BNSF Railway Co. yesterday unveiled its newest logistics center during an event held in Moore, Oklahoma, for customers, local officials and residents.
Located within the city limits of Oklahoma City and Moore, Logistics Center Oklahoma City is designed to accommodate manifest and unit trains, and store freight. The facility can handle up to four manifest and two unit trains at a time.
BNSF Railway Co. yesterday unveiled its newest logistics center during an event held in Moore, Oklahoma, for customers, local officials and residents.
Located within the city limits of Oklahoma City and Moore, Logistics Center Oklahoma City is designed to accommodate manifest and unit trains, and store freight. The facility can handle up to four manifest and two unit trains at a time.
The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) announced yesterday that David Stackrow Sr. has been nominated as chair.
Currently APTA's vice chair, Stackrow is as a board member of the Capital District Transportation Authority in Albany, New York. He previously served as chair of the agency, according to APTA's latest Passenger Transport newsletter.
The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) has begun allowing bicycles on CTrail Hartford Line trains.
After conducting an analysis at the request of riders and bicycle advocates, the department determined that bicycles could be safely stored on board, CTDOT officials said in a press release.
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) has named Boris Lipkin the regional director for Northern California.
He has been serving as acting regional director for that area since spring. Before that, Lipkin was deputy director of strategic planning as appointed by California Gov. Jerry Brown. In that role, he helped negotiate agreements with Caltrain and other partners, CHSRA officials said in a press release.
Pipeline Foods LLC has acquired a grain elevator in Atlantic, Iowa, from Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM).
Pipeline Foods plans to install new equipment and make improvements necessary to upgrade the elevator to test, clean, grade, dry, store and ship organic grains. ADM will continue to maintain soybean originations at the elevator.
New York & Atlantic Railway (NY&A) has promoted Charles Samul to director of sales and marketing, effective Sept. 1.
He will report to Eric Jakubowski, vice president and chief commercial officer of NY&A owner Anacostia Rail Holdings. Samul joined the short line in 2014 as a marketing project manager and became manager of sales and marketing in 2015.
The Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) system this month reached its first anniversary of service.
The 43-mile system runs from Santa Rosa to downtown San Rafael, California. Since it opened in August 2017, SMART has served nearly 700,000 passengers, officials from the railroad said in a press release.
The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners has approved a proposal by Toyota Logistics Services to redevelop its Pier B facility, build a renewable energy power plant and create a fueling station.
One of the port's oldest customers, Toyota Logistics operates a marine terminal to off-load new automobiles from ships, process the vehicles and transport them off site via rail and truck. The planned redevelopment project would make those operations more efficient, Port of Long Beach officials said in a press release.
The Greenbrier Cos. Inc. and Watco Cos. LLC have agreed to discontinue their GBW Railcar Services (GBW) rail-car repair joint venture, the companies jointly announced yesterday.
Under a dissolution agreement, the repair shops and employees at each GBW location will again be managed by their previous operators. The move enables both Greenbrier and Watco to better capitalize on current trends in North America's rail-car repair market and to meet demand for car repairs within their respective business models, officials from the two companies said in a joint press release.
U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and U.S. Rep. David Joyce (R-Ohio) recently joined members of the Railway Engineering-Maintenance Suppliers Association (REMSA) and the National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association (NRC) for tours of rail suppliers' facilities and public policy discussions.
Peters joined representatives from REMSA member company Harsco Rail earlier this month for a tour of the company's Ludington, Michigan, facility, which engineers and produces track maintenance equipment for railway systems in North American and global markets.
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHRSA) late last week released its latest annual sustainability report.
The document updates progress made in 2017 and details the agency's approach to designing, constructing and operating high-speed rail in a sustainable manner.
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) today will begin signal system repairs on portions of its Blue and Green light-rail lines.
The project, which might cause minor train delays, is expected to take three to four months to finish, agency officials said in a press release.
G3 Canada Ltd. last week marked the openings of two high-efficiency grain elevators in Saskatchewan.
The new facilities increase G3's grain origination network in western Canada. The elevators in Melville and Saskatoon are located on CN's network, which also provides access to G3's Thunder Bay and St. Lawrence River terminals, G3 officials said in a press release.
The Port of Everett last week hosted a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction on the South Terminal modernization project.
The $36 million effort is the largest capital project in the port's history. It is designed to ensure the port is ready to support the next generation of over-dimensional cargo, such as aerospace parts for Boeing Co.'s new 777X, port officials said in a press release.
MTA New York City Transit (NYCT) tomorrow will host its first public meeting on the $40 billion "Fast Forward" plan to modernize its subway and bus systems.
The agency expects to host a series of similar town hall-style meetings across the city. Tomorrow's meeting will take place at York College in Queens.
Port Manatee and Carver Maritime LLC have entered into a long-term marine terminal operating agreement for a 10-acre aggregate offloading site at the Florida Gulf Coast port.
The agreement, which could last up to 20 years including options, was approved Aug. 16 by the Manatee County Port Authority, port officials said in a press release.
During the 2017-18 crop year, Canadian Pacific moved 25.8 million metric tons of western Canadian grain and grain products, soybeans and other non-regulated principal field crops.
That marks a 1 percent increase compared with volume in the 2016-17 crop year, CP officials said in a press release. The figure is also 1 percent above the railroad's three-year average. Additionally, in September 2017, CP handled its most grain to date.
During the 2017-18 crop year, Canadian Pacific moved 25.8 million metric tons of western Canadian grain and grain products, soybeans and other non-regulated principal field crops.
That marks a 1 percent increase compared with volume in the 2016-17 crop year, CP officials said in a press release. The figure is also 1 percent above the railroad's three-year average. Additionally, in September 2017, CP handled its most grain to date.
Georgetown Rail Equipment Co. (GREX) has added Bruce Wise as director of business development. He'll focus on strategic accounts and new products as the company continues to develop track inspection and maintenance technologies, GREX officials said in a press release. Wise has more than three decades of experience in engineering, sales, management and leadership experience. He most recently served as director of railroad sales at Whitmore Rail in Rockwall, Texas. Since 2009, Wise has served on the Railway Engineering-Maintenance Suppliers Association's board. For the 2017-2018 term, he served as board president.
Stewart & Stevenson Manufacturing Technologies has named Eastern Lift Truck Co. Inc. as the sole authorized dealership to market, sell and service its Rail King® rail-car movers within the Mid-Atlantic region. Headquartered in Houston, Stewart & Stevenson manufactures five different Rail King rail-car movers, which feature side-mount or full-width cabs with dual direction controls. The company chose Eastern Lift for its "first-class" service, Stewart & Stevenson officials said in a press release.