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ÖBB Rail Cargo Group links Austria and Germany services with Rotterdam

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January 30, 2024
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ÖBB Rail Cargo Group has optimised its TransFER network to provide direct connections between Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands.

ARH Gives Maintenance Updates on Six Railroads

Jennifer McLawhorn
January 24, 2024
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CHICAGO – For 2024, Anacostia Rail Holdings gave a progress update for six railroads including Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad, Louisiana & Indiana Railroad, and Northern Lines Railway.
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Nearly 1,000 CSX Engineering Team Members Travel to Jacksonville for Annual Training

Jennifer McLawhorn
January 22, 2024
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – CSX SVP of Operations Ricky Johnson and VP of Engineering Carl Walker spoke to the #ONECSX team in Florida.
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BNSF Thanks Crews for Clearing Infrastructure of Ice and Snow After Winter Weather

Jennifer McLawhorn
January 20, 2024
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FORT MADISON, Iowa – BNSF Crews have worked to clear ice and snow from infrastructure and reduce train restrictions across the Northern Corridor after severe winter weather.
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Brent Laing Featured at Next-Gen Freight Rail 2024

Carolina Worrell
January 19, 2024
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CHICAGO –– CN Vice President Engineering and Railway Track & Structures’ 2023 Engineer of the Year is among the featured speakers at Railway Age’s Next-Gen Freight Rail 2024 Conference, to be held March 12, 2024, at the
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LOGS SHIFT TO RAIL IN TASSIE

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January 15, 2024
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OVER the past decade, there has been a 10-fold increase in logs transported by rail in Tasmania, according to the state government.

From a base of a little more than 20,000 tonnes of logs hauled by rail in 2012-13, TasRail transported nearly 260,000 tonnes of logs in this past financial year.

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Pacific National calls for national summit on level crossing safety after fatal Bindarrah crash

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January 15, 2024
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Australia’s largest rail freight operator says new safety measures need to be urgently introduced to prevent more deaths at level crossings across the country. Key […]

Keeping the Proper Focus

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January 13, 2024
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Louisville, Ky. – I have spent more than 50 years in the rail industry, all of it in the Communications & Signals segment. I will be retiring after the joint REMSA/RSSI Exhibition
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Red Sea situation ‘a pleasant headache’ for the rail industry

Nikos Papatolios
January 11, 2024
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Eurasian rail is currently experiencing a boom, with shippers affected by the situation in the Red Sea and Suez Canal shifting their cargo to trains. “Increased sea freight transit times and the dangers of the war zone cause concerns to shippers who are looking to rail as a viable alternative,” says Igor Tambaca, managing director […]

Supply Side: Stantec/Morrison Hershfield, Egis

Marybeth Luczak
January 11, 2024
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CANADA, U.S. and FRANCE – Stantec will acquire Morrison Hershfield, a Markham, Ontario-based engineering and management firm. Also, McIntosh Perry, a consulting engineering company in Toronto, Ontario, and Beam Longest & Neff, LLC (BLN), an infras…