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UPDATE 4-For CSX, more job and train cuts in post-Harrison era

(Adds share price) March 1 (Reuters) - U.S. railroad operator CSX Corp said on Thursday at its first investor day since the death of former Chief Executive Hunter Harrison that more cuts to jobs, rail cars and locomotives were key to its three-year plan for boosting profitability and streamlining operations. Harrison, cherished by investors for…

UPDATE 3-Siberian blizzards blast Britain and Ireland as Storm Emma approaches

approaches@ * Red weather warnings in Scotland, Ireland and England * Worst weather in Britain since 1991 * Flights delayed, trains cancelled, roads blocked * Ireland braces for worst snow since 1982 * National grid say buying extra gas as demand soars (Updates with Irish PM warning) EDINBURGH/DUBLIN, March 1 (Reuters) - Snow storms from…

UPDATE 5-CSX sticks with Harrison plan to cut jobs, reduce trains

(Recasts first sentence, updates share price) March 1 (Reuters) - U.S. railroad operator CSX Corp said on Thursday it would stick with a plan started by former Chief Executive Hunter Harrison, who died in December, to boost profit through cutting jobs and rail cars. Harrison, an investor favorite for leading turnarounds of Canada's two major…

DB Cargo plans digital, low-noise wagon fleet by 2020

DB Cargo plans digital, low-noise wagon fleet by 2020 01 Mar 2018 GERMANY: The DB Cargo management board has approved a ‘high double-digit million’ programme to fit its entire German wagon fleet with tracking, monitoring and telematics equipment. More than 1 000 wagons are currently equipped with telematics, a further 19 000 are scheduled to be retrofitted…

Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad obtains grant for locomotive purchase

The Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad (STE) in California has received a grant from the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Central District (UAPCD) for the purchase of a new locomotive.Under the grant program, the UAPCD is providing cash incentives for the purchase of the environmentally friendly locomotive, according to OmniTRAX Inc., the railroad's parent.The…

FreightCar America to buy Navistar Inc. rail-car plant

The purchase is expected to enable FreightCar to "be more responsive to customer needs," said President and CEO Jim Meyer. Photo – freightcaramerica.net FreightCar America Inc. has agreed to purchase Navistar Inc.'s rail-car operations assets at its Shoals facility in Cherokee, Alabama. Since 2013, FreightCar has subleased a large portion of the Shoals facility. As…