Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 6/11/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation USDOT names 26 proposed recipients of initial INFRA grants The Trump Administration created the INFRA grant program last year. Photo – USDOT The U.S. Department of Transportation on Friday announced plans to allocate nearly $1.5 billion in proposed grants for 26…
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Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 6/11/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation AAR sends letter to U.S. mayors to stress freight railroads' local impacts Ed Hamberger Photo – AAR The Association of American Railroads (AAR) on Friday sent a letter to numerous U.S. mayors highlighting the freight-rail industry's business and external relations efforts,…
Electrostar ETCS contract awarded 11 Jun 2018 UK: Siemens has been awarded a contract for the first-in-class design and installation of ETCS Level 2 equipment on a Bombardier Transportation Class 387 Electrostar electric multiple-unit operated by Great Western Railway. The first-in-class contract announced on June 11 has been let by Porterbrook as the lead rolling…
Ferrocarriles Argentinos selects train-to-ground communications 10 Jun 2018 ARGENTINA: Following tests, national railway Ferrocarriles Argentinos has selected Radwin’s FiberinMotion train-to-ground communication system for deployment on 100 passenger vehicles used on the Buenos Aires – La Plata route. Radwin’s multi-service platform will initially support CCTV and VoIP communications. Project implementation will be managed by Radwin partner…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 6/8/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation FRA schedules summer symposiums to address PTC FRA Administrator Ron Batory Photo – FRA The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has scheduled three symposiums on topics related to positive train control (PTC), with the first to be held June 15 in Washington,…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 6/7/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation Schumer calls for crude-by-rail standards The senator has asked federal agencies to collaborate on a plan that would require oil companies to stabilize highly flammable Bakken crude oil prior to transport by rail. Photo – Railway Supply Institute U.S. Sen. Charles…
The railroad's plan to revitalize its hopper-car fleet will start with an order for 1,000 cars from National Steel Car. Photo – cpr.ca Canadian Pacific will spend more than a half-billion Canadian dollars on new high-capacity grain hopper cars to serve CP grain shippers, the Class I announced today.The railroad's plan to revitalize its hopper-car…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 6/6/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation Ohio River rail project to receive $16 million INFRA grant The Ohio Rail Development Commission will receive $16.25 million in grant dollars for the Ohio River rail improvement project in Jefferson and Belmont counties, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced…
(Adds details about contract) MONTREAL, June 6 (Reuters) - Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd conductors and locomotive engineers will get a 9 percent salary hike over four years as part of a tentative agreement reached last week with the Teamsters, a union spokesman said on Wednesday. The agreement, which must first be ratified by members to…