Wisconsin awarded a $2.6-million loan to Country Visions Cooperative, which is building a new dry fertilizer plant in Plymouth with rail access.
Canadian National Railway (CN) Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer JJ Ruest has been inducted into the International Maritime Hall of Fame.
The International Maritime Hall of Fame was founded in 1993 by the Maritime Association Port of New York and New Jersey to recognize maritime visionaries, who, through excellence in their company, organization or services, best exemplify the qualities of futuristic thinking that will guide the maritime industry in the 21st century.
Union Pacific (UP) will invest approximately $41 million in its Oklahoma rail infrastructure as a part of the Class 1's $3.1-billion capital plan.
UP says the Oklahoma investment plan funds a range of initiatives including $40 million to maintain railroad track and $626,000 to maintain the state's bridges. Key projects include an $8 million investment in the rail line between Parsons, Kan., and Big Cabin, Okla., to replace 62,431 crossties and install 28,642 tons of ballast and a $7 million investment in the rail line between the Oklahoma state line and Gore to replace 53,308 crossties and install 24,247 tons of ballast.
IDOT has ordered a total of 33 Chargers, which are slated to enter full-time service later this spring.
Outside of the Charger orders, Siemens is building 13 electric locomotives for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. While the company hasn't had much activity in terms of new sales over the past six months or so, Siemens continues to work through a large backlog of projects, Cahill said.
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Rail News: Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad yesterday launched a two-year celebration commemorating the "great race" to complete the transcontinental railroad nearly 150 years ago.
UP crews built railroad track west of Omaha, Neb., while Central Pacific constructed track east of Sacramento, Calif. A symbolic golden spike was driven at a ceremony when the railroads met in Promontory Summit, Utah, on May 10, 1869.
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Rail News: Norfolk Southern Railway
Norfolk Southern Corp. is improving its corporate performance through "successful execution" of the company's five-year strategic plan, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer James Squires announced today at the company's annual meeting.
Last year was the first full year of the company's strategic plan to operate a faster, lower-cost and more profitable railroad. The Class I's achievements last year included an "all-time best" operating ratio of 68.9 percent, productivity savings of $250 million, near record levels of network service performance and record locomotive fuel efficiency, according to an NS press release.
Dymax Rail hosted a tour and policy discussion along with Watco Companies, LLC, for Rep. Roger Marshall (R-KS) at its Wamego, Kan., facility.
WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff is undergoing a name change. The firm will now operation as WSP worldwide and WSP USA in the United States.
"We have shaped the transportation infrastructure and skylines of American cities with some of the nation's tallest buildings and the public transit systems of New York, Atlanta, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle. Now, we're moving forward as WSP USA, offering our clients the expertise to conceive and deliver the infrastructure communities need to prosper," said Gregory A. Kelly, president and chief executive officer. "Although our name has changed, our commitment to technical excellence and client service will never change."
Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Bill Nelson (D-FL) were jointly recognized with the first Railroad Achievement Award by the Association of American Railroads in partnership with GoRail.
Experts in both structural health monitoring and railroad infrastructure management took part in a first-ever technical session, "Structural Health and Performance Monitoring of Railroad Infrastructure," at the 2017 Structures Congress.