May 20, 2008 | BNSF, Headlines, Technology
(Burlington Northern Santa Fe issued the following on May 19.) FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway Company today announced that it has placed 67 GenSet switch locomotives in service for the Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston areas. The GenSets were acquired through the Texas...
March 18, 2008 | Headlines, Technology
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on March 18.) Federal air emission standards for locomotive engines will be stricter in less than four years. On Friday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled new Tier 3 and 4 emission...
March 4, 2008 | Headlines, Technology
(The following story by Darwin Danielson appeared at RadioIowa.com on March 3.) AMES, Iowa — One of the busiest rail crossings in Iowa is now using a system that the Iowa Department of Transportation hopes will keep motorists from getting stranded on the tracks when a...
February 8, 2008 | Headlines, Technology
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on February 7.) The Transportation Technology Center Inc. (TTCI) has conducted tests on a number of new rail components and structures. Now, one more structure can be added to the list. The Pueblo, Colo.,...
January 16, 2008 | Headlines, Technology
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on January 15.) The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recently awarded a $6.3 million grant to MagneMotion Inc. to continue developing a magnetic levitation (maglev) system. The electro-magnetic...
January 15, 2008 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Technology
(The following story by Debbie Messina appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on January 15.) NORFOLK, Va. — Old Dominion University is partnering with a Massachusetts-based company to test another maglev train on its campus. The partnership, which has won the...
December 14, 2007 | Headlines, Technology
(The following story by Andrea King appeared at JournalGroup.com on December 13.) VAN BUREN, Mich. — Van Buren Township will be the first location in the United States to have retractable barricades at railroad crossings. The barricades or ‘delineators’ will rise from...
December 13, 2007 | Headlines, Technology, UP
(The Union Pacific Railroad issued the following on December 12.) DALLAS, Texas — Today, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and Union Pacific announced a 57 percent over-achievement of the contract goal for emission reduction in Texas with the help...
December 13, 2007 | Headlines, Technology, UP
(The following story by Brendan M. Case appeared on The Dallas Morning News website on December 13.) DALLAS, Texas — Union Pacific Corp. has rolled out 98 ultra-low-emission locomotives in Texas, largely paid for by the state’s taxpayers. Officials said...
December 6, 2007 | Headlines, Technology
(The following story by Matt Helms appeared on the Detroit Free Press website on December 6.) DETROIT — A railroad crossing in Wayne County is the test site for new technology to deter people from the dangerous practice of driving around lowered crossing gates. It’s a...
