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Rail News: October 2003
October 31
BLE, Texas Mexican Railway ink remote-control pact Read More »
LA MTA presents final offer to striking ATU members Read More »
UPdate: Union Pacific prices Overnite IPO at $19 per share Read More »
Bombardier to provide cars, maintenance for Brussels transport authority Read More »
BNSF tabs Reynolds, Smith for key operations posts Read More »
Oregon's TriMet posts ridership increase Read More »
Cargo security association offers shipment-protection seminar Read More »
October 30
3Q financials: Traffic, track and productivity improvements pave way for promising 4Q, CPR says Read More »
RailAmerica to sell Australian line, focus on North American operations Read More »
New U.S. lines, 'promising' Australian operation fuel GWI's 3Q revenue growth Read More »
Intermodal: New Jersey terminal operator awards automated gate system pact to SAIC Read More »
October 29
Service initiatives help drive NS' third-quarter, year-to-date financial gains Read More »
Granite Construction, Bombardier obtain Las Vegas Monorail Phase II contract Read More »
KCS earns less quarterly, year-to-date net income, but operating income and revenue rise Read More »
LIRR completes St. Albans Station renovation Read More »
Members have spoken: BMWE phone poll shows majority support proposed Teamsters merger Read More »
MARTA awards fare-collection system contract to Cubic Read More »
STB to hear utility's, NS' rate-case arguments next month Read More »
Harsco lands largest-ever track-maintenance equipment order in China Read More »
October 28
NS finishes first part of motorist-friendly Manassas project Read More »
California wildfires wipe out BNSF workers' homes, idle trains Read More »
Bush to nominate CSX's Havens as treasury department general counsel Read More »
Security: Suppliers ready to take wraps off 'smart' container Read More »
October 27
Senate subcommittee hearing: Railroads, shippers state rail-competition act cases Read More »
VIA Rail to receive governmental capital-improvement funds for five years Read More »
FRA finds BNSF failed to provide T&E crews 'suitable food' during Montana stopover Read More »
WMATA takes delivery of rehabilitated cars Read More »
CSXT requires environmental contractor to use haz-mat spill-control kit Read More »
NJ Transit implements pressure-washing system to avoid slippery tracks Read More »
Software provider markets latest update to 20-year-old rail-mapping software Read More »
Sound Transit receives Central Link funding Read More »
October 24
CN improving mainline to reduce freight, passenger transit times Read More »
WMATA makes case for additional governmental funding Read More »
New York Regional Rail names Kuhn chairman, extends intermodal-service pact Read More »
Sound Transit meets Central Link funding requirements Read More »
BRS-represented NS workers ratify local, national agreements Read More »
Gannett Fleming adds Hofsass, Hughes to management team Read More »
Morristown & Erie Railway to lease, operate Maine-owned lines Read More »
NIT League names Gilanshah head of finance/administration Read More »
October 23
Third-quarter financials: UP reports record revenue, rising expenses Read More »
Power outage, hurricane and operating difficulties drain quarterly income from CSX Read More »
Delaware court grants KCS preliminary injunction preventing TMM from violating TFM acquisition agreement Read More »
North American Technologies contracts design/build team for composite-tie plant expansion Read More »
Wabtec to sell one-tenth of outstanding stock in secondary offering Read More »
October 22
Casting crunch drags down quarterly rail-car orders, ARCI says Read More »
NJ Transit, Port Authority award contract for commuter-tunnel study Read More »
NS adds freight-bill features to online shipment-management tool Read More »
WMATA to present environmental assessment for proposed Anacostia corridor Read More »
Florida East Coast Railway posts quarterly revenue, profit increases Read More »
Special events help Greater Cleveland RTA's monthly ridership soar Read More »
Canada to help RailPower Technologies offset cost of Green Goat/Kid demonstration fleet Read More »
SEPTA takes on slippery tracks Read More »
Transentric, Data2Logistics team up to improve online shipment-management offerings Read More »
DART appoints board members Read More »
October 21
CN bucks stronger Canadian dollar to achieve favorable third-quarter, nine-month financial results Read More »
Third-quarter financials: BNSF registers record revenue, escalating expenses Read More »
UP to speed up trains through Arkansas town Read More »
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern grants BNSF trackage rights to Illinois line Read More »
BNSF's Zamora honored as one of nation's most influential Hispanics Read More »
October 20
CN to acquire Great Lakes Transportation's short lines, switching road and ships Read More »
Georgia's commuter-rail proposal receives funding Read More »
BNSF teaches homeland security rookies about railroading Read More »
LIRR presents options to increase storage capacity Read More »
Canadian Industrial Relations Board approves UTU's application to represent all CPR 'running-trade' workers Read More »
Local funding for BART hinges on Nov. 4 vote Read More »
Short line to lease Louisiana track from UP Read More »
Metro North and Long Island railraods to offer discounted weekend ticket in 2004 Read More »
Timken to supply tapered bearings to Chinese rail-car builder Read More »
October 17
Small-road tax-credit bill enters Senate, but congressional vote won't happen until spring, ASLRRA says Read More »
Amtrak reduces Keystone line fares Read More »
AAR intermodal-traffic tally: U.S. roads' weekly total in top three Read More »
CPR replaces northern Wisconsin yard office Read More »
House backs building of National Railroad Hall of Fame in west-central Illinois town Read More »
October 16
KCS honors chemical shippers' haz-mat safety efforts Read More »
Amtrak records highest-ever ridership during FY2003 Read More »
In memoriam: Former NS public affairs chief Breathitt Read More »
SEPTA awards Market Street reconstruction contract to Granite Construction-led consortium Read More »
