Wabtec Corporation on Jan. 14 announced a definitive agreement to acquire Evident’s Inspection Technologies division ...

Unifor members of Local 101R at Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) have voted “overwhelmingly” in favor of strike action, with 99% of members voting in support, if a deal is not reached by 12:01 a.m.

In the 119 th Congress, Rep. David Rouzer (D-N.C.) is chairing the House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials; Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) is chairing the Subcommittee on ...

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) and the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) earlier this month submitted comments to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) ...

As a small boy, one of my favorite stories was my Uncle Curt’s tale about a hostler buddy of his who had ended his railroad career by putting most of a 4-8-2 Mountain type steam locomotive into the ...

Sims Metals will receive a $750,000 grant to construct track access to its Chesapeake, Va.-based facility through the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation’s (DRPT) Rail Industrial ...

Continued coordination between public and private entities through data sharing, as well as meaningful dialogue between federal, state and local officials over issues such as land use, are necessary ...

California has withdrawn its pending waiver and authorization requests that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has not yet acted on. In a win for railroads, this includes the In-Use ...

Before there was the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), there were the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR or “the Pennsy”) and the Philadelphia & Reading, generally known as the ...

Alstom on Jan. 15 reported signing a framework agreement valued at approximately C$500 million with Metrolinx to refurbish 181 Series VIII bilevel commuter railcars for GO Transit in Ontario, Canada.