Railway Age back issues from December 2008:
Traffic originated.(Industry Indicators)(Statistical table)
Dec 01, 2008 ... <Pre> TRAFFIC ORIGINATED CARLOADS WEEK 46 ENDING NOVEMBER 15, 2008 MAJOR U.S. RAILROADS By commodity 2008 2007 % Change Agricultural products 39,03445,205 -13.7% Chemicals 32,06337,040 -13.4% ...
Short line and regional traffic index.(Industry Indicators)(Statistical table)
Dec 01, 2008 ... <Pre> Short line and regional traffic index Carloads Carloadsoriginated originated Change Carloads, by commodity Oct. '08 Oct. '07 Chemicals42,758 ...
2008 Preliminary railroad accident / incident data.(Industry Indicators)(Statistical table)
Dec 01, 2008 ... <Pre> 2008 Preliminary railroad accident / incident data Jan. - Sept. Jan. - Sept. 2008 2007 % Change Train accidents1,652 2,011-17.9% Train accident rate per million ...
"Here go the Americans again".(from the editor)(Editorial)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Come January 2009, John Mica's political party will have a smaller presence on Capitol Hill than it does now, but the Florida Republican, Ranking Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, is determined to see a "true" (in his words) high speed rail system up and ...
UP forecasts earnings growth in 2009.(industry outlook)(Union Pacific Corp.)(Financial report)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Union Pacific anticipates "low double-digit earnings growth" in 2009, despite bracing for volumes "flat to down 2%" during 2009, according to Chief Financial Officer Rob Knight (left), addressing the Citi Transportation Conference in New York Nov. 18 ....
CP sets 2009 capital spending program.(industry outlook)(Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Canadian Pacific said last month its current plans call for capital spending in the range of $645 million to $661 million in 2009. This plan includes basic renewal of track infrastructure and the locomotive fleet, the beginning of a multi-year intermodal terminal build at Regina, Sask., ...
CN weighs grade separation costs for EJ&E.(industry outlook)(Canadian National Corp. acquires Elgin Joliet and Eastern Railway Co.)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Consultants from HDR, Inc. hired by the Surface Transportation Board said they would recommend that Canadian National pay 15% of mitigation costs resulting from CN's planned acquisition of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway. That would increase CN's cost of acquisition, currently ...
BNSF.(North America)(BNSF Logistics L.L.C. contracts with Tideworks Technology)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... BNSF: Has tapped Tideworks Technology, Inc., a provider of terminal management and planning software, for a pilot project at BNSF's Alliance Intermodal Facility in Fort Worth, Tex. The pilot project will implement Tideworks' Spinnaker Planning Management System and Traffic Control ....
Cincinnati.(North America)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Cincinnati: Has invited bids for its proposed $219 million streetcar project, with submissions due Dec. 18. City Architect Michael Moore expects the city will shortlist potential streetcar vendors by Jan. 30. The city's bid documents ask bidders to state their "willingness to make a ...
CN.(North America)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... CN: Miner Enterprises, Inc., Miner Ore Car Mechanisms will be installed on 232 new ore cars being built by National Steel Car for CN. Miner also will upgrade draft gears on 500 existing ore cars ....
Lake superior & Ishpeming railroad.(North America)(Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad Co.)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad: Is incorporating RailComm Inc.'s Track Warrant Control functionality into its existing Domain Operations Controller (DOC[R]) system. During the past two years, LS&I, which serves points on Michigan's ...
Norfolk Southern.(North America)(Norfolk Southern Corp. contracts with Trainyard Tech, LLC )(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Norfolk Southern: Awarded a contract to Trainyard Tech, LLC for a new CLASSMASTER[TM] Process Control System for Norris Yard in Birmingham, Ala. Among its features are auto calibration; graphic playback; realtime hump list display; eBlock[TM] ...
