Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 3/21/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation Begeman officially becomes STB chair STB Chairwoman Ann Begeman Photo – stb.gov President Donald Trump has designated Ann Begeman as chair of the Surface Transportation Board (STB), the White House announced yesterday.Begeman, a Republican, is serving her second five-year term on…
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Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 3/21/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation FRA: PTC operating on 56 percent freight route miles FRA Administrator Ronald Batory Photo – fra.dot.gov Positive train control (PTC) systems are operating on about 56 percent of freight railroads' route miles that are required to be governed by PTC systems,…
The company has wrapped up the first of 100 locomotive modernizations for Norfolk Southern Railway. Photo – GE Transportation GE Transportation has completed the first of 100 locomotive modernizations for Norfolk Southern Railway in 2018 and has received an order to modernize 80 Canadian Pacific locomotives this year, the manufacturer announced yesterday.In 2017, GE modernized…