Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 9/13/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation CP, Canadian government discuss rail plans for 2018 grain crop "We have built the foundation for continued success in grain," CP's Joan Hardy told government officials. Photo – Canadian Pacific Magazine Canadian Pacific, in collaboration with its customers and supply chain,…
Posts published in September 2018
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 9/12/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation FRA issues funding notice for $46 million in PTC grants FRA Administrator Ronald Batory Photo – www.fra.dot.gov The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for $46.3 million in grants to help railroads pay for the…
Union Pacific Railroad plans to procure 1,000 high-tech refrigerated boxcars — and up to 1,600 if needed — which would mark one of the largest equipment acquisitions in UP history.Brad Thrasher, UP's vice president-agricultural products, revealed the Class I's plans during a transportation workshop at the Idaho Grower Shippers Association's convention late last month, according…
Exterior and interior renderings of the 8000-series rail cars Photo – WMATA The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the design and construction of at least 256 new 8000-series rail cars.The new units would allow WMATA to retire 2000- and 3000-series cars, which are nearing the end…
All the CN locomotives will be produced at GE's plant in Fort Worth, Texas. Photo – GE Transportation's Twitter account CN will purchase another 60 GE Transportation locomotives, expanding the Class I's 200-unit order placed in December 2017, the Class I and GE announced today.All the CN locomotives will be produced at GE's plant in…
Most of the new units will operate along the forthcoming Mid-Coast Trolley expansion. Photo – San Diego MTS The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (SDMTS) has received the first light-rail car from Siemens as part of a 45-unit order placed in 2016.Siemens late last week delivered the first unit to the agency's downtown rail yard,…