Media Kit » Try RailPrime™ Today! »
Progressive Railroading
RAILROADS
RAILROADS
TRENDING

JOB POSTINGS
PRODUCTS
EDUCATION & EVENTS
MAGAZINES
Progressive Railroading
Buyers' Guides
INFO
SEARCH
Newsletter Sign Up
Stay updated on news, articles and information for the rail industry



This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.




railPrime
View Current Digital Issue »


News

Rail News: January 2003

January 31

Rail Industry Trends
Senate gives Snow thumbs up as treasury secretary; CSX names Ward Snow's successor Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
UP to implement locomotive remote controls at Bailey Yard Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
NS, UP to add three cities to Blue Streak intermodal service Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
Long Island Rail Road president to join RailWorks as CFO Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
A. Stucki Co. parent purchases Independent Draft Gear Read More »
Passenger Rail
Sound Transit, Port of Seattle share light-rail vision Read More »
Passenger Rail
Tri-Rail expects ridership growth in 2003 Read More »
Passenger Rail
Alexander to focus on development, growth for Connex Read More »

January 30

Rail Industry Trends
CSX posts positive yearly, quarterly financials Read More »
Kansas City Southern
KCS reports mixed results in annual, quarterly financial performance Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
Small road to lease, operate UP's Missouri line Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
To reduce debt, RailAmerica opts to sell Chilean rail interests Read More »
Passenger Rail
Metra plans new suburban line Read More »

January 29

Rail Industry Trends
NS posts positive yearly, quarterly financial figures Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
BNSF, Ferromex trim transit time from truck-competitive Mexi-Modal intermodal service Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
CSXT, CSXI to join U.S. Customs' anti-terrorism program Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
NS taps Moorman as top corporate services exec Read More »
Passenger Rail
Transit systems crack down on vandals Read More »
Passenger Rail
New name 'unifies' Bi-State Development Agency Read More »
Passenger Rail
Study shows DART stations increase value of nearby properties Read More »
Passenger Rail
MBTA ready to renovate Malden Center Station Read More »

January 28

Rail Industry Trends
CPR posts record operating ratio, income in 2002 Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
TCU: Arbitrator's ruling on national agreement for carmen, clerks is 'disappointing' Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
Rail-car builders' doldrums might cease and desist in 2003, ARCI says Read More »

January 27

Rail Industry Trends
BNSF goes down swinging on UPS failure-free service streak Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
GM honors UP's service performance Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
Railcar Custom Leasing names Amick president Read More »
Passenger Rail
Caltrain set to start second phase of CTX Read More »
Passenger Rail
WMATA reports decrease in motor-vehicle thefts Read More »
Passenger Rail
Houston METRO plans public meetings to discuss 20-year plan Read More »
Passenger Rail
DART introduces online trip planner Read More »

January 24

Rail Industry Trends
Chemical industry leader calls on railroads, government and captive shippers to create competitive rail-shipping environment Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
GE taps Begley as top GETS officer Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
STB to solicit public's view on proposed rate-challenge amendments Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
North American Technologies obtains financing to increase production of plastic-composite ties Read More »
Passenger Rail
CNN online poll: Amtrak's worth $2 billion a year in taxpayer money Read More »
Passenger Rail
National security: APTA to coordinate public-transportation ISAC Read More »

January 23

Union Pacific Railroad
UP continues 'remarkable' financial performance; plans to cut costs, jobs to counter economic, fuel-price concerns Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
KCS promotes financial, legal execs Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
Bombardier, Greenbrier joint venture receives 500-car order from TTX Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
New Hampshire seeks to acquire line from Maine Central Railroad Read More »

