December 22, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Railway Age, December 21, 2016) NEW YORK — Pan Am Southern LLC (PAS, the joint venture of Pan Am Railways and Norfolk Southern) and Pan Am Railways (PAR) itself on Dec. 20 served default and dispute notices concerning “important operational safety agreements”...
December 21, 2016 | Headlines, Technology
(Source: Editorial in the Knoxville News Sentinel, December 21, 2016) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tightened emissions and fuel economy standards for motor vehicles have helped clear America’s skies, and new standards for locomotives that went into effect last year should have...
December 20, 2016 | Headlines, Technology
(Source: Knoxville News Sentinel, December 19, 2016) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Knoxville Locomotive Works on Friday rolled out the first of nine low-emission locomotives it is building for a Houston company. Full story: Knoxville News Sentinel
December 20, 2016 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Washington Post, December 19, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Regulators have mandated a new electronically controlled braking system that would prevent — or lessen the severity of — train crashes. The railroad industry calls the requirement a classic example of...
December 9, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Technology
(Source: News Times, December 4, 2016) DANBURY, Conn. — Given the deaths, accidents, near misses, derailments and so on that have plagued Metro-North over the last few years, a federal report that the commuter line is “stagnant” in its progress on implementation of an...
December 7, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Technology
(Source: The Record of North Jersey, December 6, 2016) NEWARK, N.J. — Lawmakers investigating the fatal NJ Transit crash in Hoboken focused Tuesday on automated systems designed to prevent collisions and derailments. Full story: www.lohud.com
December 6, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 5, 2016) Keolis Commuter Services, which operates Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s (MBTA) commuter-rail network, has launched a new time-clock system that uses “biometric” scanning to improve the...
November 30, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Sacramento Bee, November 30, 2016) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Union Pacific, the main freight rail carrier through Sacramento, is among several railroads nationally that appear to be lagging in implementing new computer safety systems designed to reduce train...
November 29, 2016 | Headlines, Technology, UP
(Source: Union Pacific press release, November 28, 2016) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific continues its Positive Train Control implementation progress, having equipped more than 3,200 locomotives, installed 4,600 computers and invested more than $2.1 billion through...
November 29, 2016 | Headlines, Railroad Security, Technology
(Source: Washington Post, November 28, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) was hit with malware that held its computer systems hostage on Friday and caused problems over the weekend as attackers reportedly sought a ransom...
