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The locomotives will be produced in early 2020. Photo – ge.com Iowa Interstate Railroad Ltd. (IAIS) will acquire three new Evolution Series locomotives from GE Transportation, the railroad announced yesterday.The locomotives will be produced in early 2020 and used to transport grains, ethanol, metals and other commodities across Iowa Interstate's network between Chicago and Omaha,…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 10/2/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation Retailers applaud new trade agreement The NRF will review the pact's details "to ensure it promotes U.S. economic growth and maintains access to the products American families need at the prices they can afford," said NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay.…
NEW YORK/VANCOUVER, Oct 2 (Reuters) - U.S. East Coast oil refiners are ramping up rail deliveries of crude from Western Canada, grabbing stranded barrels that full pipelines have driven to a record discount. That trend is expected to accelerate, as prices will remain weak, with no new Canadian export pipelines expected until late 2019. Rail…
TNW executives, left to right: Jeff Davis, chief operating officer; Wade Hoffmann, vice president marketing and sales; Robert Murchison, owner; Paul Treangen, chief executive officer;…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 9/21/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation STB wants regular updates from UP as it phases in scheduled railroading UP Chairman, President and CEO Lance Fritz Photo – up.com The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has asked Union Pacific Railroad senior management to hold weekly phone calls with the…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 9/21/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation Denver's RTD sued by commuter-rail developer RTD's University of Colorado A Line operates between Denver Union Station and Denver International Airport. Photo – Shutterstock The Regional Transportation District of Denver (RTD) has been sued by Denver Transit Partners (DTP), the consortium…
Chinese-state owned rail-car maker CRRC is building Red and Orange line vehicles for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Photo – MBTA Mayor Domenic Sarno of Springfield, Massachusetts, has asked the Trump administration to end tariffs on Chinese-built rail cars.In a letter obtained by New England Public Radio, Sarno told U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer that…
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific plans to borrow some ideas from other major freight railroads as it works to improve its operations. The Omaha, Nebraska-based railroad said Monday that it will incorporate some of the operating principles that have led to dramatic improvements in the profitability of rival CSX. Former CSX CEO Hunter Harrison…