BNSF Railway Co. will spend $3.3 billion on capital expenses this year, the Class I announced yesterday.The investment is the same amount as last year's capital budget, according to a BNSF press release.This year's capital plan reflects BNSF's continued focus on maintaining its network as well as expansion projects aimed at meeting customer demands, BNSF…
Posts published in “Railroad Industry News”
The class was the largest to graduate in the commuter-rail system's history, according to Keolis. Photo – Keolis Commuter Services Keolis Commuter Services earlier this week graduated 27 new assistant conductors for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's (MBTA) commuter-rail network.The group, which completed the training program in Somerville, Massachusetts, was the largest class to graduate…
In December 2017, New York City Transit presented prototypes of the new cars. Photo – Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin [Editor's note: This story was updated at 1:10 p.m. CST.]The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) board yesterday approved a $1.4 billion contract with Kawasaki Rail Car Inc. for 535 next-generation subway cars.Known as R211 units,…
Rail-car orders in fourth-quarter 2017 totaled 8,501 units compared with 8,671 units in the third quarter and 4,866 units in fourth-quarter 2016, according to quarterly statistics released this week by the Railway Supply Institute's American Railway Car Institute Committee (ARCI).Car deliveries in Q4 2017 rose to 13,404 units from 11,015 units in Q3. Deliveries for…
Rendering of a prototype for a new subway car Photo – New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is slated to sign a $3.7 billion contract with Kawasaki for 1,612 new subway cars, The New York Times reported late last week.The agency has committed $1.45 billion for more than 500 cars…
FEC's locomotives use an LNG "kit" that allows for dual fuel capabilities. Photo – Florida East Coast Railway Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) last week offered a tour of its liquid natural gas (LNG) operations in Jacksonville, Florida, to U.S. and global representatives from a range of industries.The tour was offered as part of the…
The units will be used on the agency's Tacoma Link line. Photo – Sound Transit Sound Transit's board yesterday approved a $26.5 million order for five Brookville Equipment Corp. light-rail cars for the Tacoma Link extension. The new vehicles will begin arriving in third-quarter 2020, with full delivery to be completed by first-quarter 2021. The…
The R211 cars include wider doors to speed boarding. Photo – New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office MTA New York City Transit (NYCT) today will begin offering tours of a prototype of its newest class of subway cars.Riders may tour the new R211 car design and its features today through Dec. 6 at the the…
The four-car consist is part of a 136-car order. Photo – Hitachi Miami-Dade Transit yesterday placed its first new Hitachi Rail Italy train into passenger service. The four-car consist is the agency's first new train to enter service since the Metrorail system opened in 1984, Miami-Dade County officials said in a press release.The train is…
ECP brakes would have been required on certain tank cars. Photo – Railway Supply Institute Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) repealed a May 2015 rulemaking that would have required the installation of electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) brakes on certain tank cars, according to U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.). The USDOT had until Dec.…