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GovernmentSafety

DOT Announces Funding Availability for Rail Crossing Projects

The U.S. Department of Transportation has made available $50 million in grant funding to commuter rail agencies that are conducting projects to improve safety at railway-highway crossings.

August 25, 2020
BusinessLogistics

Union Pacific Posts Profit, Revenue Declines in Q2

Class I railroad Union Pacific saw second-quarter income and revenue fall amid the coronavirus pandemic.

July 27, 2020
BusinessLogistics

Canadian National Q2 Earnings Squeezed by Pandemic

Canadian National Railway is the latest Class I railroad to feel the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

July 22, 2020
Business

American Railcar Industries Changes Name to American Industrial Transport

Railcar leasing and repair company American Railcar Industries has changed its name to American Industrial Transport, the company announced July 21.

July 21, 2020
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafety

Most Railroads Nearing Positive Train Control Implementation

Positive train control technology is either in advanced field testing or operational on 98% of the required route miles mandated by Congress, according to an assessment.

May 27, 2020
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafety

Special Freight Railcars Could Travel at High Speeds, Federal Researchers Show

For at least the past decade, America鈥檚 railroads have been toying with the notion of freight trains moving at speeds approaching some passenger bullet trains.

April 21, 2020
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

FRA Announces $311 Million in Funding Availability

More than $311 million in funding is available for projects designed to improve freight and passenger rail connectivity, federal railroad regulators announced this month.

April 20, 2020
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

Navis to Acquire Assets From Biarri Rail

Navis has reached an agreement to acquire assets from freight railroad software developer Biarri Rail, the company announced Feb. 20.

February 21, 2020
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafety

AAR: PTC Implementation for Freight Railroads Almost Finished

Implementation of automatic braking technology for freight railroads is nearly complete, an industry group indicated recently.

February 4, 2020
GovernmentBusiness

Canadian Pacific Acquires Central Maine & Quebec Railway

Canadian Pacific closed its acquisition of the Central Maine & Quebec Railway, the Alberta-based rail company said in a Dec. 30 news release.

January 6, 2020

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