The new units are expected to cost $10 million total. Photo – portlandstreetcar.org Oregon's Portland Streetcar last week obtained permission from the Portland City Council to buy two new streetcars to boost service frequency.To be manufactured by Brookville Equipment Co., the new units will allow for more frequent service on the streetcar system's A and…
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Rail News: Mechanical Metra OKs contract to upgrade rolling stock rehab shops GE to modernize locomotives for NS, CP Fort Worth transit agency receives second TEXRail trainset SFMTA tests three-car Muni trains FreightCar America to buy Navistar Inc. rail-car plant TransLink fast-tracks delivery of new SkyTrain cars GE inks $1 billion locomotive agreement in Ukraine…
The extension includes two new stations and an expansion of the people mover system's maintenance facility. Photo – Bombardier Transportation The city of Phoenix has awarded a $305 million contract to Bombardier Transportation for an extension of the PHX Sky Train automated people mover system at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.The agreement covers a…
The 49th Street shop houses Metra's rail-car rehabilitation program. Photo – Julie Sneider Metra's board yesterday approved a $29.4 million contract to renovate and expand the mechanical shops that house its rail-car and locomotive rehab programs.The railroad awarded the contract to Chicago-based construction firm F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen & Associates LLC. The improvements are aimed…
The company has wrapped up the first of 100 locomotive modernizations for Norfolk Southern Railway. Photo – GE Transportation GE Transportation has completed the first of 100 locomotive modernizations for Norfolk Southern Railway in 2018 and has received an order to modernize 80 Canadian Pacific locomotives this year, the manufacturer announced yesterday.In 2017, GE modernized…
Canadian Minister of Transport Marc Garneau (center) announced the funding yesterday. Photo – Transport Canada’s Twitter account The Canadian government will provide the funding to…
Built by Stadler, the unit was unloaded in Grapevine, Texas. Photo – Trinity Metro's Twitter account The Fort Worth Transportation Authority earlier this month took delivery of the second trainset for its TEXRail commuter-rail system.Built by Stadler, the unit was unloaded in Grapevine, according to a tweet from the agency, which has been rebranded as…
The agency may put the three-car trains into service as early as this spring. Photo – SFMTA's blog The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has begun testing three-car setups with its new Siemens-built light-rail units.The agency may put the three-car trains into service as early as this spring, SFMTA officials wrote in a blog."Most…
The Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad (STE) in California has received a grant from the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Central District (UAPCD) for the purchase of a new locomotive.Under the grant program, the UAPCD is providing cash incentives for the purchase of the environmentally friendly locomotive, according to OmniTRAX Inc., the railroad's parent.The…
The purchase is expected to enable FreightCar to "be more responsive to customer needs," said President and CEO Jim Meyer. Photo – freightcaramerica.net FreightCar America Inc. has agreed to purchase Navistar Inc.'s rail-car operations assets at its Shoals facility in Cherokee, Alabama. Since 2013, FreightCar has subleased a large portion of the Shoals facility. As…