January 22

Rail Industry Trends
CN's fourth-quarter, annual financial performance left to one's own speculation Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
UP, TRANSFLO to create transload-terminal network targeting non-rail served chemical customers Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
ASLRRA forming committee to provide small roads more focused technology review Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
Harsco supplies switch, crossing grinders to China's Guangzhou Metro System Read More »
Passenger Rail
Union Switch installing last piece of NJ Transit's wayside speed-enforcement system Read More »
Passenger Rail
L.A. MTA begins building busway project that will provide San Fernando Valley commuters better access to light rail Read More »
Passenger Rail
CTA taps Smith to head capital construction program Read More »
Passenger Rail
SamTrans elects chairman, board members Read More »

January 21

BNSF Railway
BNSF's promising fourth-quarter financial results cap cash-strapped year Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
Conser caps 42-year career, retires from RailAmerica Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
North Shore Railroad System taps Shields as president Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
Yardmasters ratify UTU, Grand Trunk Western Railway contract Read More »

January 20

Rail Industry Trends
Montreal, Maine & Atlantic cuts pay, temporarily lays off workers to counterbalance lost business Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
BLE files dissent in locomotive remote-control arbitration case Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
Wisconsin & Southern seeks to acquire CPR line Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
Vermont set to purchase line from former Bangor & Aroostook Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
UP to test RailPower Technologies' Green Goat in Chicago yard Read More »
Passenger Rail
New Jersey Transit set to build consolidated training center, two parking decks Read More »
Passenger Rail
FTA schedules emergency-preparedness forum for Newark Read More »
Passenger Rail
WMATA to rename training facility after first female, African American general manager Read More »

January 17

Rail Industry Trends
CSXT partners to promote its services to Spanish, Portuguese shippers Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
CPR sells little-used northern New Brunswick spur line to CN Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
KCS gains access to seventh U.S. port Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
Bush appoints Hammerschmidt as NTSB head Read More »
Amtrak
Senate approves amendment that would meet Amtrak's appropriation request Read More »
Passenger Rail
Transit advocacy groups to Feds: 'Finance passenger-rail development' Read More »
Passenger Rail
Amtrak orders $3 million worth of brake actuators from WABCO Transit Read More »
Passenger Rail
IEEE issues standard for battery compartment size in rail-transit vehicles Read More »
Passenger Rail
Senate's verdict on Amtrak appropriation could come today Read More »

January 16

Rail Industry Trends
AAR releases most recent edition of rail-industry trends Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
BNSF chips in by helping Indian reservation move salvaged logs Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
Watco Cos. to centralize purchasing under five categories Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
Pennsylvania provides more than $6 million toward small-road projects Read More »

January 15

Rail Industry Trends
Locomotive remote controls are safe, AAR says Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
RailAmerica hits the ground running on 2003 growth plans Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
CSXT to jam weeks worth of track maintenance into four-day March 'Jamboree' Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
STB invites public to observe first open-voting conference Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
Grisso begins tenure as Alliance for Rail Competition's executive director Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
Iowa Interstate, carmen union agree on tentative contract Read More »
Passenger Rail
Joint venture delivers 22 rail cars to Shanghai Railways Read More »
Passenger Rail
Paris agency places $156.3 million trainset order with Bombardier-ALSTOM consortium Read More »
Passenger Rail
Minnesota commuter-rail project garners FTA's environmental seal of approval Read More »
Passenger Rail
Rail life, post-Sept. 11: FTA to provide $54.8 million for New York City-Northern New Jersey ferry projects Read More »

January 14

Rail Industry Trends
Senate targets late January hearing to consider Snow's nomination Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
BNSF grows wheat business east of the Mississippi River Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
FRA offers Web-based grade-crossing evaluation tool Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
RailAmerica's annual carload account an up-and-down tale Read More »

January 13

Rail Industry Trends
Federal bankruptcy court OKs Buckeye Steel's asset sale Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
Arbitrator rejects BLE's position on locomotive remote-control assignment Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
Supplier launches software targeting cuts in railroads' fuel costs Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
BNSF eliminates 332 jobs at three locomotive shops Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
CSXT joins EPA's emission-control program Read More »
Passenger Rail
Battling budget shortfall, WMATA staff recommends fare, parking-fee increases Read More »
Passenger Rail
Washington State DOT launches voice-driven portal for travel information Read More »
Passenger Rail
Computer-based training: BART provides online courses Read More »
Passenger Rail
France's SNCF, Continental Airlines form air/rail codeshare partnership Read More »