New York adds to R160 order.(market)(Metropolitan Transportation Authority contracts with Kawasaki Rail Car Inc. and Alstom S.A.)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Notwithstanding ongoing budget woes, New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority has exercised an option for 382 additional R160 subway cars, based on a contract awarded to Alstom and Kawasaki Rail Car Inc, in 2002, Alstom will produce 242 cars at a ...
CEO outlook '09: "we continue to see the resurgence".(Rail Update)
Dec 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] In the midst of economic turmoil, the North American rail industry is showing strength, pressing forward with expansion plans, doing what only railroads are uniquely equipped to do. The railroads are looking ahead, well beyond the short-term, to a time ...
GE anticipates growth in China.(Rail Update)(General Electric Co.)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Fairfield, Conn.-based General Electric Co. foresees double-digit growth in the Chinese transportation market in the next few years. GE believes China will need to acquire 250 main line locomotives annually to replace an aging fleet, according to Tim ...
Rail carries 15% of NAFTA freight.(Rail Update)(North American Free Trade Agreement)(Brief article)(Statistical data)
Dec 01, 2008 ... The latest NAFTA trade statistics show that freight valued at $900 billion crossed the U.S. border in trade with Canada and Mexico in 2007. Trucks carried 51% of the freight measured by value, and rail carried 15%, followed by maritime with 7%, pipeline with 8%, ...
Southwest signal.(Supply Briefs)(Xorail Construction Services)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Southwest Signal Engineering has formed a new subsidiary called Xorail Construction Services, LLC (XCS),The change in structure will allow the company to grow its railroad construction business, Southwest has recently been awarded two major rail construction projects, and is currently ...
Visionaire.(Supply Briefs)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Visionaire, Inc, is consolidating its operations, warehousing, and assembly units into one larger facility, located in the Great Southwest Industrial District in Grand Prairie, Tex. The new location offers three times the available floor space, is designed to make better use of Lean ...
Patriot corridor: no threat to environment.(Rail Update)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... An assessment by the Surface Transportation Board's Section of Environmental Analysis (SEA) finds that the proposed new Patriot Corridor between Albany, N. Y., and the greater Boston, Mass., area will produce "no serious adverse environmental effects." Therefore, no full Environmental ...
CP ponders postponing link to Alberta oil sands.(Rail Update)(Canadian Pacific Ltd.)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Pending anticipated demand, Canadian Pacific's capital program may postpone plans to build a line linking refineries near Alberta's oil sands, according to CEO Fred Green. "If there is a large customer or customers who are proceeding, then we will build, and if not, we'll defer until such ...
Short lines give Congress ready-to-go list.(Rail Update)(American Short Line Railroad Association have infrastructure projects valued at $500 million ready to go under construction )(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association has informed Congress that 120 of its member railroads have infrastructure projects valued at $500 million ready to go under construction as soon as federal economic stimulus funding is made available. Lobbyist Keith ...
FRA issues final rules for rail hazmat routing.(Rail Update)(Federal Railroad Administration)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Federal Railroad Administration, with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), has issued final rules superseding the April 2008 Interim Final Rule (IFR) requiring railroads to perform comprehensive safety and security risk ...
CN, CP grain case appeal shot down.(Rail Update)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Canadian National and Canadian Pacific say an adverse court ruling on grain rates and on the cost of maintaining a fleet of government owned grain cars will cost each of them $C23 million ($18.7 million) in revenue from the 2007-08 crop year. And CN says the ruling could affect its future ...
Norfolk Southern installs second wind turbine.(Rail Update)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Norfolk Southern has installed a 50kW wind turbine at its North Kansas City, Mo., yard to power a wastewater treatment plant. With three 24-foot rotor blades mounted on a 100-foot tower, the wind turbine can generate more than 10,000 kilowatt hours annually. The wind turbine is ...
JMA Railroad Supply representing Parker domnick hunter.(Rail Update)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Carol Stream, Ill.-based JMA Railroad Supply Co. last month signed a long-term agreement to be the exclusive representative of Parker domnick hunter products to the North American Class I, short line, regional, and industrial railroad industry. Parker domnick hunter, a division ...
