September 14, 2021 | CN, Headlines, KCS
(Source: BNN Bloomberg, September 14, 2021) NEW YORK — One of the main players behind a U.K.-based hedge fund’s threat to launch a proxy battle against Canadian National Railway Ltd. is taking a few cues from some high-profile previous activist campaigns...
September 14, 2021 | Headlines, NS
(Source: American Journal of Transportation, September 13, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s almost exactly 11 years since the “Heartland Corridor” opened for business, providing an intermodal link from the Port of Norfolk, Virginia to, as the name implies, the U.S....
September 14, 2021 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, September 13, 2021) NEW YORK — Associations representing private railcar owners are rebutting responses to their request that the Surface Transportation Board institute a rulemaking updating the demurrage and accessorial rules governing the...
September 14, 2021 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Reading Eagle, September 14, 2021) READING, Pa. — Reading has some company among several small cities in eastern Pennsylvania whose leaders are looking to the past to create a brighter future for their current and future residents. Full story: Mass Transit...
September 14, 2021 | Headlines, Short Line, Technology
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 13, 2021) Wabtec announced it signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with Genesee & Wyoming Inc. and with Carnegie Mellon University to decarbonize freight rail and improve safety. Wabtec’s MOU with Genesee...