January 10

Rail Industry Trends
EXTRA! EXTRA! Read all about NS' premium paper service offering supply-chain management Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
ACTA names Doherty head of construction, engineering Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
Republicans take control of House transportation committee Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
U.S. Steel to acquire National Steel's assets, including Michigan short line Read More »
Passenger Rail
German agency orders 40 double-deck coaches, eight locomotives from Bombardier Read More »
Passenger Rail
Swiss Federal Railways places $122.7 million rail-car order with Bombardier-ALSTOM venture Read More »
Passenger Rail
New York MTA awards joint venture $90.6 million subway station reconstruction contract Read More »
Passenger Rail
Chicago CTA board blesses $33.8 million connector-track renovation Read More »

January 9

Rail Industry Trends
Emmett eyes May end to NITL career Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
Smithsonian exhibit to highlight U.S. transportation history Read More »
People
Timken names Happach to head rail business Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
Omaha Public Power District seeks short-line service provider, line maintainer Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
CSXT hopes cash awards entice small roads to augment Class I's carloads Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
TMCA seeks Tranny Award entries Read More »

January 8

Rail Industry Trends
Safety training: KCS to lean more heavily on operational tests, less on written exams Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
BNSF on a service failure-free streak for UPS Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
North Carolina Railroad proposes capital projects totaling $24.5 million Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
STB taps Schieb as chief of staff, chairman's counsel Read More »
Passenger Rail
New York MTA awards $162 million signal modernization pact to Granite Halmar Read More »
Passenger Rail
Intelligent Power Systems acquires power-conversion equipment supply contracts from R-R Industrial Controls Read More »
Passenger Rail
Amtrak rolls back coach fares Read More »

January 7

Rail Industry Trends
Arbitrator nears decision on unions' locomotive remote-control dispute Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
Greenbrier achieves quarterly gains in rail-car orders, backlog Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
International Steel Group makes bid for Bethlehem Steel Read More »

January 6

Rail Industry Trends
U.S. roads' intermodal up, carloads down saga holds true through 2002 Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
Alaska Railroad seeks public comments on capital projects Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
International Container Terminal Services to shutter rail-served terminal in the Philippines Read More »
Passenger Rail
SFO extension won't open at month's end, BART says Read More »
Passenger Rail
DART general counsel resigns, returns to private sector Read More »

January 3

Rail Industry Trends
Australia to simulate rail operations in cyberspace Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
STB clears path for Portland & Western to lease BNSF line Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
ASLRRA to promote small roads' purpose by producing industry data Read More »
Passenger Rail
Public-conduct policing: WMATA creates 'Rail Anti-Crime Target Squad' Read More »
Passenger Rail
GO Transit adds Mount Joy trains Read More »

January 2

Rail Industry Trends
In its largest-ever expenditure decision, Indiana Harbor Belt contracts GETS to upgrade, remanufacture locomotives Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
Teamsters/BLE to represent Iowa, Chicago & Eastern workers Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
CSXT appoints Griffith as coal-operation coordinator Read More »
Rail Industry Trends
Montreal, Maine & Atlantic to launch operations Jan. 9 Read More »
<< Previous Next >>
January 2003
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31    

RAIL NEWS ARCHIVES


2024
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11
2023
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12
2022
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12
2021
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12
2020
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12
2019
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12
2018
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12
2017
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12
2016
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12
2015
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12
2014
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12
2013
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12
2012
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12
2011
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12
2010
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12
2009
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12
2008
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12
2007
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12
2006
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12
2005
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12
2004
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12
2003
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12
2002
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12
2001
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12
2000
 8  9  10  11  12