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![U.S. rail traffic rose 4.2 percent in February](ajax/?comaction=thumbnail&sizex=600&file=5ddc41dd8f58d.jpg)
U.S. rail traffic rose 4.2 percent in February
U.S. railroads moved 2,112,479 carloads and intermodal units in February, a 4.2 percent increase from traffic totals in February 2016, the Association of American Railroads...
![Cowen and Company: “On the road” with Greenbrier](ajax/?comaction=thumbnail&sizex=600&file=5ddc41dd8f58d.jpg)
Cowen and Company: “On the road” with Greenbrier
Cowen and Company’s Matt Elkott and Jason Seidl ( Railway Age’s Wall Street Contributing Editor) spent a couple of days “on the road” in Portland and Seattle with...
![Prendergast joins STV](ajax/?comaction=thumbnail&sizex=600&file=5ddc41dd8f58d.jpg)
Prendergast joins STV
Thomas F. Prendergast, recently retired Chairman and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Railway Age’s 2017 Railroader of the Year, has joined STV Inc. as...
![Shuster: Trump "reaffirmed" commitment to infrastructure priorities](ajax/?comaction=thumbnail&sizex=600&file=5ddc41dd8f58d.jpg)
Shuster: Trump "reaffirmed" commitment to infrastructure priorities
Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, released the following statement on President Donald Trump’s first address to...
![China orders Bombardier high-speed trains](ajax/?comaction=thumbnail&sizex=600&file=5ddc41dd8f58d.jpg)
China orders Bombardier high-speed trains
CHINA Railway Corporation (CRC) has awarded a contract for the supply of 18 eight-car CRH1 A-A new generation high-speed trains to Bombardier’s Chinese joint venture,...
![Kelly Knight Craft reported to be next U.S. ambassador to Canada, trade will be on the agenda](ajax/?comaction=thumbnail&sizex=600&file=5ddc41dd8f58d.jpg)
Kelly Knight Craft reported to be next U.S. ambassador to Canada, trade will be on the agenda
The next U.S. ambassador to Canada will have the North American Free Trade Agreement at the top of their priority list when making the move to Ottawa, one expert says. To...
![New rail chief at ONTC](ajax/?comaction=thumbnail&sizex=600&file=5ddc41dd8f58d.jpg)
New rail chief at ONTC
Ontario Northland has a new Vice President of Rail...Grant Bailey To read full article click here
![Railway worker notification system receives patent](ajax/?comaction=thumbnail&sizex=600&file=5ddc41dd8f58d.jpg)
Railway worker notification system receives patent
STC, Inc., says its now patented EMTRAC Rail Worker Notification is comprised of two main components, the onboard Vehicle Computer Units and the Personal Notification Units...
![Deadlines extended as Caltrain seeks to save electrification programme](ajax/?comaction=thumbnail&sizex=600&file=5ddc41dd8f58d.jpg)
Deadlines extended as Caltrain seeks to save electrification programme
Caltrain hopes to take delivery of a fleet of Kiss EMUs supplied by Stadler. The Swiss company says that funding of the Caltrain upgrading programme would help it to proceed...
![AAR pens list of rail "priorities" for Trump White House](ajax/?comaction=thumbnail&sizex=600&file=5ddc41dd8f58d.jpg)
AAR pens list of rail "priorities" for Trump White House
The Association of American Railroads on Tuesday outlined what it called a list of infrastructure priorities for the railroad industry in a letter to the Trump...
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CARS Scholarship Fund
CARS Scholarship Fund Amount: Up to $5000 distributed at the discretion of the Scholarship Committee Objective : To establish an internally managed Scholarship Fund in the...
![Georgia, Virginia ports file Gateway co-op agreement](ajax/?comaction=thumbnail&sizex=600&file=5ddc41dd8f58d.jpg)
Georgia, Virginia ports file Gateway co-op agreement
Eyeing potential growing container traffic along the U.S. East Coast, Georgia and Virginia ports on Feb. 24 filed for permission to create an “East Coast Gateway Terminal...