Railpace Hot News
Keep up to date on the latest railroad news from the northeastern United States and Canada, edited by Carl Perelman.
August 19, 2020
Weekly Rail Traffic for the Week Ending August 8, 2020
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending August 8, 2020. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 497,397 carloads and intermodal units, down 6.7 percent compared with the same week last year.
August 19, 2020
MTA Announces Significant Positive Train Control Advances on the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today announced major progress made on implementing Positive Train Control (PTC) on MTA Long Island Rail Road and MTA Metro-North Railroad, reaffirming both railroads will be in full PTC operations by the end of 2020. Progress on buildout of Positive Train Control is measured in terms of mileage covered and in terms of train cars with the software needed to operate in PTC.
August 19, 2020
RJ Corman Acquires Lines in New York and Pennsylvania
R.J. Corman announced the finalization of an agreement to acquire Owego & Harford Railway, Lehigh Railway, and Luzerne & Susquehanna Railway.
August 18, 2020
CP Releases 2019 Corporate Sustainability Data Supplement
Canadian Pacific released its 2019 corporate sustainability data supplement to the company’s 2018 sustainability report, Sustainably Driven. The information in the report was prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative Standards and aligns closely with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board for Rail Transportation framework.
August 17, 2020
NJ & NY Toy Collection Train Will Not Run In 2020
NJ Operation Toy Train will not operate this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic.
August 17, 2020
Metro-North Resumes Upper Harlem Line Service
Effective today at 5:00 a.m. MTA Metro-North Railroad has resumed limited train service upper Harlem Line between Wassaic and Southeast, N.Y. Trains operate approximately every two hours during peak periods and every three hours during off-peak times.
August 14, 2020
Most Washington Metro rail and bus service returns to pre-pandemic levels in largest ramp-up in agency’s history
Washington Metro is finalizing plans to restore most rail and bus service to pre-Covid levels across the region in the largest – and likely most complex – service change in the system’s 44-year history.
August 13, 2020
Amtrak Announces Positive Train Control Completion
Amtrak has reached a major milestone in Positive Train Control (PTC) implementation on all Amtrak-owned or controlled tracks. The final piece of the project recently concluded with installation on approximately one mile of slow-speed track in the complex Chicago terminal.
August 12, 2020
Weekly Rail Traffic for the Week Ending August 8, 2020
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending August 8, 2020. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 497,397 carloads and intermodal units, down 6.7 percent compared with the same week last year.
August 12, 2020
Waze Announces Global Rollout of Railroad Crossing Alerts First Launched at LIRR in 2018
Waze, the platform bringing together communities on and off the road, today announced a new feature that will provide alerts to users approaching a railroad crossing. We are seeing Waze users make a significant return to the road following the COVID-19 outbreak.