New York.(Transit Briefs)(Metropolitan Transportation Authority)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority blamed "plummeting tax revenues, higher fuel costs, and elevated debt service obligations" for a looming $1,2 billion deficit, It's considering proposals to close the budget gap through higher fares and tolls ...
Detroit.(Transit Briefs)(plans for light rail transit )(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Two separate plans for light rail transit in Detroit seem likely to evolve into one cohesive effort, resolving ongoing political conflicts and streamlining efforts to secure funding for LRT along Woodward Avenue, At present, private-sector interests are advancing the Regional Area Initial ...
Washington D.C.(Transit Briefs)(KBC Bank N.V.)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... The Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority and Belgian bank KBC reached a settlement Nov, 14 to end a long-term equipment leasing deal, after nearly three days of talks in federal court. The parties agreed not to discuss particulars of the ...
Voters say "yes" to transit.(Transit Update)
Dec 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Obscured but not quite buried amid the larger election results of 2008, rail transit initiatives gained approval in numerous cities and states, as voters either shrugged off" concerns, or were spurred by them, to approve spending plans for expansion. ...
Boardman takes Amtrak's throttle.(appointment of Joseph Boardman)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Within the space of two weeks last month, Amtrak's president resigned and was replaced by an interim president--who was promptly replaced by another interim president. Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph Boardman left his post at the U.S. DOT to become Amtrak's president and ...
Railroads remain fundamentally strong.(2009 OUTLOOK)(Cover story)
Dec 01, 2008; ... As the worst recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s continues to tighten its grip on the nation and spread across the globe, many aspects of American life--"dependable" things we've taken for granted for a very long time, like real estate values appreciating and the stock market ...
Staring down an oncoming train?(2009 OUTLOOK)(railroad stocks)
Dec 01, 2008; ... The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average are down 36% and to contemplate such drastic declines in 41% on a year-to-date basis as I write this column. Investors have not had to contemplate such drastic declines in the broader market indices since the Great Depression. ...
A new political paradigm.(2009 OUTLOOK)(Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008)
Dec 01, 2008; ... A month before the November election, then-candidates Barack Obama and Joe Biden wrote to a Southeast rail conference convened by former Governor Michael Dukakis and Meridian Mississippi Mayor John Robert Smith: "Amtrak, freight rail, and commuter rail are absolutely vital to ...
How railroads should deal with NIMBY issues.(2009 OUTLOOK)(difficult for railroads to get permits and approval of needed expansion projects)(not-in-my-back-yard syndrome)
Dec 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It is becoming harder for railroads to get permits and approval of needed expansion projects. They are running into community opposition to many projects intended to provide increased capacity. The popular term for this kind of opposition is ...
Here's what must happen.(2009 OUTLOOK)(transportation infrastructure spending)
Dec 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Transportation infrastructure spending can be a way to generate quick economic activity, as well as address longer-term national transportation needs. Congress needs to focus on bringing important infrastructure projects online as soon as possible in order ...
The squeaky rail gets the grease: actually, "grease" is too narrow a term. Today, it's rail lubrication with friction modifiers that's improving fuel economy, reducing noise, and lengthening component life.(ENGINEERING)
Dec 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Rail lubrication is an accepted part of railroad maintenance-of-way, but suppliers are still coming up with improvements in friction modifiers and systems to give the railroads more efficiency and economy. L.B. Foster L.B. Foster ...
Pacific transit trifecta: three Pacific Coast cities in two countries show North America how rail transit meshes economic growth with environmental sensibilities.(Pacific North West Capital Corp.)
Dec 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For at least two decades, North America's Pacific Northwest has been lauded--or laughed at--for its environmental sensibilities, an alternate approach to land use and economic development for both the U.S. and Canada. Rail transit has become key to that ...
