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This page presents developments that relate to issues examined by CARS.
Current Rail/Transit Bids
For current rail/transit bids, please click the link below: https://www.merx.com/English/NonMember.asp?WCE=Show&TAB=1&PORTAL=MERX&State=1&hcode=tAF08b5PaGBuUkl43CRDCg%3d%3d
"Digest: Canada announces plans for transit funding"
"Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced plans to spend C$14.9 billion over the next eight years on public transportation projects, with..." (Trains, 2021) Click...
"Project in Estonia will convert former Union Pacific locomotives to run on LNG"
"The conversion, which will likely cost $300,000 per loco, will produce a hybrid able..." (Fender, 2021) Click here for full article References: Fender, Keith. (2021,...
"Hamilton LRT back on Ontario’s priority list of transit projects"
"And the province wants the Canadian government to pitch in covering the costs of the five..." (Wanek-Libman, 2021) Click here for full article References: Wanek-Libman,...
"CN named one of Montreal’s top employers"
"More than 3,000 of its employees are located in the area, either at its..." (Progressive Railroading, 2021) Click here for full article References: Progressive Railroading....
"Locomotive repair shops hope inquiries, contracts rebound in a post-pandemic 2021"
"For some locomotive remanufacturing and rebuilding service providers, the pandemic hit a market that already was..." (Sneider, 2021) Click here for full article References:...
"BCA Represents Salt Lake Garfield & Western Railway Company in Sale"
"Salt Lake City-based SLGW has added both track and transload services over the past few years and has..." (Bowers Capital Advisors, 2021) Click here for full article...
Current Rail/Transit Bids
For current rail/transit bids, please click the link below: https://www.merx.com/English/NonMember.asp?WCE=Show&TAB=1&PORTAL=MERX&State=1&hcode=tAF08b5PaGBuUkl43CRDCg%3d%3d
"CP Sets Another January Grain Record"
"It also shipped 16 MMT of Canadian grain and grain products during the 2020-21 crop year so..." (Luczak, 2021) Click here for full article References: Luczak, Marybeth....
"Banff resident calls for council to stop trains sounding their horns within the townsite"
"While there aren't any specific studies for Banff showing how the noise associated with the trains affects humans and..." (CBC News, 2021) Click here for full article...
"Canadian cruise ship ban has White Pass & Yukon summer plans on hold"
"And that will take a huge toll on the White Pass, which relies on cruise ship passengers’ shore excursion revenue to..." (Johnston, 2021) Click here for full article R...
"Pointe-à-Callière museum reopens Feb. 11 with A Railroad to Dreams"
"The exhibition will provide a technological and historical look at railroad systems and will include hundreds of..." (CultMTL, 2021) Click here for full article References:...