OAKLAND – Additional Amtrak railcars – coming from as far away as the East Coast – have arrived in the Pacific Northwest as a substitute for Talgo railcars that are sidelined because of a maintenance issue, Amtrak said.
Motorcoaches are also available, with buses covering some of the scheduled train frequencies. New schedules will start Wednesday, Sept. 5.
“One of the advantages of […]

BOCA RATON, Fla. — RailAmerica, Inc., a leading operator of regional and short line roads, announced that Josh Putterman was named Assistant Vice President and Darryl Gabriel was named Regional Chief Engineer effective August 27.
“With their railroad experience and wealth of knowledge being in the business for as long as they have,” said John Giles, […]

ATLANTA — MARTA said that the Authority has achieved an operating budget surplus for the second year in a row – recording $12.1 million in additional revenues for FY07.
This marks only the second time in 20 years that MARTA has recorded an operating budget surplus for two consecutive fiscal years. MARTA also ended FY07 with […]

CANTON, Ohio –The Timken Company recently supplied Norwegian mining company Rana Gruber AS with cartridge bearings that significantly increased the load capacity of freight cars transporting iron ore.
Rana Gruber is Timken’s first rail customer in Norway, where extensive upgrading of rail freight operations is expected within the coming years.
Rana Gruber’s goal was to modernize its […]

LAS VEGAS –The Las Vegas Monorail Company announced today a partnership with Google Transit – a Google product that allows online users to enter the specifics of a destination and utilizes available public transportation options to plot out the most efficient possible step-by-step route and itinerary.
The Las Vegas Monorail joined forces with Google Transit to […]

SAN ANTONIO — Union Pacific has broken ground on a $90 million state-of-the-art intermodal terminal, which is expected to generate $2.48 billion in cumulative economic impact for the area over 20 years, officials said.
Located strategically between rail lines traveling to and from the West Coast and Mexico, the 300-acre rail port will ship and receive […]

WASHINGTON — A woman was struck by a Metrorail train at the Georgia Ave-Petworth Metrorail station at 3:42 p.m. today (Thursday, Aug. 16).
The train was traveling toward the Greenbelt Metrorail station.
Police are looking into the possibility that the woman intentionally put herself on the tracks in front of the oncoming train. The woman, believed to […]

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Computer Sciences Corporation announced that it has signed an information technology (IT) services contract with Network Rail, owner and operator of the UK’s railway infrastructure.
The agreement, which has a five-year base period and one three-year option, coincides with a significant infrastructure investment by Network Rail essential to providing the UK with […]

MARLIN, Texas — Global Rail Systems Inc., a railroad automation company, said today that Brian Ellison has joined the customer service and sales team as director of sales, reporting to Ron Martin, VP Sales and Marketing.
He has more than 20 years experience in the electronics/sales field working with wireless control and communication systems. Prior to […]

WILMERDING, Pa. — Wabtec Rail, a UK-based unit of Wabtec Corporation, has signed a $40 million, five-year contract to maintain 31 high-speed locomotives for HSBC Rail, a leading lessor of rail equipment in the UK.
The Class 91 electric locomotives run on the UK’s East Coast Main Line at speeds of up to 125 mph. Wabtec […]