Rail News Home Mechanical 2/14/2019 Rail News: Mechanical BNSF budgets nearly $3.6 billion for capex in 2019 This year's capex plan will continue to emphasize maintenance and expansion of BNSF's network. Photo – bnsf.com BNSF Railway Co. will spend $3.57 billion on capital expenditures this year, up from $3.4 billion in 2018, the Class I…
Posts published in February 2019
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 2/13/2019 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation ASLRRA: Short-line tax credit bill attracts over 100 co-sponsors The Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy (BRACE) Act (H.R. 510) garnered its 100th co-sponsor in the House as of Feb. 11, the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association…
Rail News Home Mechanical 2/13/2019 Rail News: Mechanical Rail supplier news from the NRC, Harsco, Wabtec, TransRail, HNTB, CloudMoyo and NFI (Feb. 13) The National Railroad Construction & Maintenance Association (NRC) and Chambers, Conlon & Hartwell LLC (CCH) today announced Matt Bell will lead the NRC. An associate at CCH, he most recently was the…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 2/12/2019 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation Transit Worker and Pedestrian Protection Act enters House Yesterday, U.S. Reps. Grace Napolitano (D-Calif.) and John Katko (R-N.Y.), and U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) introduced the Transit Worker and Pedestrian Protection Act (H.R. 1139).The bill would require U.S. transit-rail agencies…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 2/12/2019 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation Denver RTD to implement quiet zones on commuter-rail line next month RTD's University of Colorado A Line transports riders to Denver International Airport. Photo – Shutterstock The Regional Transportation District (RTD) and the city and county of Denver last week received…
CNBC's Jim Cramer explains why the worries of a near-term recession are overblown.The "Mad Money" host also sits down with the CEOs of Hasbro, S&P Global and Norfolk Southern.In the lightning round, Cramer gives the short and long of it for a gene therapy play. Lightning round: The long and short of CRSP In Cramer's…
Long-life screwbolts developed for Crossrail 10 Feb 2019 UK: The bespoke corrosion-resistant PLUS bolt was developed by screwbolt specialist Excalibur to meet the demanding requirements of the Crossrail project in London. Crossrail Ltd requires anchors used in the tunnel lining to demonstrate a 120-year design life instead of the standard 50-year span of a standard…
Trimble technology to support Norwegian fleet management 09 Feb 2019 NORWAY: State-owned rolling stock leasing organisation Norske Tog is to deploy Trimble’s E2M engineering asset and maintenance management system on the fleet of vehicles it is to lease to operating contractors. This is intended to provide the vehicle owner and the operators with an overview…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 2/8/2019 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation Metro-North gains another FRA grant for PTC work The federal grant will help fund communications testing. Photo – Metro-North Railroad MTA Metro-North Railroad yesterday announced it was awarded a grant up to $2.3 million from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to…