SEPTA Board Approves Purchase of 16 Additional Silverliner V Regional Rail...

U.S. Newswire;  April 26, 2007 ;     544 words ......16 Silverliner V regional rail cars to its initial purchase of...for the purchase of the railroad cars which was initially approved...March 2006. SEPTA regional rail ridership on weekdays continues...The additional 16 regional rail cars (six married pairs and four...demands. ...

NO STOPPING SUMITOMO RAIL CARS

Post-Tribune (IN);  January 24, 1992 ;     481 words ......Japanese firm last year to build 17 new rail cars. "If we were to cancel our contract with...we wouldn't have anybody to build our rail cars," said William Carmichael, chairman of...Sumitomo because of its experience with rail cars even though an American company, Morrison...

GOV. RELL ANNOUNCES $459 MILLION FOR RAIL CARS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 11, 2006 ;     550 words ......announced today that the largest purchase of rail cars in the state's history - for $459 million...18. This new generation of up to 300 rail cars will be used on the New Haven and Shore...progress on obtaining the next generation of rail cars for the state. These new rail ...

Assembly of Rail Cars for Metro Still on Hold

The Washington Post;  June 29, 2001 ;     520 words ......manufacturer of Metro's troubled new rail cars outlined a plan yesterday to improve...ago, saying they were unhappy with the rail cars being made there. Problems with software...ridership in its 25-year history. Meanwhile, rail cars in Metro's fleet have been breaking down...

Metro Predicts A Year's Delay In Receiving New Rail Cars; Maker and System...

The Washington Post;  February 10, 2002 ;     700+ words ......manager expects the transit system's new rail cars to be delivered a year late, thanks to...in the software of the sophisticated rail cars -- have also been largely addressed...week that his goal is to deliver all 192 rail cars by year's end. Metro and CAF agree that...

Bond commission expected to OK money for new rail cars.

Stamford Advocate (Stamford, CT);  August 12, 2006 ;     614 words ......million to cement the deal to buy up to 300 rail cars on Metro-North Railroad's New Haven and...on $25 million to update and refurbish rail cars used on branch lines, including the Norwalk...Inc. to design and build up to 380 M-8 rail cars to replace the state's aging fleet that...

Metro Eager To Order 648 High-Tech Rail Cars

The Washington Post;  November 5, 2008 ;     631 words ...Metro officials say they need to buy 648 rail cars and overhaul 100 older ones to meet current...it is completed, and needs to add 128 rail cars to do so. Although final approval for...officials to proceed with ordering the rail cars because of the long lead time involved...

SEPTA Board Approves Contract for Purchase of New Silverliner V Regional...

PR Newswire;  March 19, 2004 ;     639 words ......multiple unit regional rail cars from United Transit Systems...improve its fleets of rail cars, buses and trolleys to...SEPTA's largest purchase of rail cars since 1993 when the Authority ordered 220 new rail cars for the Market-Frankford...of up to 16 additional ...

Good harvest sprouts demand for rail cars.

Blade (Toledo, OH);  October 29, 2005 ;     368 words ......Katrina have created a huge demand for rail cars by grain elevator operators in northwest Ohio. Grain elevator operators said more rail cars arrived this week to prevent them from...Grain Co-op in Weston, Ohio. Had the rail cars not arrived yesterday, Mr. Roe said...

Rail cars fall off the track

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin;  March 10, 2005 ;     72 words ...Six empty rail cars derailed at a Union Pacific terminal...Wednesday. Railroad workers were switching rail cars at 1:45 a.m. when the cars left the...Pacific spokesman John Bromley. The rail cars had contained vehicles that were unloaded...

NTSB Warned Metro in '96 to Reinforce Rail Cars; Transit Agency's Decision...

The Washington Post;  November 13, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Metro strengthen the skeleton of its rail cars to prevent "telescoping," in which one...experts said Metro needed to strengthen its rail cars. "The safety board concludes that the...strengthening the structure of Metro rail cars, records released by the NTSB show a...

Farmers suffering from lack of rail cars to transport grain

The Journal Record;  November 5, 1997 ;     569 words ......grain industry in the state is a lack of rail cars. Mike Cassidy, who operates a grain elevator company, could probably use 50 to 75 rail cars to ship wheat to the Gulf or to domestic...Cassidy said. It took 98 days to get 25 rail cars ordered June 30, said Cassidy, president...

Nuclear industry hurts image through handling of waste ; Storing rail cars...

Portland Press Herald (Maine);  May 10, 2005 ;     277 words ......image through handling of waste ; Storing rail cars of contaminated soil near homes was a...ere's no evidence that a decision to store rail cars filled with soil considered to be low-lev...officials measured the radiation around the rail cars and confirmed what officials from ...

CITY TO ORDER REMOVAL OF RAIL CARS OWNER LAUGHS; MEETING SET TODAY.(FRONT)

The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  July 28, 2001 ;     524 words ......Railroad owner Bill Gardner remove some 100 rail cars from a stretch of track in south Madison...determined that Gardner's storage of the rail cars there is a violation of the city zoning...ordinance, which does not permit storage of rail cars in the city, said Linda Grubb, ...

Canadian Wheat Board/private trade seen fighting over rail cars.

Resource News International;  October 4, 1999 ;     700+ words ......October 1, 1999 (RNI) -- Competition for rail cars to move Canadian grain and oilseeds during...shipment requirements. The allocation of rail cars to move grain and oilseeds located in...advisory service, said the allocation of rail cars and the acquisition of cars by the CWB...