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Canadian National Commends Customers and Suppliers for Sustainability

Canadian National Commends Customers and Suppliers for Sustainabi...

Canadian National Railway Company (CN) has commended 40 of its customers and suppliers for their work to improve sustainability in their industries. The custome...

US: Federal Railroad Administration Reveals Recipients of PTC Funding

US: Federal Railroad Administration Reveals Recipients of PTC Fun...

The Federal Railroad Administration has awarded grant funding to 28 projects to assist with the instalment of positive train control (PTC). The deadline for ins...

California High-Speed Rail Authority Publishes 2018 Sustainability Report

California High-Speed Rail Authority Publishes 2018 Sustainabilit...

The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) has issued its annual sustainability report which highlights the progress in all aspects of the this principle ...

Amtrak Unveils Interiors of its New Acela Express Trains

Amtrak Unveils Interiors of its New Acela Express Trains

On 8 August Amtrak unveiled the interiors of its new Acela Express trains set to run on the company’s Northeast Corridor (NEC). Alstom is manufacturing the prot...

US: ASLRRA Report Stresses Importance of Short-Line Tax Credit

US: ASLRRA Report Stresses Importance of Short-Line Tax Credit

The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) has published an Economic Impact Report which highlights the number of jobs and industries su...

Norfolk Southern Opts for Simulation-Based Training

Norfolk Southern Opts for Simulation-Based Training

Norfolk Southern is working with apps developer Heartwood 3D to develop and roll out simulation-based training apps to make its operations even safer and its st...

REMSA: Jacob Carter Appointed Government Affairs Manager

REMSA: Jacob Carter Appointed Government Affairs Manager

The Railway Engineering-Maintenance Suppliers Association (REMSA) has appointed Jacob Carter as its new government affairs manager. He will liaise between Membe...

Chile: GE Transportation Agrees Sale of 5 Diesel-Electric Locomotives

Chile: GE Transportation Agrees Sale of 5 Diesel-Electric Locomot...

GE agrees supply of 5 diesel-electric locomotives to Chilean operator, Ferrocarril de Antofagasta (FCAB) in 2019. The contract for the C23EMP single-cab AC/DC d...

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