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Short line and regional traffic index.(Indsutry Indicators)(Statistical table)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... <Pre> Short line and regional traffic index Carloads Carloads %originated originated Change Carloads, by commodity Mar. '09 Mar. '09 Chemicals 40,515 ...
Mongeau to succeed Harrison at CN.(industry outlook)(Claude Mongeau)(E. Hunter Harrison)(Canadian National Railway Co.)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Claude Mongeau (left) has been selected by CN's board of directors to succeed E. Hunter Harrison (right) as president and chief executive officer at the end of 2009. Mongeau, 47, is CN's executive vice president and chief ...
Bombardier lands major LRV order.(industry outlook)(light rail vehicles )(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Montreal-based Bombardier, Inc. has been awarded a C$2.23 billion contract by the Toronto Transit Commission to produce 204 low-floor light rail vehicles for Canada's largest city. Bombardier said it expects to deliver the first cars to TTC by 2012. TTC's ...
Amtrak.(North America)(WiTronix LLC.)(National Railroad Passenger Corp.)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... Amtrak: Awarded a contract to WiTronix[R], LLC to provide remote monitoring for its fleet of 262 diesel-electric locomotives. Wi-Tronix will be providing a complete turnkey system that includes ...
MTA Long Island Rail Road:.(North America)(Ansaldo STS USA)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... MTA Long Island Rail Road: Awarded Ansaldo STS USA a $25.8 million contract for the Harold and Point CIL (Central Instrument Location) Interlocking project, part of the East Side Access program. It replaces the current ...
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey.(North America)(RailComm)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... Port Authority of New York & New Jersey: Chose RailComm to provide a wireless remote control switch heater system for the Air Train serving John F. Kennedy International Airport. The turnkey control system will include 20 ...
Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund-Ministry of Finance.(Worldwide)(Saudi Railway Company)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund-Ministry of Finance: Awarded a contract to Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. for 25 4,500-hp SD70ACS locomotives for Saudi Railway Company (SAR). The units will serve the nation's North-South line, carrying minerals on 920 miles of new track. They feature a ...
Zhejiang Zheda INSIGMA Group Company Ltd. (INSIGMA), Hangzhou, China.(Worldwide)(Ansaldo STS USA)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... Zhejiang Zheda INSIGMA Group Company Ltd. (INSIGMA), Hangzhou, China: Awarded Ansaldo STS USA a contract worth approximately $9.2 million for design and implementation of a new CBTC system on the Xi'an (Tianjin) Metro Line 2. The contract is part of a Strategic Alliance Agreement with ...
Tough track for Alabama.(market)(Hanson Pipe & Precast Inc. signed with National Alabama Corp.)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Hanson Pipe & Precast is providing more than 2,025 track-feet of its Premier[R] Railroad Grade Crossings for the $500 million, 640-acre freight car manufacturing facility being built in the Muscle Shoals region of northwest Alabama by National Industries ...
Pondering on power.(financial edge)(Column)
May 01, 2009; ... There are approximately 40,000 locomotives in North America. Approximately 6,000 are leased to railroads and third parties by locomotive operating lessors and contract switchers. The balance are owned or controlled by railroads. I have participated in, and observed, the North ...
On high speed rail, Obama means business.(Special Report)(Barack Obama)
May 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] President Obama April 16 released an unprecedented long-term strategic plan to advance U.S. high speed rail development, beginning with the $8 billion "down payment" provided through the Administration's recent American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, ...
Obama on U.S. HSR: "make no little plans".(Special Report)(Barack Obama)(high speed rail)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... President Obama's edited April 16 comments on U.S high speed rail plans appear below. I've been speaking a lot lately about what we're doing to break free of our economic crisis, to put people back to work and move this nation from recession to recovery. One area in which we can ...
Wabtec.(Supplier Briefs)(Financial report)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... Wabtec Corp, reported first-quarter net income of $32.7 million, or 68 cents per share, in the three months ended March 31, compared with $32.5 million, or 66 cents, during the first quarter of 2008, That beat Wall Street analyst estimates averaging 58 cents per share. First-quarter sales ...
Railpower.(Supplier Briefs)(RailPower Technologies Corp.)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... Railpower Technologies Corp, announced last month that the Quebec Superior Court has issued an order giving the company an additional period of protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act Canada (CCAA).The purpose is "to provide Railpower with an opportunity to develop a ...
Progress Rail.(Supplier Briefs)(Progress Rail Services Corp.)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... Union Pacific and Progress Rail Services are testing a low-emission intermediate-haul locomotive at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Tex, The companies claim this a first for this type of locomotives, A UP SD40-2 locomotive, originally built in the 1970s by EMD, has been ...
In the black, with shades of gray: railroad first-quarter earnings.
May 01, 2009 ... Unlike a number of old-line American industries--motor vehicles, housing, and banking come to mind--the railroad industry operated well in the black in the first quarter of this year and generally won the applause of Wall Street. There were signs here and there of trouble, but few analysts ...
In pursuit of strategic railroading.(SPECIAL REPORT ON PTC)(Editorial)
May 01, 2009; ... A railroad's raw traffic capacity is determined by the level, type, and condition of its track infrastructure, power, and rolling stock. However, its effective traffic capacity is bounded by the type of traffic control and associated operating practices that manage the utilization of these ...
Contact! In terms of operational stability and safety, everything rides on the sensitive, coin-sized area where wheel and rail make contact.(WHEEL/RAIL INTERFACE)(Report)
May 01, 2009; ... Wheel/rail interface is a big buzzphrase in the railroad industry today, but it has a major effect on safe, efficient operations. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Wheel rail/interface design and management can realize large savings on two of the most costly components on the ...
Parsons Brinckerhoff.(HIGH PROFILE)(Peter A. Sklannick )(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Parsons Brinckerhoff has named Peter A. Sklannick Senior Manager, Planning & Special Projects/Senior Project Manager in the Newark, N.J., office. Sklannik has more than 23 years of experience in the public transportation f industry, of which 20 years were ...
LTK Engineering Services.(HIGH PROFILE)(appointment of F. William Lipfert Jr.)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... F. William ("Bill") Lipfert Jr. has joined LTK Engineering Services as Practice Manager for Operations Planning and Simulation, a newly created position. He will he based in a new LTK office in Lebanon, N.H. Lipfert was formerly a vice president responsible for the computer simulation and ...