Canadian Pacific.(people)
Dec 01, 2008 ... CANADIAN PACIFIC--Vernon Graham named president of subsidiary ...
CSX Corp.(people)
Dec 01, 2008 ... CSX Corp.--Lisa Mancini appointed Senior Vice President-Human Resources ...
Kansas City Southern.(people)
Dec 01, 2008 ... KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN--Gloria M. Ballesteros promoted to Senior Vice President, Sales & ...
Ansaldo STS-Union Switch & Signal.(Suppliers)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Ansaldo STS-Union Switch & Signal appointed John ...
HDR.(Suppliers)
Dec 01, 2008 ... HDR named Dennis Schulze South Central ...
Miner Enterprises Inc.(Suppliers)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Miner Enterprises Inc. named Eric S. Graves ...
Railcomm Inc.(Suppliers)(appointment of Ed Reardon)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Railcomm Inc. named Ed Reardon technical sales engineer. Reardon has more than 20 years experience in the railroad industry, working with Class I, regional, and short line operators. His experience ...
Safetran Systems.(Suppliers)
Dec 01, 2008 ... Safetran Systems appointed Don Channell ...
URS Corp.(Suppliers)(appointment of Earl C. Wacker )(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... URS Corp. named Earl C. Wacker national manager of its railroad practice, Chicago. Wacker spent 37 years with CSX; for the ...
High profile.(people)(Kevin Riddett of Safetran Systems)(Occupation overview)
Dec 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Kevin Riddett, an experienced railway C&S supply industry executive, took over the helm of Safetran Systems on Nov. 5. James Drummond, president and CEO of Invensys Rail Group (IRG), parent company of Safetran, said, Kevin Riddett "As president of Safetran ...
Meetings.(railroads)(Brief article)(Calendar)
Dec 01, 2008 ... 2009 January 7-18 NRC 2009 Annual Conference. Sanibef Harbour Resort & Spa, Fort Myers, Fla. Chuck Baker, (202) 715-2920; email: cbaker@nrcma.org; website: www.nrcma.org. January 27-28 Fifth Annual Railway Security Forum & Expo, presented by ...
(December 1908): railway nationalization.(100 YEARS AGO IN Railroad Age Gazette: INCLUDING THE RAILROAD GAZETTE AND THE RAILWAY AGE)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008; ... There are already many indications that, before long, there will be a numerous and influential, though perhaps a somewhat heterogeneous party, who will urge that immediate steps should be taken to nationalize our [English] railways. The test, ...
Check out this check valve.(products)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Midland Manufacturing, a division of OPW Fluid Transfer Group, has designed the A-120 Series of Float Style Excess Flow Check Valves to meet the stringent safety standards established by transport companies for chlorine handling. The A-120 Series has been ...
Hi-res digital video.(products)(VideoComm Technologies offers series of OFDM digital video transmitter)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] VideoComm Technologies, a manufacturer of long-range wireless CCTV products, offers the RT-Wave Wireless Series OFDM digital video transmitter. The RT-Wave delivers real-time, high-resolution encrypted digital video up to 200 miles. Featuring a ...
Heat pump for HVAC.(products)(Brief article)
Dec 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For moderate heating and cooling needs, heat pumps offer an energy-efficient alternative to furnaces and air conditioners. Because they move heat, rather than generate it, heat pumps can provide up to four times the amount of energy they consume. This kind ...
Website directory.(Directory)
Dec 01, 2008 ... BEARINGS Brenco www.brencoqbs.com The Timken Company www.timken.com CAR HOISTS Macton Corp. www.macton.com Railquip, Inc. www.railquip.com CAR MOVERS Central ...
Regulation, not legislation, could drive change.(short line/regional perspective)
Dec 01, 2008; ... You may have heard that the November election was about "change." But now that the election sound bytes have been put away, there is much speculation about what "change" really means for individual industries. Railway Age asked me to weigh in on that question. While my predictive powers ...