Rail Industry News

Talking transportation New rail cars delivery getting later and later (New Cana...
Sat 7 Nov 2009 11:55am
Its the question I am asked almost every day: When are the new rail cars coming? The answer: Later than we?d thought. Yes, the new M8 rail cars, which lawmakers authorized in 20......


U.S. factories rev up production (MalaysiaNews.net)
Sat 7 Nov 2009 6:53am
Pavel Koleshnikov welds the main frame for a Denver Light Rail car at the Siemens Transportation Systems Inc. factory in Sacramento, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009....


Steel Dynamics Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q) (Guru Focus)
Fri 6 Nov 2009 8:33pm
By 10qk. Steel Dynamics Inc. ( STLD ) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2009-09-30. Read more » »...


Grand Plans for Rail in Denver Hit a Wall of Fiscal Realities (New York Times)
Fri 6 Nov 2009 1:56pm
The FasTracks rail network has a budget gap of $2.2 billion, and construction is not expected to be in full swing until 2011....


Rail alliance names first routes, and LV-Reno ignored (Las Vegas Sun)
Fri 6 Nov 2009 11:09am
When Jacob Snow, the general manager of the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, shared the outline of a new group that calls itself the Western High-Speed Rail All......


Grand Plans for Rail in Denver Hit a Wall of Fiscal Realities (Pittsburgh Post-Gaz...
Fri 6 Nov 2009 7:32am
DENVER -- One of the most ambitious one-time mass-transit projects in the nation's history, called FasTracks -- $4.7 billion, 122 miles of passenger rail and a hectic construction sc......


VRE plan to oust Amtrak up for vote (Washington Post)
Fri 6 Nov 2009 5:00am
Two Virginia transportation commissions voted Thursday night to approve Virginia Railway Express's plan to end its 17-year relationship with Amtrak and give an international company ......


Story Tips From the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory November ...
Thu 5 Nov 2009 4:49pm
1) Fuel economy ratings for the new 2010 model year automobiles are posted at www.fueleconomy.gov, which ORNL maintains for the U.S. DOE and the U.S. EPA; 2) A team led by ORNL's Nin......


Railway Rehabilitation to Gulp N24bn (This Day)
Thu 5 Nov 2009 5:00am
Minister of Transport, Alhaji Ibrahim Isa Bio, yesterdaysaid the proposed rehabilitation of Nigeria Railway Corporation is expected to gulp about N24 billion....


Go-Ahead steps into US school bus market
Wed 4 Nov 2009 9:49pm
The bus and rail operator has formed a joint venture to win yellow school bus contracts in North America, marking its first significant foray outside the UK...