February 10, 2011 | Headlines, Technology
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) recently introduced a bill (S. 301) that proposes to reduce the number of route miles on which railroads must install positive train control (PTC) by Dec. 31, 2015. The Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 mandated that PTC be...
February 3, 2011 | Headlines, Technology
Axion International has won a $15 million contract to make railroad ties made from recycled plastic, the company announced yesterday (February 2). The railroad ties will specifically be made of Recycled Structural Composite (RSC), the signature recycled plastic...
January 31, 2011 | Headlines, Technology
ALBANY, N.Y. — Alstom intends to snag at least a portion of the potentially huge Positive Train Control market. The company already has done some train control work for Amtrak. The first in a series of large PTC contracts comes up for bid in February with New Jersey...
January 20, 2011 | Headlines, Technology
(GE and TESSCO issued the following joint press release on January 19, 2010.) GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. — GE Transportation and TESSCO Technologies Incorporated announced today a long-term partnership to offer Positive Train Control (PTC) solutions to the North American Rail...
September 2, 2010 | Headlines, Technology
(The following story by Andrew Maykuth appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on September 2, 2010.) PHILADELPHIA — The Market-Frankford Line is going hybrid. SEPTA announced a pilot project Wednesday that would capture electricity generated by braking subway...
July 21, 2010 | Headlines, Short Line, Technology
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 20, 2010.) Tomorrow, the Iowa Northern Railway Co. and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plan to demonstrate a newly converted railroad slug in Waterloo, Iowa. A slug is a locomotive...
July 20, 2010 | Headlines, Technology
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on July 19, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rail equipment lessor GATX took delivery of a low-emission “genset” switcher locomotive from Wabtec’s MotivePower unit, as the popular yard engines...
June 10, 2010 | Headlines, NS, Technology
(The column story by Jeff Immelt and and Wick Moorman
appeared on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution website on June 9, 2010. Jeff Immelt is chairman and CEO of General Electric, and Wick Moorman is chairman and CEO of Norfolk Southern.) ATLANTA, Ga. — Recent reports...
April 12, 2010 | Headlines, Short Line, Technology
(The following story by J.N. Sbranti appeared on the Modesto Bee website on April 12, 2010.) MODESTO, Calif. — The Modesto & Empire Traction Co. is being called the “greenest” short-line railroad in North America because it has replaced all its old...
March 22, 2010 | Headlines, Technology
(The following story by Richard Wronski appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on March 22, 2010.) CHICAGO — Metra plans to spend $100 million to install a high-tech system that would keep trains from colliding or prevent a distracted engineer from speeding through a...
