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"One of world’s oldest CN locomotives gets new life at N.S. museum"
"After the closure of the park, the 115-year-old steam engine was purchased by the Municipality of the..." (McGraw & Farnell, 2021) References: McGraw, Cory & Farnell,...
"Railroads face the never-ending challenge of preventing train-motorist accidents at crossings"
"In addition to working with government agencies and OLI, railroads are striving to institute their own measures to make crossings safer for... (Popke, 2021) References:...
"United Safety & Survivability Corporation partners with GILLIG to deliver new technology to mass transit"
"This new product innovation is an active air filtration system that uses Florida-based RGF Environmental Group, Inc.'s UV light and Photohydroinization® technology to......
"Loram Acquires Montana Hydraulics Assets"
"Montana Hydraulics’ railroad division provides technicians to perform field services for ballast cars, hydraulic dump cars, and air dump cars as well a... (Vantuono, 2021)...
"Digest: Stimulus money should allow DC Metro to avoid service cuts, layoffs"
" The Washington Post reports Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority board members are expected to roll back the proposed cuts at a meeting later this week, and...
"Wabtec's FLXdrive battery-electric locomotive begins revenue tests on BNSF"
"The red and gray FLXdrive locomotive, Wabtec 3000, is spliced between a pair of conventional Wabtec Tier 4 locomotives for... (Stephens, 2021) References: Stephens, Bill....
"Sound Transit estimates three rail and facility projects could see cumulative cost increases of up to $6.2 billion"
"In a memo outlining the cost increased to Sound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff, Farley noted that the agency remains on... (Wanek-Libman, 2021) References: Wanek-Libman, Mischa....
"USDOT awards $41 million to improve transportation design and access"
"The projects will enable communities to showcase innovative business partnerships, technologies and practices that promote... (U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), 2021)...
"Bank of Canada business survey turns positive for first time since pandemic began"
"The survey, conducted ahead of many tougher restrictions aimed at curbing surging COVID-19 infections, found that... (Gordon, 2021) References: Gordon, Julie. (2021, January...
"Canada’s big-city transit systems say service will be (mostly) back to normal in 2021 — even if ridership isn’t"
"Ridership and fare revenue remain at a fraction of pre-crisis levels, but thanks to billions of dollars in federal and provincial aid cities are... (Spurr, 2021) References:...