NORTHERN Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) has adopted an update of its TransAction Plan which calls for extensions to the Washington DC metro, capacity and service enhancements for Virginia Railway Express (VRE) commuter rail services and the construction of light rail lines.
CSX says that it quickly restored service throughout the areas affected by Hurricane Irma, which struck Florida on September 10, with devastating winds and flooding.
AMTRAK has confirmed that it will equip approximately 310 diesel-electric locomotives with Positive Train Control (PTC) technology by the December 31 2018 federal deadline.
VTG Rail, the US leasing subsidiary of VTG, Germany, has acquired the rolling stock assets of Redwood Rail, adding 1135 wagons to its fleet, and bringing VTG Rail’s total number of units in use in North America to 5200.
THE Northeast Corridor Commission submitted two reports to Congress on May 3 detailing short-and-long-term capital investment needs totalling around $38bn for the 735km line from Boston to New York, Philadelphia and Washington DC.
CANADIAN Pacific (CP) has promoted Mr Keith Creel as its new president and CEO succeeding Mr Hunter Harrison, who has retired from CP and is currently investigating another opportunity which could lead to another shake-up in the North American rail industry.
GENESEE & Wyoming (GWI) announced on August 15 that it plans to acquire Providence & Worcester Railroad (P&W) for $US 126m at $US 25 per share.
THE US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that the driver of a Washington DC - New York Amtrak Northeast Regional train which derailed near Philadelphia on May 12 2015 was likely to have been distracted by radio traffic causing him to forget where he was.
A pre-feasibility study by the University of Calgary's Van Horne Institute suggests that it would be feasible to build a railway to transport bitumen and minerals between the Canadian province of Alberta and the US state of Alaska.
IN what some industry observers believe may be a final attempt - short of a proxy battle - by hedge fund manager Mr Bill Ackman at a hostile takeover of Norfolk Southern (NS), Canadian Pacific (CP) notified NS on February 9 of its intent to submit a resolution to NS shareholders "to ask their board of directors to engage in good faith discussions with CP regarding a business combination transaction."