Canadian legislator urges provincial transport minister to postpone BC Rail sale Read More »
Tri-Met appoints Contreras to head financial department Read More »
Canadian Railway Hall of Fame hands out awards, welcomes inductees Read More »
Alliance releases smart-card report Read More »
Flaherty to head Holland's MOW sales Read More »
Jacobs Engineering obtains design contract from Britain's Network Rail Read More »
October 15
Balfour Beatty names Carlin rail unit president, Bond CFO Read More »
LA MTA mechanics on strike Read More »
Hot off the press: Railway Association of Canada's annual 'trends' report Read More »
Amtrak to adjust Northeast Corridor schedules Read More »
Pennsylvania ponies up $10 million to help small roads fund infrastructure improvements Read More »
Wabtec to supply components for New York City Transit subway cars Read More »
After promising third quarter, Wabtec expects even better end to 2003 Read More »
Amtrak's Capitol Corridor trains to gain wireless Web access Read More »
Pacer International names Uremovich first-ever vice chairman Read More »
Alcatel obtains two signaling contracts from Hungarian Railways Read More »
October 14
FRA's first-half safety stats: Fatalities fall, train accidents rise for U.S. roads Read More »
Post takeover: Toll Group shakes up Tranz Rail's senior staff Read More »
UTU to assist FRA in auditing locomotive remote-control safety Read More »
Joint program aims to prompt productive employer/union negotiations Read More »
Zurich North America appoints DePrimo to head railroad underwriting unit Read More »
October 13
CSXT installs Web-based system to improve automotive operations Read More »
BART nears completion of system-wide renovation Read More »
Wheeling & Lake Erie to acquire CSXT's operating easement on Ohio line Read More »
NJ Transit leases property for smart-growth initiatives Read More »
Transportation to be a hot topic on Capitol Hill next year, Rep. Quinn says Read More »
Bombardier to build trams for German railway Read More »
ACF Industries/Greenbrier castings joint venture acquires second foundry Read More »
NJ Transit to add trains Read More »
October 10
UP reverses Class I workforce-reduction trend by adding train-service employees Read More »
CTA proposes FY2004 budget Read More »
BLE, carriers' committee reach tentative agreement Read More »
Alstom Transport reorganizes, receives $550 million in new orders Read More »
Intermodal: U.S. roads nearly match week-old traffic record Read More »
Flour-Bombardier joint venture makes final pitch to Florida High Speed Rail Authority Read More »
California short line completes 286k-related trackwork Read More »
Timken to supply journal bearings for Delhi's Metro Rail Read More »
Tranz Rail sells Wellington Station Read More »
October 9
STB's decision to suspend Tex Mex ruling is 'reasonable,' KCS says Read More »
BMWE files motion to dismiss Labor Department's call to overturn officer elections Read More »
Short line seeks to purchase Iowa track from UP Read More »
Quality Carriers to operate KCS' transload center in K.C. Read More »
Meany Center Web site targets haz-mat training, awareness Read More »
October 8
CPR, shipper agreement preserves low-density branch line Read More »
Class Action: BC Rail mishandles pension-find surplus, plaintiffs say Read More »
Johnstown America delivers 575 covered hoppers to CIT Rail Resources Read More »
CTA green lights two projects Read More »
MBTA begins three station renovations Read More »
CTA appoints Brown chairman Read More »
University of Wisconsin schedules rail-transit fundamentals course Read More »
October 7
Senate subcommittee sets new hearing date for S. 919 debate Read More »
BNSF receives FedEx service honor Read More »
BLE to represent Colorado short line's workers Read More »
Railroad to reactivate service on portion of abandoned Idaho line Read More »
Montana freight-rate association joins Alliance for Rail Competition Read More »
October 6
U.S. appellate court places DM&E's coal project back on STB's docket Read More »
MARTA increases capital funds with leaseback program Read More »
CPR to raise rates on four-fifths of open tariffs next month Read More »
NYCT awards station rehab design/engineering contract to Parsons Brinckerhoff-led joint venture Read More »
UP clamps down on lucrative severance packages for senior execs Read More »
Northern Virginia area faces funding shortfalls Read More »
FECI CFO to step down early next year Read More »
Harsco Track Technologies obtains track-construction train order from Balfour Beatty Read More »
October 3
AAR traffic tallies: U.S. roads continue intermodal feast, carload famine trend Read More »
NYCT awards integrated customer-information system contract to Siemens-led consortium Read More »
Last year's figures show U.S. rail fatalities on the rise, NTSB says Read More »
Unions postpone one-day Amtrak protest Read More »
Tranz Rail, Auckland port team up to operate railroad's container business Read More »
Cubic augments sales and marketing team Read More »
London to host global accident investigation forum in December Read More »
Alcatel obtains re-signaling contract for London underground Read More »
October 2
BNSF to settle state, federal suit tied to decades-old haz-mat releases Read More »
Service: Performance initiatives help NS register reliability gains Read More »
Majority of Mexrail shares back in TFM's hands Read More »
U.S. court lifts remote-control-related injunction against BLE Read More »
Montreal to host World Congress on Railway Research in 2006 Read More »
October 1
NS aims to 'work smarter' by analyzing, eliminating departmental tasks Read More »
NJ Transit obtains three USDOT grants Read More »
BC Rail implements Wabtec's automated car-repair billing system Read More »
TTI study: Public transportation significantly alleviates traffic delays Read More »
USDOT updates five-year strategic plan Read More »
Maryland Transit Administration closes portion of light-rail line to begin double-tracking project Read More »
Chevron to test RailPower's Green Kid hybrid switcher Read More »
Jacobs Engineering obtains design consulting contract from British railway Read More »
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