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Keep up to date on the latest railroad news from the northeastern United States and Canada, edited by Carl Perelman.
March 19, 2021
CG Railway Launches New Rail Ferry
CG Railway (CGR) announced the launch of the first of two new rail ferries. Part of a joint venture between subsidiaries of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) and SEACOR Holdings Inc., CGR operates a U.S. Class III freight railroad transporting approximately 10,000 annual carloads of diversified commodities across the Gulf of Mexico.
March 19, 2021
R. J. Corman Appoints Vice President of Operations
R. J. Corman Railroad Company, LLC is pleased to welcome Eric Hosey as Vice President of Operations, effective immediately. Hosey, who brings an extensive and varied background into this role, will work as a counterpart to John Phillips and will report to Ray Goss, President of R. J. Corman Railroad Company.
March 18, 2021
North Carolina Shortline Railroad, ACWR, Gives Life Back To Six 40-Year-Old Locomotives
Aberdeen Carolina and Western Railway (ACWR) is always committed to taking on new projects in our shops and some just happen to be global. Recently Savage Services partnered with Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway to rebuild four SD-40-2 and two MP-15 EMD locomotives for a large industrial facility in Houston, TX.
March 18, 2021
NJ Transit Announces Rewards Program
NJ TRANSIT customers will soon have the chance to save money at local businesses through NJT REWARDS, the new free NJ TRANSIT rewards program pilot where customers earn points towards purchases at participating local businesses.
March 17, 2021
Rail Traffic for the Week Ending March 13, 2021
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending March 13, 2021. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 520,736 carloads and intermodal units, up 12.5 percent compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week ending March 13 were 230,684 carloads, up 2.1 percent compared with the same week in 2020, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 290,052 containers and trailers, up 22.4 percent compared to 2020.
March 17, 2021
Amtrak Releasing Six 50TH Anniversary Commemorative Painted Locomotives
Amtrak fans across the country may soon spot a few freshly painted locomotives featuring new anniversary logos rolling down the tracks as America’s Railroad® celebrates 50 years of service this year. The first of six different commemorative 50th anniversary locomotives has already entered service on the national network
March 16, 2021
Amtrak Announces Special Paint Schemes to Celebrate their 50th Anniversary
Amtrak will paint six locomotives special paint schemes for its upcoming 50th anniversary. The paint schemes include five P42 locomotives, along with the first Siemens ALC-42 locomotive in the new, upcoming, Phase 7 paint scheme.
March 16, 2021
Amtrak Seeks To Begin Gulf Coast Service
After more than five years of data-driven and federally-led studies, Amtrak has initiated a process before the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) to require CSX Transportation (CSX) and Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) to permit the operation of two daily Amtrak trains between New Orleans and Mobile starting in 2022.
March 15, 2021
Subway Ridership Hits Highest Single Day Total Since Beginning of Pandemic
MTA New York City Transit officials today announced that more subway trips were recorded Friday, March 12 than on any other single day since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last March. The 1,912,774 paid trips on Friday surpassed the previous post-pandemic high of 1,881,024 trips on Thursday, March 11. The increase in ridership comes on the heels of news that the recently-passed federal stimulus package includes some $6 billion in MTA funding
March 12, 2021
New Report: MTA Has Achieved Reduction of $244 Million in Overtime Costs Since 2018
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today released a new report detailing dramatic reductions in overtime including a total reduction by $244 million since 2018. The reductions came thanks in part to the Authority’s aggressive and comprehensive ongoing efforts to improve overtime management and through the implementation of a series of recommendations that came out of a report issued by the law firm Morrison & Foerster in 2019.
