November 2, 2007 | Headlines, NS, Technology
(The following report appeared on Progressive Railroading’s website on November 1.) Wabtec Corp. subsidiary Wabtec Railway Electronics is about to begin developing a positive train-control (PTC) system for a third U.S. Class I. Today, Wabtec announced the subsidiary...
October 12, 2007 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Technology
(The following story by Caren Halbfinger appeared on The Journal News website on October 12.) WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Metro-North Railroad geared up for battle with the dreaded leaf season yesterday by demonstrating the equipment it will use to try to keep its trains on...
October 2, 2007 | Headlines, Technology
(The following story by Jennifer Foreshew appeared at AustralianIT.au on October 2.) QUEENSLAND — Prototypes of a smart train monitor, capable of providing heavy-haul freight drivers with predictive and real-time information, are being rolled out in Queensland. The...
August 16, 2007 | Headlines, Technology
(The following story by Richard Blackwell appeared on the Globe and Mail website on August 16.) TORONTO — Idling locomotives eat up a tremendous amount of fuel and pump out vast quantities of emissions. So why not run them using the same kind of hybrid fuel-electric...
July 12, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line, Technology
(The following story by Donna Littlejohn appeared on the Press Telegram website on July 11.) LONG BEACH, Calif. — Hailed as a milestone in the effort to “grow the ports green,” two eco-friendly, clean-diesel locomotives rolled along dockside tracks for the...
May 4, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line, Technology
(The following report by Steve Kemme appeared on the Cincinnati Enquirer website on May 4.) LOVELAND, Ohio — Ohio’s first four-light and four-gate railroad crossing, designed to improve safety and to make the crossing quieter, will be activated today in...
April 10, 2007 | Headlines, Technology
(The following story by Tucker McQueen appeared on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution website on April 4.) ATLANTA — People noticed something out of place last fall after leaves fell from trees along U.S. 278 in Cobb County. Motorists glanced through bare branches in...
January 26, 2007 | Headlines, Technology, UP
(The following story by Emily Brandler appeared on the Spokane Journal of Business website on January 26.) SPOKANE, Wash. — Union Pacific Corp. says it plans to implement an up to $1 billion technological system that will revolutionize the way it operates its...
January 23, 2007 | Headlines, Technology
(The following story by Anya Sostek appeared on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette website on January 23.) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — If a high-tech railroad company seems like an oxymoron, Al Neupaver can understand. Prior to joining Wabtec as the company’s president and chief...
September 29, 2006 | Headlines, Technology
(The Economist posted the following article on its website on September 28.) FRANKFURT — Schoolboy dreams of everyday travel by magnetic levitation (maglev) have been shaken but not destroyed after an accident on a test track at Lathen, Germany. On September...
