March 3, 2022

Newburgh & South Shore Railroad Purchases Battery-Electric Locomotive

Newburgh & South Shore Railroad (NSR), an affiliate of OmniTRAX, has purchased its first all-battery electric locomotive to service its northern Ohio rail lines. The new AMPS Traction GP9 based battery electric switching locomotive is a 250,000 lb. FRA compliant unit.

March 3, 2022

CN Aims to Create New, Competitive Speedway for Customers in Filing with Surface Transportation Board on the Proposed CP-KCS Merger

CN yesterday filed a responsive application with the Surface Transportation Board (“STB”) requesting specific conditions related to the approval of the pending Canadian Pacific (“CP”) and Kansas City Southern (“KCS”) merger (collectively “CP-KCS”).

March 3, 2022

Rail Traffic for February and the Week Ending February 26, 2022

The Association of American Railroads (AAR)  reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending February 26, 2022, as well as volumes for February 2022. U.S. railroads originated 915,329 carloads in February 2022, up 11 percent, or 90,525 carloads, from February 2021. U.S. railroads also originated 1,030,317 containers and trailers in February 2022, up 1.4 percent, or 14,294 units, from the same month last year. Combined U.S. carload and intermodal originations in February 2022 were 1,945,646, up 5.7 percent, or 104,819 carloads and intermodal units from February 2021.

March 2, 2022

Skanska Builds the New Portal North Bridge

Skanska has, as part of a joint venture with Traylor Bros., Inc., signed a contract with NJ Transit to construct the new Northeast Corridor Line Portal North Bridge, crossing the Hackensack River between Kearny and Secaucus, N.J.

March 1, 2022

1960s-Era R-32 Subway Cars Begin Final Journey

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)  announced that four of the recently retired R-32 subway cars, nicknamed the Brightliners, began their final journey. On February 28 the cars were transferred from the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal to the 65th Street Yard by New York New Jersey (NYNJ) Rail locomotive, via 1st Av this morning

March 1, 2022

MBTA Bus and Subway Spring Service Changes in Effect in March 2022

February 28, 2022

Metro Will Close Portion of Orange Line This Summer

This summer, Washington Metro will close the New Carrollton, Landover, Cheverly, Deanwood and Minnesota Avenue stations, as part of the final phase of the Platform Improvement Project.

February 28, 2022

NJ Transit Honored for Three Capital Projects

On Friday, February 25  NJ Transit was recognized with three Leading Capital Construction awards from the New Jersey Alliance for Action. NJ TRANSIT is being honored for work on the Portal North Bridge Project Construction Phase as well as construction at Lyndhurst and Perth Amboy stations.

February 24, 2022

Amtrak and Penn Station Partners Begin Baltimore Penn Station Construction

Amtrak and Penn Station Partners, the Baltimore-based global development team leading the transformation and renewal of the city’s main transportation hub, have commenced with the start of construction at Baltimore Penn Station with the installation of scaffolding, fencing, and materials around the station exterior.

February 24, 2022

Rail Traffic For the Week Ending February 19, 2022

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending February 19, 2022. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 497,822 carloads and intermodal units, up 31.7 percent compared with the same week last year.