutes 2008 Short Line and Regional Railroads of the Year.(Rail Update)(American Short Line Railroad Association)(Watco Companies Inc.)(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] At the ASLRRA annual convention last month in San Antonio, Tex., Railway Age honored its 2008 Short Line Railroad of the Year, Twin Cities & Western Railroad (TC&W), and its 2008 Regional Railroad of the Year, the South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad (SK&O), ...

Railpower to build locomotives in Canada.(Rail Update)(RailPower Technologies Corp.)(Super Steel Schenectady)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Railpower Technologies announced that it will build a plant in Saint-Jean-Richclieu, Quebec, that "will significantly improve our manufacturing efficiencies and provide Railpower with the ability, to rapidly expand production of the world's leading high efficiency locomotive." The company ...

Siemens Transportation Systems has landed an order for 77 S-70 light rail vehicles worth $277 million from Salt Lake City's TRAX light rail system, with an option for 180 additional cars.(SALT LAKE CITY)(Siemens Transportation Systems Inc.)(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Siemens Transportation Systems has landed an order for 77 S-70 light rail vehicles worth $277 million from Salt Lake City's TRAX light rail system, with an option for 180 additional cars. The order reportedly is the largest LRT vehicle purchase ever made by a U.S. locale from Siemens, ...

The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority will receive $2,6 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation for a Light Rail Alternative Analysis, a cooperative effort by KCATA, the city of Kansas City, and the Mid-America Regional Council.(KANSAS CITY)(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority will receive $2,6 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation for a Light Rail Alternative Analysis, a cooperative effort by KCATA, the city of Kansas City, and the Mid-America Regional Council. Voters in ...

The Oklahoma City Council has approved a proposal to extend Amtrak's Heartland Flyer north of the city to Newton, Kan., where it would link with Amtrak's existing system and offer passenger rail access to Chicago.(OKLAHOMA CITY)(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008 ... The Oklahoma City Council has approved a proposal to extend Amtrak's Heartland Flyer north of the city to Newton, Kan., where it would link with Amtrak's existing system and offer passenger rail access to Chicago. The current state-supported train runs ...