Rail Industry News

CP Rail reaches tentative deal with police union (The Globe and Mail)
Fri 20 Nov 2009 9:16pm
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd said on Friday it reached a tentative, three-year labor agreement with the union that represents railway police....


New Axial Needle Roller Thrust Bearings from QBC Feature Steel Needle Rollers (PRW...
Fri 20 Nov 2009 5:11pm
This new line of metric axial needle roller thrust bearings feature steel needles and range in widths from 2 mm to 5 mm....


Shaky conditions rock Highveld (News 24 South Africa)
Fri 20 Nov 2009 2:42pm
The recent rise in energy tariffs and continuing challenges of rail transport are among reasons given by Highveld Steel and Vanadium for their dip in earnings....


The Leading Business Weekly (Zimbabwe Independent)
Fri 20 Nov 2009 4:50am
THIS columnist has become increasingly confused whenever he hears the word service used in the context of parastatal operations in Zimbabwe. What on earth does it mean when cited a......


Virginia's Rail Heritage Region hopes to bring in tourists (WDBJ 7 Roanoke)
Thu 19 Nov 2009 11:04pm
From Covington to Lynchburg to Roanoke, this region is rich in railroad history; now it's official. Virginia's General Assembly has designated this area Virginia's Rail Heritage Region....


AfDB Approves Funding for Burundi-Rwanda-Tanzania Railway Project Study (AllAfrica...
Thu 19 Nov 2009 3:32pm
Tunis The second phase of the Dar es Salaam-Isaka-Kigali/Keza-Musongati Railway project study will cover the existing 970-km Dar es Salaam-Isaka railway link and its extensions....


Rails ready to rumble again in Coonskin Park (Charleston Daily Mail)
Thu 19 Nov 2009 6:03am
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Kanawha County parks officials are bristling at a plan by a short-line railroad company to reactivate two local rail lines, including one that runs right through......


Boardman Steel Battle (WKBN 27 Youngstown)
Wed 18 Nov 2009 10:33pm
As traffic uses a temporary driveway to get in and out of Boardman Steel's property on Southern Boulevard, the company's owner isn't mincing any words over the feud that led to it be......


PPP committee to look into railway procurement (The Nation - Thailand's English news)
Wed 18 Nov 2009 5:29pm
The Public-Private Partnership Committee, chaired by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, yesterday agreed to conduct a study into setting guidelines for stipulating conditions in the p......


Ansaldo STS Sees 7% Annual Industry Growth Through 2014 (Bloomberg)
Wed 18 Nov 2009 11:41am
Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Ansaldo STS SpA, Finmeccanica SpA?s signaling and railway technology unit, forecast a 7 percent industry growth through 2014, according to a slide presentation......