Rail News Home Mechanical 12/20/2018 Rail News: Mechanical MBTA unveils first pair of new Orange Line subway cars CRRC MA produced the first two Orange Line vehicles. Photo – MBTA Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday joined officials from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), Massachusetts Department of Transportation and CRRC MA Corp. to mark…
Posts published in January 2019
Rail News Home Mechanical 12/27/2018 Rail News: Mechanical MBTA launches first new car on Green Line in a decade The first CAF USA vehicle for the Green Line entered service on Dec. 21. Photo – MBTA The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) on Dec. 21 placed the first of 24 new Green Line vehicles into…
Rail News Home Mechanical 12/26/2018 Rail News: Mechanical Amtrak orders 75 new locomotives from Siemens The initial 75 Charger units will be used primarily on Amtrak's long-distance services. Photo – Amtrak Amtrak has awarded an $850 million contract to Siemens Mobility for 75 diesel locomotives as part of the railroad's plan to replace its aging…
Rail News Home Mechanical 1/10/2019 Rail News: Mechanical NJ Transit contracts Bombardier to provide 113 commuter-rail cars NJ Transit has ordered 113 cars and retains an option to buy an additional 886 cars. Photo – Bombardier Transportation Bombardier Transportation yesterday announced it obtained a $669 million contract to supply 113 Multilevel III commuter-rail cars to…
Rail News Home Mechanical 1/18/2019 Rail News: Mechanical Rail supplier news from Progress Rail, Alstom, Steel Dynamics, TranSystems and the NRC (Jan. 18) Progress Rail recently delivered 10 locomotives to Tunisia. Photo – Tunisian National Railway Co. Progress Rail recently delivered the first 10 locomotives in a 20-unit order to the Tunisian National Railway Co.…
Rail News Home Mechanical 1/18/2019 Rail News: Mechanical Confidence in equipment leasing sector dipped in January, foundation says The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the results of its monthly confidence index, which showed overall confidence levels in the equipment finance market "eased further" this month. The January 2019 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment…
Rail News Home Mechanical 1/21/2019 Rail News: Mechanical North Carolina DOT obtains federal, state grants for locomotive upgrades The Piedmont Corridor runs between Raleigh and Charlotte. Photo – NCDOT Rail Division The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) late last week announced a recently awarded federal grant that will help its rail division continue to…
Rail News Home Mechanical 1/21/2019 Rail News: Mechanical Amtrak issues RFP for Amfleet I replacements The new units will replace Amtrak's fleet of 470 Amfleet I and ex-Metroliner cars. The Amfleet I units are over 40 years old, while Amtrak's fleet of ex-Metroliner equipment entered service 50 years ago this week. Photo – history.amtrak.com Amtrak…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 1/7/2019 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation DeFazio to chair House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) Photo – DeFazio's office U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) last week was elected chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for the 116th Congress. DeFazio had been…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 1/11/2019 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation Rhode Island business park awarded grant for freight-rail project Rail-car volume in the Quonset Business Park has tripled since 2007. Photo – Quonset Development Corp. A $3 million federal grant has been awarded to help support Quonset Development Corp.'s (QDC) freight-rail…